Description
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.
AI English Translation, Pages 876-900
We testify regarding the person named Lulu daughter of Shaul, an Iranian national and resident of the neighborhood
⟦Hanoun al-Sanad⟧ 69 / 12, and that her Iranian nationality was lost in the year (1940), and for the statement we have testified
to that 4 / 6 / 1950
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tatran Neighborhood
Munshi Saleh Bazzaz | Yusuf the Mukhtar | Ibrahim Karhi Shmuel
Fallujah | |
Number: 5285 / 5
Date: 5 / 6 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
⟦signature⟧
Correct
⟦6 / 4 / 9⟧
The Administrator of the 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 ⟦Avraham Yitzhak Salman⟧ died in Baghdad
on the ⟦9th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar I⟧ in the year 5702
(17 / 2 / 1942) and for that reason I have signed below
⟦Avraham Yitzhak⟧
⟦Salman⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Affairs
506/5
⟦illegible⟧
2/2
⟦Department Copy⟧
50 / 2986
6 / 6 / 1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the person named Hayim Moshe Maslawi passed away in
Baghdad on the seventeenth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-three AD
⟦illegible⟧
5 / 6
For Attestation
⟦illegible⟧
5 / 6
6 / 6 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Copy
7 / 6
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
2986/50
6/6/1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Hayim Moshe Maslawi died in
Baghdad on the seventeenth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-three AD.
(True copy)
Baghdad on July 20, 1950
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Physical Council
⟦signature⟧
7/20
Authentication
7/20
7/20/9
The Official for Israeli 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 ⟦Fuad Rahma Khadouri⟧ died in Baghdad
on the ⟦26th⟧ ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tishrei⟧ in the year ⟦5710⟧
(11/18/1949) and for this reason I have signed below.
Yehezkel Haddad
⟦illegible⟧
⟦2/5⟧
⟦Cancelled⟧
Haskeel Haddad
The Official for Israeli Burial Affairs
Department Copy
50/2987
6/6/1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burials at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Shalom Nissim Balbul died in Baghdad on
The eighteenth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine
A.D.
⟦signature⟧
20 Fils
⟦signature⟧
9/5/6
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Department Copy
Death Certificate
50 / 2988
6 / 6 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs at the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Sion Yaqub Shamash passed away in
Baghdad on the sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-five AD. ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
⟦illegible⟧
6 / 5
⟦illegible⟧
6 / 5
6 / 5 / 9
50/2898
1950/6/2
Department Copy
142
Nassim Youssef, known as Nassim bin Youssef Daoud
Fahima Darwish, known by the name Fahima bint Darwish Moshi
The thirteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five AD.
(Copy of a certificate)
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
True
Two copies
Two images
2/14
6/5/9
⟦signatures⟧
Department Copy
50/2989
6/6/1950
142
Nassim Youssef known as Nassim bin Youssef Daoud
Fahima Darwish known as Fahima bint Darwish Moshi
The thirteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD.
⟦illegible⟧
12/14
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad on 12/14/1950
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
Two copies
⟦illegible⟧
12/14
Ibrahim / 14
Department Copy
244 / 50
6/8/1950
244
Naim Nahum, known as Naim bin Nahum Yaqub
Haila Haroun, known as Haila Haroun Yaqub Cohen
The ninth of February of the year nineteen hundred and fifty
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
2/5
200 fils
⟦signature⟧
6/5
Matching ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
And on behalf of
President of the Corporeal Council
8 / 6 / 50
Officer in Charge of Israelite Burial Matters
Baghdad
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that
the named ⟦Saleh Daoud⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the day ⟦17⟧ of the month ⟦January⟧ of the year 98
(1928/2/19) and for this reason I have signed below.
⟦...⟧
Heskel Haddad
Officer in Charge of Israelite Burial Matters
⟦...⟧
2/7
(1928/2/19)
Department Copy
50/2991
6 / 6 / 1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial matters at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Ephraim Isaac Shukerji passed away in Baghdad on
the nineteenth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight ⟦line⟧
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
6/6/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 5 / 6 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 7, I hereby confirm that
Mr. <del>Isaac David Habiba Ezra</del>
married in Baghdad ⟦Isaac David Habiba Ezra⟧
on the day 22 / 5 / 1924 (19 Iyar 5684)
The amount of the Ketubah is 2000 ⟦Dinars⟧ The witnesses
⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦...⟧
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦Hebrew signature⟧
5/6
Department Copy
⟦Department Copy⟧
50/2992
6/2/1950
7
Yousef Dawoud, known as Yousef Dawoud Ibrahim Ajami
Miss Toba Nahoum, known as Toba Nahoum Saleh
The twenty-third of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four
AD.
Certified
⟦signature⟧
6/5
Copy
722
6/5/4
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the ⟦Community⟧
President of the Lay Council
Court Copy
2992 / 50
6 / 6 / 50
7
Youssef Daoud known as Youssef Daoud Ibrahim Ajami
Miss Tuba Nahum known as Tuba Nahum Saleh
The twenty-third of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four
AD.
(Certified True Copy)
Baghdad on 24 / 8 / 50
On behalf of the ⟦Head of the Community⟧
Vice President of the Corporal Council
F / 24 / 8
⟦signature⟧
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 14 / 5 / 950
This is the testimony that was before us, we the court signed below
that on the day ⟦illegible⟧ (Thursday) of the week, which is ⟦illegible⟧ (ten) days of the month
of Iyar, the year five thousand seven hundred and ten from the creation of the world
according to the count we count here in Baghdad, the city situated on the river ⟦illegible⟧
Nissim Kadoorie ⟦illegible⟧
Menachem ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Date of Divorce
29 / 4 / 50
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Hoki Aboudi
CHIEF RABBI
SALMAN H. ABOUDI
BAGHDAD
I certify the correctness of the date above
⟦illegible⟧
5 / 6
Certified
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Copy for the Department⟧
Divorce Certificate
50/2992
6/6/1950
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm
that the woman named Naima (Khatoun) Hesqeel Muhallab has been divorced from her husband
named Nissim (Naji) Moshi Yahya on the twenty-sixth day of April
in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
5/6
⟦Hesqeel⟧
9/5/6
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
⟦line⟧ Baghdad on
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings
Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that
the named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Daoud⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the ⟦first⟧ day of the month of ⟦June⟧ in the year ⟦5702⟧
( ⟦6 / 6 / 1942⟧ ) and for that reason I have signed below
⟦signature⟧
⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧
⟦Daoud⟧
Heskel Haddad
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
I certify the accuracy of the date above
⟦signature⟧
6/6
⟦Department Copy⟧
50/2994
1950/6/2
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Eliyahu Yehuda Ajmi died in Baghdad on
the sixth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three
AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
⟦signature⟧
2/2
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
6/6/2
55/2895
1950/6/2
⟦illegible⟧ department
The prominent
Youssef Daoud
Miss Samih Benhassas
The first of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight ⟦line⟧
AD.
Second class
⟦illegible⟧
6/5
⟦illegible⟧
6/27
6/5/4
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Sect
Head of the Physical Council
Iraq
Fils
Saving
Palestine
10 Fils
50/2995
50/6/6
⟦illegible⟧
The prominent
Youssef ⟦line⟧ F. Daoud
Miss Sih Banh ⟦line⟧
The first of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three
AD.
(True copy)
Baghdad on 27/August/1950
Copy
⟦signature⟧
8/27
8/27/1