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IJA 3757

Verification Certificates, Confirmation of Jewish Lineage, Vocations, Citizenship

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, comprised of birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death certificates; confirmations of Jewish lineage, vocations, ethnicity, and citizenship. Included are betrothal agreements, a hospital issued birth certificate, and a ‘specimen signature’ verifying an individual’s signature. Certificates were issued in 1950 and cover the 1890s-1950.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3757
Item Number
6716
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Financial, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, Certification of Non-Impediment, Iran, Thumbprint, Contract, Typed, Marriage Certificate, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Fragments, Ministry of the Interior, Legal, Ink Stamp, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Death Certificate, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Meir Elias Hospital, Signature, Letterhead, Salman H. Aboudi, Jewish Lay Council, President of the Jewish Community, French, Engagement Certificate, Certificate of Good Conduct, Birth Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Correspondence, Jewish Properties Committee, Annotation, Handwritten, Revenue Stamps

AI English Translation, Pages 501-525

Archival unit 501

⟦illegible⟧ 50/⟦illegible⟧
5/5/1950
Department Copy
356
Marsion Sawiri, known as Mazhar Sion Haskil Sawiri
Miss Masouda Shamoun, known as Suad Shamoun Nassim
The seventeenth of July, the year one thousand nine hundred and four⟦line⟧
Miss Masouda Shamoun, known as Suad Shamoun Nassim
The seventeenth of July, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-⟦line⟧
AD⟦line⟧.
⟦signature⟧
5/9
Certified
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
4/5
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
4/4/5

Archival unit 502

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on May 10, 1950
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 469, I hereby certify that
Mr. Ibrahim son of Yusuf son of Rahmin
has married in Baghdad Miss Naima daughter of Eliyahu son of Saleh
on the day 22 / 8 / 1922 (corresponding to 28 Sivan year 5682)
⟦line⟧
The Ketubah amount is 500 fils ⟦one hundred and twelve Lira⟧
Witnesses
Yaqub Shaul
Shalom G. Shabib
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧
Mustafa Al-Ani
⟦illegible signature⟧ 4/5

Archival unit 503

50 / 2742
5 / 4 / 1955
⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy
469
Ibrahim Yusuf, known as Ibrahim Yusuf Rahmin
Miss Naima Ibrahim, known as Naima Ibrahim Haroun
The eleventh of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and two
Miss Naima Ibrahim, known as Naima Ibrahim Maroun
The eleventh of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and two
and thirty-two AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
5/9
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
5/4
5/4/A

Archival unit 504

⟦Presidency of the Community⟧
55/2742
5/5/1950
503
Yaqub Mordechai, known by the name Yaqub Mordechai Yaqub
Miss Naeema Mikhail, known by the name Naeema Mikhail Shabshai
The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD.
⟦signature⟧
4/5
⟦signature⟧
Carl
4/4/5
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Secular Council

Archival unit 505

50/2743
5/5/1950
⟦illegible⟧
503
Yaqoub Mordechai, known by the name Yaqoub Mordechai Yaqoub
Miss Naeema Michael, known by the name Naeema Michael Shabtai
The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD.
(True copy)
Baghdad on 5/28/1950
Photo
⟦signature⟧
5/28
P / 5/28
⟦signature⟧
P. Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Lay Council

Archival unit 506

2792/50
5/5/1950
Department Copy
⟦Department Copy⟧
Exhibit
Salman Shlomo
⟦line⟧ Iran (Sadiq) Miss Tawoos Haroun
The twenty-fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
three AD.
⟦illegible⟧
4/5
Copied
⟦illegible⟧
4/5
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
A / 4 / 5

Archival unit 507

50/2725
1950/5/5
Committee of Denaturalization
Department Copy
Evidence
Sidqiya Yuna
xx Iran (leaving) Miss Jawaher Ibrahim
The fifth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred AD
Salih
5/2
⟦illegible⟧
4
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
5/4/2

Archival unit 508

50 / 2742
5 / 5 / 1950
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦The Secular Council⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
The Presenter
Yaqub Ishaq known as Yaqub Ishaq Ajami
Miss Lulu Mu'allim Yusuf
The first of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and three
⟦Enumeration⟧ AD
4/5
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Secular Council
⟦signature⟧
4/5
4/4/5

Archival unit 509

2747/50
5/5/1950
⟦illegible⟧
Presented
Yaqub Moshi, known by the name Yaqub Moshi Cohen
Miss Hanna Heskel
The twenty-fourth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
two AD.
⟦signature⟧
⟦Saleh⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Communities
Head of the Physical Council
4/4/5

Archival unit 510

⟦illegible⟧
2748/50
5th May          50
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 258, I
hereby confirm that Mr. NAJI RAHMIN KHARMOUSH was married
at Baghdad to Miss. LOUISE SALMAN MOUSHI on the 4th of
March 1948 ( nineteen hundred & fourty eight A. D. ).
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.

Archival unit 511

His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, respected
Greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mrs. ⟦Alice Salman Madka⟧
was born in Baghdad on the day - of - the year ⟦1924⟧ AD
And for this reason we have signed below.
Baghdad on ⟦2 / 4 / 1950⟧
Witness | Witness
⟦Hayawi Salman Umran⟧ | ⟦Selim Nessim⟧
I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
His copy in English
⟦illegible⟧ 250
⟦illegible⟧
40 Fils
5 Fils
5 Fils

Archival unit 512

Health of the District
⟦illegible⟧
2749/50
5th May                  50
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby
confirm that Mrs. LOUISE SALMAN MOUSHI was born at Baghdad
on the year 1924 ( nineteen hundred & twenty four A. D. ).
⟦signature⟧
Khabaza
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 513

His Excellency the Head of the Honorable Jewish Community
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Miss Stella Naji ⟦Hammo⟧
was born in Baghdad on the ⟦twentieth⟧ of September in the year 1928 AD
And for that purpose, we have signed below.
Baghdad on 2/20/1950
Witness | Witness
Hayawi Salman Omran | Selim Nessim
⟦Hayawi⟧ | ⟦Signature⟧
Copy ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
2/20/50
I endorse the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
Save Palestine 10 Fils
40 Fils

Archival unit 514

Department Copy
2750/50
5th May 50
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby
confirm that Miss. STAILLA NAJI NAHMIN KHARMOUSH was
born at Baghdad on the 26th of September 1948 ( nineteen
hundred & fourty eight A. D. ).
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦41 41⟧
⟦10/6⟧
⟦scribbles⟧
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.

Archival unit 515

Administrator of Jewish Cemetery Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that
The individual named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Aharon⟧ passed away in Baghdad
On the ⟦seventh⟧ day of the month of ⟦Elul⟧ in the year 5704
(10/1/1941) and for that reason I have signed below
⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧
⟦Aharon⟧
⟦Signature⟧
5/5/50
Hesqel Haddad
Administrator of Jewish Cemetery Affairs
⟦Red ink signature/scribble⟧

Archival unit 516

Department's copy
50/2751
1950/5/5
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the named Yusuf Mordechai Irani died in
Baghdad on the first day of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
one AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
5/5/A

Archival unit 517

From among the residents of our neighborhood, Khatoon daughter of Ezra Ibrahim and Eliyahu Shaul Eliyahu Samouha, whose names are mentioned
in the Sharia distribution issued by the Court of Personal Status in Baghdad under decision number (23) dated 2/13/1935
certified on 3/29/1940 under serial number (62) relating to the deceased on December 22,
1927 (Menashi son of Reuben Abdullah Battat); they are currently residents in Baghdad in our neighborhood and they are
alive, and they have not been convicted of any legal crime. One of them, Khatoon, is elderly and has no occupation, and the second,
the aforementioned Eliyahu, is a former railway employee and has no occupation now. To this end, this minutes was drafted.
⟦illegible⟧
Stamp of the Mukhtar
Neighborhood of Hanoun al-Kabir, al-Saghir, and Obeid
Youssef Shlomo Shamash
Abdullah Isaac Ezra Shahrabani | Shua Zion Shamash
Number: 55/2752
Date: 5/5/1950
We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the stamp of the Mukhtar above
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 518

Photography
Certificate in the Iranian language
We certify that Mr. Dawood Faqih, son of Mr. Hashan Faqih and father of the person named Maryam Faqih, is of Iranian
nationality and holds the Iranian nationality census book No. 5510 issued from Kurdistan, Saqqez
And that the referred book belongs to him without any doubt or forgery; we testify to that according to our
full knowledge.
Nisan Ephraim | Shimon Yaqoub
Itinerant soap seller | From the residents of Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
Seal of the Mukhtar
Hanun Kabir, Hanun Saghir, and Obeid neighborhood
Yusuf Shlomo Shamash
Number: 50/2752
Date: 5/5/1950
We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal
of the Mukhtar above
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 519

Photography
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Certificate in the Iranian languag⟦line⟧e
We certify that Mr. Suleiman Maryami, son of Mr. Daoud Maryami and the woman named Qazi Maryami,
is of Iranian nationality and holds the Iranian civil status record numbered 646 issued from Kurdistan, Saqqez sub-district. Accordingly,
we certify that the aforementioned record belongs to him and is free from any defect or forgery, and thus we submit our signatur⟦line⟧es.
Nisan Ephraim
Traveling soap seller
Shamoun Yaqoub
Unemployed, resident of Baghdad
Seal of the Mukhtar
Hanoon Kabir, Saghir, and Obeid districts
Yosef Shlomo Shamash
Number - 254 / 50
Date - 5 / 5 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures
and the seal of the Mukhtar above.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 520

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 5 / 5 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr.: Naim Munir Zilkha
has entered into an engagement with Miss: Lisoie daughter of Elia Maham Saleh
in Baghdad on the day: 24 / 4 / 1950 (corresponding to 7 Iyar 5710)
⟦line⟧
And has not married yet:
Has been cancelled
Cancelled request
Conditions | Witnesses
1000 (one thousand) Iraqi Dinars | Kammoun Shaul
2500 Dowry | Selim Hay M. Eliyahu
The engagement took place in the presence of a power of attorney from the Consulate General in London - England, by virtue of which the suitor authorized his brother Anwar Munir Zilkha to conclude the engagement. The power of attorney was completed on the date 15 / 4 / 1950 | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul
H. Shimon

Archival unit 521

In the Name of the Almighty
⟦illegible⟧
Department of Community Affairs in Basra
By virtue of this document, we certify the marriage of Musa son of Zaboun, known as Musa son of Lewis
to the girl Fawzia daughter of Ishaq Zaboun, born in 1937, residing in the Al-Seef district in Basra
registered in our official records, and he has a marriage contract from the Shatt al-Arab water complex in Basra
Sayyid Zaboun Lewis
On behalf of the Spiritual Council of the Community
The girl's father
Ishaq Zaboun Lewis
Witnesses
Salim Habib Zaboun Lewis
Salman Yusuf Lewis
Number 257 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date 15 / 5 / 1951 - in Basra
Head of the Community in Basra
⟦illegible⟧
Recorded in the official registers
under the name Musa Zaboun Lewis

Archival unit 522

⟦True Copy⟧
Betrothal Certificate
55/2755
5/5/1950
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Naim Meir Zilkha, currently residing in London,
has contracted his betrothal to Miss Leoni, daughter of Eliya Hakham Salih, in Baghdad on
the twenty-fourth day of April in the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD,
noting that the betrothal ceremony took place in Baghdad on behalf of the fiancé by
Mr. Ephraim Meir Zilkha, according to the power of attorney presented by him, numbered 21 and dated
the fifteenth of April in the year nineteen hundred and fifty
AD.
20 Fils
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature in red⟧
4/5/5
Copy
⟦signature⟧
5/9

Archival unit 523

Department Copy
50/2750
Engagement Certificate
5/5/1950
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Naim Meir Zilkha, currently residing in London,
has performed his engagement to Miss Litony, daughter of Elia Hakham Saleh in Baghdad
on the twenty-fourth day of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD, noting that the engagement ceremonies took place in Baghdad on behalf of the fiancé
by Mr. Ephraim Meir Zilkha according to the power of attorney presented by him, numbered 21
and dated the fifteenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/80
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 5/9/1950
⟦signature⟧
5/9/50

Archival unit 524

2750/50
5/5/1950
Engagement Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community
in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Naim Meir Zilka, currently residing in London,
has performed his engagement to Miss Leonie, daughter of Eliya Hakham Saleh in Baghdad,
on the twenty-fourth day of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD, noting that the engagement ceremony took place in Baghdad on behalf of the fiancé
by Mr. Ephraim Meir Zilka, pursuant to the power of attorney presented by him, numbered 21
and dated the fifteenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
(True Copy)
Baghdad on July 27, 1950
7/27/A

Archival unit 525

Copy
Photograph
I, the undersigned, Mukhtar of the Tatran neighborhood, testify that the nationality book belonging to Baruch
Heskiel Kousaj Zadeh, whose photograph is shown above, was lost from him while he was carrying the nationality book in his pocket.
And to state the truth, I have signed. 5 / 5 / 1950
Seal of the Mukhtar
Tatran Neighborhood - Ibrahim
Gurji Shmuly
First Witness | Second Witness
Eliyahu Saleh | Daoud Nassim
Number: 50/4756
Date: 5 / 5 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above.
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council