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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 526-550

Archival unit 526

Photograph
⟦illegible⟧ Department
I, the undersigned, Mukhtar of the Tatran neighborhood, testify that the nationality book belonging to Tuffaha
Hesqel Kousej Zada, whose photograph is affixed above, was lost by her two years ago while she was carrying it to
her school principal. In witness thereof, I have ⟦line⟧ signed.
Seal of the Mukhtar of Tatran neighborhood | Second Witness | First Witness
Ibrahim Kurji Shmuly | Daoud Nassim | Eliahou Saleh
Number: 50/757
Date: 5 / 5 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/5

Archival unit 527

Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 7/5/52
Let it be known that as we were sitting in the court, the father Mr. Isaac
Ha-Levi, may he live, son of Saleh, mentioned 1952 (Moshe)
may he live, son of Isaac son of Reuben (Moshe) and Saleh
mentioned 1952, and he came before us when we were three
together ⟦illegible⟧
7-5-1952
Baghdad
Isaac Ha-Levi
Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Salman Hogi Aboudi
The year 5712
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Hogi Aboudi
CHIEF RABBI
SALMAN H. ABOUDI
BAGHDAD
40 Fils
10 Fils

Archival unit 528

Top Secret
⟦illegible⟧
We have decided to attach the below-mentioned individuals to Ibn al-Haytham Primary School and assign them to it
The schools they are transferred from must provide us with their files along with all information regarding their health and environmental status
⟦line⟧ on behalf of the Parents' Committee at Yusuf School
Naji Allah Qalbi transferred from | Adnan Muslih | Basim Kamil
Yusuf School and assigned to it | Babylon School | Babylon School
⟦illegible⟧
105 / 7 / 57 ⟦line⟧
5 / 5 / 57 - Baghdad
. Copy to the members of the Parents' Committee at Yusuf School
Signature ⟦illegible⟧
Principal of Ibn al-Haytham Primary School
Chairman of the Parents' Committee
⟦illegible signature⟧

Archival unit 529

Department Copy
Certificate
55 / 2758
8 / 5 / 1955
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad dated
on 7 / 5 / 1955 . .
We hereby confirm that the person named Abraham Rubin Samra died in Basra
and left a wife named Juliet Ezra Samra, and based on her request, she was provided with this certificate.
⟦signature⟧
ah
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Physical Council
200 Fils
⟦signature⟧
4 / 7 / 5

Archival unit 530

50/2759
1950/5/8
⟦illegible⟧
Department copy
Document submitted
Shantob Benjamin, known as Shantob Benjamin Quddusi, Iranian
Miss Tabuz Eliyahu, known as Tawus Eliyahu, Iranian
The third of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
nine AD.
⟦illegible⟧
5/8
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
⟦signature⟧
5/7/4

Archival unit 531

The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on: ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
After greetings
Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that
The named ⟦hebrew: יצחק אברהם נסים⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the eleventh day of the month of ⟦hebrew: אדר⟧ in the year 5710
on ( / / 19 ) and for this reason I have signed below
200 Fils
5/7
5/7
⟦hebrew: יצחק אברהם נסים⟧
Haskel Haddad
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs

Archival unit 532

50/2760
1950/5/8
21
⟦illegible⟧
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burials in the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the named Shmuel Heskel Shua Jinka died
in Baghdad on the twenty-sixth day of September in the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
⟦The⟧
5/8
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Physical Council
⟦Fawzi⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/7/4

Archival unit 534

⟦Department Copy⟧
55/2724
8/5/1955
Exhibit
Benjamin Dawood
Miss Khunja Issa, known as Khunja Yiskhar
September 25th, one thousand nine hundred and twelve
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
5/5
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
Classified as Female
⟦illegible⟧
5/7
5/7/4

Archival unit 535

To Whom It May Concern
I, the Mukhtar of the Tatran neighborhood, Ibrahim Kurji Shaul, testify that Mr. Shalom Kashi Zada, husband
of the named Masouda Kashi Zada, had left Iraq several years ago and has not returned to it until now. For
clarification, I have signed this testimony on May 5, 1950.
Seal of the Mukhtar
Ibrahim Kurji Shaul
Mukhtar of the Tatran Neighborhood
Witness
⟦illegible⟧
Witness
⟦illegible⟧
Seal of the Mukhtar
Ibrahim Kurji Shaul
Mukhtar of the Tatran Neighborhood
⟦line⟧
Witness | Witness
Ibrahim Munir | Rahmin Shaul
Faraj Allah 152/1 | Residence A Orfaliyah
Baghdad | 15/2 H
Number: 55/2722
Date: 8 / 5 / 1950
Number: 55/2722
Date: 8 / 5 / 1950
⟦signature⟧
5/7
The authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal are certified for ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Bustani
⟦signature⟧
5/7

Archival unit 536

55/272
1955/5/8
Department Copy
Department Copy
64
Mordechai Matouk Zadeh Matouk, known as Mordechai Matouk Mordechai
Miss Jahla Yaqub, known as Jahla Moallem Yaqub Mthir Houria,
The twenty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/7
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Certified
⟦signature⟧
5/7/A

Archival unit 537

⟦line⟧ 17 million dinars ⟦line⟧
Based on the desire of the residents in Amman, Abdullah has a desire in Iran that he has a reduction in disposal
His disaster was with him and his son died, his peak, his arrival of his money with a plan for my money with a shawl that touches the sky
0521 his legs 5 Righa in the sky 5 for him nine from Libya
The recipient and his weight
In the name of God
In the name of God
That he has a desire in Iran
That he has for the blind a reduction in disposal
That the desire of Iran
That the desire of Iran
16251 Milla and his weight
Salafi department that is named
Nayid
51/6 AH
100 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
815/0521 ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ for the growth, it benefits from the chaos and Hania, his story and a plan for the world
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
District Governor of Amarah District
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/5

Archival unit 538

50/2725
5/8/1950
Department Copy
Exhibit
Isaac Shalom known as Isaac Shalom Iftikhar
×× Fallujah Miss Naeema Saleh
The fourteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/7
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Spiritual Council
Isaac
⟦signature⟧
5/7
A/7/5

Archival unit 539

50 / 2722
8 / 5 / 1955
242
Sassoon Salim, known as Sassoon Salim Yaqub Sharabi
Miss Nazlin Shalom Hay, known as Tawazin Shalom Hay Shmuel
The twenty-fourth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
5 / 7
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
5 / 7
5 / 7 / 4
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 540

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 7 / 5 / 1950
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage contract number 525, I hereby certify that
Mr. Elias son of Khedhouri Ishaq Abrakhil
has married in Baghdad Miss Firieh daughter of Salim Yusuf Abrakhil
on the day 7 / 5 / 1950
( ⟦line⟧ )
( ⟦line⟧ )
Amount of the Ketubah
1600 One thousand and six hundred Dinars
Witnesses
Shamoun Shaul
Salim Hakham Eliyahu
Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun
Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on
Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun
Baghdad Baghdad
Certified as true
⟦illegible signature⟧
5/8

Archival unit 541

50/2767
5/8/1950
Department Copy
535
Elias Khadouri Ishaq Ibrahim
Miss Daisy Salim Yusuf Ibrahim
The seventh of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD.
⟦signature⟧
5/8
⟦signature⟧
For / 5/8
⟦faded blue stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 542

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 8/5/1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify
that ⟦Miss Amy daughter of Ezra Gabbai⟧
is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers.
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 543

⟦Department Copy⟧
50/2728
8/5/1950
Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Amy daughter of Ezra Gabbay is not engaged
nor married, and she has no record in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible⟧
8/5
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
4/8/5
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 544

Department Copy
50/2769
8/5/1950
Justification
Zion Meir
xxx Qasr-e Shirin (Iran) Miss Samra Yaqub Naftali
The seventh of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two
A.D.
⟦signature⟧
5/8
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Attached Form
⟦signature⟧
8
P/8/5

Archival unit 545

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on: 25 / 4 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
After greetings:
Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 560
I hereby certify that:
Mr.: Eliyahu son of Ezra Mizrahi
Has married in Baghdad: Miss Karjiya daughter of Shaul Abdullah Mash'our
On the day: 28 / September / 1927 ( 5787 )
Written on June 10, 1942
⟦line⟧
Ketubah amount: 75 silver liras and seventy only
Witnesses: ⟦illegible⟧
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦stamp⟧
5/8

Archival unit 546

Department Copy
2770 / 50
8 / 5 / 1950
51
Eliyahu Ezra known as Eliyahu Ezra Mizrahi
Miss Gurjiya Shaoul known as Gurjiya Shaoul Abdullah Qashqush
The tenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twel⟦line⟧ve
AD⟦line⟧.
⟦signature⟧
8 / 5
Yusuf ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
8 / 5
4 / 8 / 50
⟦stamp⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 547

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 8 / 5 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Witnesses
Shimon H. Shaul
Nissim H. Eliyahu
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
We have corrected
⟦signature⟧
8/5

Archival unit 548

Department Copy
2771/55
8/5/1955
381
Hamim Jan bin Mikhail, Iranian
Miss Maral Ashir, Iranian
The twenty-second of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
eight AD ⟦line⟧
Hamim Jan
Maral 5/8
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
A/8/5

Archival unit 549

⟦Department Copy⟧
2772 / 50
8th May 50
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 580, I
hereby confirm that Mr. SALEH EZRA HAKHAM SALEH MUALLEM
was married at Baghdad to Miss. VICTORIA ISAAC JACK SAFEER
on the 22nd of September 1949 ( nineteen hundred & fourty
nine A. D. ).
⟦Khabaza⟧
8/5
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦signature⟧
8/5

Archival unit 550

⟦Department Copy⟧
2772 / 50
8th May 50
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 580 , I
hereby confirm that Mr. SALEH EZRA MOUALLEM was married
at Baghdad to Miss. VICTORIA JACK SAFIR on the 22nd of
September 1949 ( nineteen hundred & fourty nine A. D. ).
⟦illegible⟧
10/5
⟦signature⟧
⟦5/5⟧
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.