Verification Certificates, Confirmation of Jewish Lineage, Vocations, Citizenship
View interactive document pageThese 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.
Department Copy 50/2827 17/5/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the individual named Eliyahu Moshe Rahmin passed away in Baghdad on the fourth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty seven AD ⟦illegible⟧ 10/5 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/16/5 Fifty fils required
Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad 6 Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby confirm that the named David son of Ezra son of Murad died in Baghdad on the 17th day of the month of Nisan in the year 5704 (10/4/1944) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 5/5/12 ⟦illegible⟧ 5/9 19
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/2828 17/5/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Rachel Yameen, wife of Pinchas, passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Submitted ⟦signature⟧ 5/17 A/16/5
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. Yaqub Hay bin Gharib has entered into an engagement with Miss Fatina bint Shaul Salih Muallim in Baghdad on the day 15 / 2 / 1950 ( ⟦line⟧ ) ⟦signature⟧ 16/2/20 And has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 750 Deferred | Naum Shaul 250 Prompt | We establish the house of Lulu 1000 Total amount in Dinars | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦hebrew signature⟧ ⟦red stamp⟧ Cancelled
Department Copy 2829/50 17/5/1950 Yaqoub Hai bin Gharib Miss Nazima Shaul Saleh The fifteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fif⟦line⟧ty AD ⟦signature⟧ 20 Fils ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council 4/16/5
50/2820 17/5/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ BETROTHAL CERTIFICATE BETROTHAL CERTIFICATE. Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nessim Hay bin Abdullah Faraj Moshy currently residing in Calcutta has betrothed Miss Violet Shemtob David on the seventeenth day of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. That the betrothal ceremony took place in Baghdad on behalf of the groom by Mr. Moshi Murad Sabha according to the power of attorney presented by him dated the sixteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. That the betrothal contract is as binding as a marriage contract according to the provisions of Jewish law and cannot be dissolved except by divorce. In accordance with the certificate of the Matrimonial Registrar of the Jewish Community at Baghdad, I hereby confirm that NESSIM HAY ABDALLAH FARAJ MOSHY residing at present at CALCUTTA, has betrothed Miss VIOLET SHEMTOB DAVID on the 17th of August 1948. The said betrothal ceremony has been carried out at Baghdad by Mr. Moshi Murad Sabha on behalf of Mr. Nessim Hay Abdallah Faraj Moshy, in accordance with the power of attorney presented dated the 16th of August 1948. The above mentioned betrothal ceremony is binding as a marriage contract according to the Jewish Law and may not be annulled without a divorce. Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council Ofg. PRESIDENT, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. PRESIDENT, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy 2821 / 50 17 / 5 / 1950 300 Moshe Shabnai known as Moshe Shabnai Cohen ⟦line⟧ Miss Maatouqa Haskil known as Maatouqa Haskil Yahya The third of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and one ⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧ Miss Maatouqa Haskil known as Maatouqa Haskil Yahya The third of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and ten AD ⟦line⟧ . Certified ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council A / 17 / 50
Department Copy 50/2822 1950/5/17 488 Shaul Zion known as Shaul Zion Shmuel Levi Habousha Miss Masouda Louise Eliyahu known as Masouda Louise Eliyahu Daoud Fattal The sixteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight A.D. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/16/A
Baghdad on 14 / 5 / 1950 Photograph I certify that the woman named Dadi Nissan, whose photograph is attached above, is of Iranian nationality, and accordingly we have explained 16 / 5 / 1950 Seal of the Mukhtar Al-Tatran Neighborhood Ibrahim Gurji Shmouli Witnesses Shlomo Simantob | Salman Kattani | Shmuel Azaria | Aziz Benjamin Ophail Ishaq Bakhsh | Yehuda Subuh | Yaqub Samah | Asher Nassim Hazqeel Younis | | | The Honorable Rabbi ⟦signature⟧ 16/5 Number - 2282 / 50 Date - 17 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the seal of the Mukhtar above Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 824 / 50 17 / 5 / 1950 274 Pinhas Yehuda known as Pinhas Yehuda Daoud Levi Mrs. Masouda Yehuda Suleiman known as Masouda Suleiman Yousef Daoud The twenty-seventh of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Corrected the error ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 5 A / 17 / 5
Chief Rabbi in Baghdad Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Baghdad, may God protect it Salman Hoogi Aboudi CHIEF RABBI BAGHDAD Number: Date: 1950/5/15 With this document we testify that the woman Habiba daughter of Ezra and Sarah is the wife of ⟦...⟧ Habiba daughter of ⟦...⟧ and she is from Ben Ezra ⟦...⟧ and the woman ⟦...⟧ daughter of Ezra and she is from 28 Tishrei 5709 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Approved 1950/1/15 ⟦signature⟧ 5/5/1950 Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Hoogi Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD ⟦signature in red⟧ 5/17
50 / 2825 17 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we certify hereby that the named Naeema Abdullah (Arab) has been divorced from her husband Moshe (Kurji) Levi bin Ezra Levi (Rahima) on the fifth day of January the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦Mustafa Al-Hayyi⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council A / 17 / 5
⟦illegible⟧ 50/2835 1950/5/17 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Naima Abdullah (Arab) was divorced from her husband Moshe (Kurji) Levi bin Ezra Levi (Rahima) on the fifth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 5/20 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Correct ⟦signature⟧ 5/21 (True Copy) Baghdad on 1950/5/21 p / 5/29
The person in charge of Jewish burial 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 person named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧ (⟦Yitzhak⟧) Werji died in Baghdad 5705 On the ⟦10th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tishrei⟧ in the year 29 (14 / 1 / 1945) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 3 / 5 / 50 Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs I certify the authenticity of the signature above ⟦signature⟧ 15 / 5 / 950 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 5
Department Copy Death Certificate 2826 / 50 17 / 5 / 1955 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Ezra Haskel Cohen died in Baghdad on the fourteenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 5 A / 17 / 5 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad In Baghdad on: ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community: In Baghdad: After greetings: Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 226, I hereby certify that Mr.: Yusuf Hayim bin Sassoon bin Ibrahim ⟦illegible⟧ Has married in Baghdad: Miss Saliha daughter of Ezra bin Houri On the day: 17 / September / 1941 ( ⟦illegible⟧ Elul 5701 ) Amount of the Ketubah: 200 two hundred dinars only Witnesses: Shaul ⟦illegible⟧ , Salim G. ⟦illegible⟧ Certified Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦Hebrew text in stamp⟧ ⟦Arabic text in stamp⟧
Department copy 50/2827 1950/5/18 336 Yosef Hayyim Moshe, known as Yosef Hayyim Moshe Ibrahim Irani Miss Khatoon Ezra Hoki The seventeenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD ⟦signature⟧ Refinery ⟦signature⟧ 5/17 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/17/4
⟦Department Copy⟧ We hereby certify that the named Mandani daughter of Daoud, an Iranian national, is the mother of Ibrahim Murad, an Iranian national, and he is a holder of an Iranian registry book. For clarification, we have witnessed this. 16 / 5 / 1950 Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar Mandani Daoud Shirazi | Daoud Rahmin | Al-Tatran Neighborhood Mashallah Haham Baba Shirazi | Atouqji - Souq Al-Haraj | Ibrahim Karji Shmouli Broker in Al-Shorja | | ⟦signature⟧ Number: 2828 / 50 Date: 18 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above. Certified ⟦signature⟧ 18 / 5 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
⟦Department Copy⟧ Photography Regarding the Iranian individual Ibrahim Batraka at house number 33/1, he has resided in our neighborhood for three and a half years, and this certificate was provided upon request. Member | Member | Mukhtar's Stamp Munkar Dhabh - Car Driver | Friend of Ibrahim | Al-Bataween Neighborhood Cook at Manshi Shamshoua's house | Fifth Branch - Hajj Abbas Mustafa | 1949/5/14 Number - 55/2829 Date - 1950/5/8 ⟦signature⟧ 5/8 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp above; Refinery ⟦signature⟧ 5/17 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
Department Copy 2840 / 55 18 / 5 / 1955 Exhibit Eliyahu Daoud Abd Al ××× Zakho Hanna Benjamin The twentieth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council Mustafa ⟦illegible⟧ 5/18 4/18/5
Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that The person named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham David⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦21st⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tishrei⟧ in the year ⟦5709⟧ (1949/2/19) and therefore I have signed below. ⟦signature⟧ 20/5/49 ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs Presidency of the Jewish Community
Department Copy Death Certificate 2841 / 50 21 / 5 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Ezra Ibrahim Yaqub died in Baghdad on the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4 / 19 / 50
Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Hanuni⟧ died in Baghdad on the day ⟦2⟧ of the month ⟦Nisan⟧ in the year 5710 (22/4/1950) and therefore I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 19/5/50 ⟦Yitzhak Hanuni⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs
Department Copy Death Certificate 2841 / 50 29 / 5 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Moshe Shimon Cohen died in Baghdad on the twenty-third day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Urgent ⟦signature⟧ 19/2 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/19/5
The person 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 person named ⟦hebrew: יצחק דוד כהן⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦twentieth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tammuz⟧ in the year 5707 (12 / 7 / 1947) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 18 / 5 / 950 ⟦hebrew: יצחק דוד⟧ ⟦hebrew: כהן⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦signature⟧ 5/19