Verification Certificates, Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are certificates for birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death of community members. There is correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community regarding financial hardships, marriage disputes, medical assistance needs and travel for medical treatment, and confirmations of character, identity or citizenship. There are also documents confirming religious education and births in other countries including Austria, Greece, and Romania. Birth certificates verifying birth dates go as far back as the 1870s.
Registrar of Engagement Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ 28 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri President of the Jewish Community, Respected With respect, Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ on the day ⟦illegible⟧ 4/5/1947 after Conditions 750 800 1550 Shimon Shaul A. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧ 47/6/12 ⟦illegible⟧ Hesqeel Miss Louise Isaac Shlomo Pasha The sixteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 27 / 5 / 1947 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Jewish Community, Respected After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I confirm that Mr. ⟦Yitzhak son of Hezekiah David⟧ was engaged to ⟦Miriam daughter of Hezekiah David⟧ in Baghdad on the day 18 / 11 / 1945 Conditions | Witnesses Married after | ⟦Apparently⟧ | ⟦Yitzhak Ezra⟧ ⟦As above⟧ | ⟦Menashe Yitzhak⟧ Shimon Shaul A. Shimon
535 1947/6/10 Yacoub Habib Daniel Miss Najiba Ezra Shloum The eighteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five Forty ⟦illegible⟧ 217
385 DOX 20 / 6 / 1947 201 Shimon Rubin Shmail Ms. Nazima Habiba Shaul Elia Aziz The eighteenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three (True copy) ⟦Habayeb⟧ 11/6
1927 / ⟦...⟧ Before us, the undersigned, on the day ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Witnesses undersigned Ezra Sassoon Abed Khadouri Abraham Hevra Kadisha of the community Baghdad 1921 / ⟦...⟧ 18 / ⟦...⟧
⟦954⟧ 947/6/2 Al-Mubarraz Ghoura Youssef Ghoura Halili Miss Mazli Eliyahu Sion Nissim Ibrahim The nineteenth of August of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one ⟦Registered⟧ ⟦Yashaw⟧ 7/11
⟦400⟧ 947/6/ 208 Haskil Hayawi Haskil Miss Nazima Yousef Eliyahu Blass The eleventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (True copy) ⟦illegible⟧ 6/11
947 / 6 / 148 Moshe Akram, known as Moshe Youssef Shamash Miss Tuffaha Kurdi Youssef Shamash The fourteenth of November, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and forty-five 9 ⟦illegible⟧ 6/11 Certified
⟦557⟧ 6/947/ 380 Saleh Ephraim Merikh Alani Miss Sabiha Awra Nasim Tariq The fourth of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six Copy of certificate On ⟦illegible⟧ 12/2 Required ⟦illegible⟧
557 13 / 6 / 947 380 Saleh Ephraim Mordekh Alfi Miss Bahija Ezra Nassim Twayq The fourth of April, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six (True copy) ⟦Rabbi⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
6/247/ 498 Isaac Haskel Ibrahim Tawfiq Miss Naima Marcelle, known as Azima Khadouri Isaac Isaac The twenty-sixth of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five ⟦illegible⟧ 12/6 Required 250 fils
P D O 6/1947/ 413 Munshi Isaac Mordechai Miss Julia Khoury Alim Dali The first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four (True copy) ⟦illegible⟧ Keep ⟦Amman⟧ 6/12
6/947/ 196 Moshe Hesqel Shalom Mahlab Miss Zubaida Violet, known as Juliet Salman Daoud The eighteenth of April, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty ⟦illegible⟧ Kept it Belonging to Mr. Eliyahu Moshi ⟦illegible⟧ 6/12
12/6/947 Ham qabl Hayyim Shlomo Hamqaha, Deborah Miss Farah Juliet Eliyahu Saleh Mozayen The twenty-third of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ Certified (True copy of the original) ⟦illegible⟧ 12/7
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the student Jacob Baroukh was born in Baghdad in 1928 AD, and for this reason we have signed below Ibrahim Khadouri Cohen I request that you issue a certificate Mukhtar of the ⟦Al-Fadl⟧ neighborhood ⟦illegible⟧ 12 / 1 / 1947 ⟦illegible⟧ JACOB BAROUKH SHAMMA born at Baghdad in the year 1928
No 562 Baghdad 15th June 1947. BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. JACOB BAROUKH SHAMMASH was born at Baghdad in the year 1928 ( nineteen hundred & twenty eight A.D. ) Birth certificate of Mr. Jacob Baroukh Shammash 1928 one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight A.D. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/13 CT ⟦illegible⟧ Date PRESIDENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the fixed information in my records, I hereby certify that ⟦Mr. Lawi Cohen⟧ passed away in Baghdad on ⟦September 26, 1906⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 707 11 And for this reason I have signed ⟦...⟧ Baghdad on / / 1947 ⟦Signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Acting for the affairs of the Jewish Community in Baghdad 12/4/1946 Required 40 Fils ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦...⟧
Death Certificate 562 15 / 6 / 947 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Eliyahu Moshe Sabha died in Baghdad on the fourth day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦Status lost⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 14 / 6 Head of the Community
524 1947/6/20 66 Yaqub Moshi Aqrawi Miss Kittani Shlomo Ibrahim The twenty-first of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and eight ) and forty Said Status registration ⟦signature⟧ 2/12
525 M / 6 / 947 236 Khalif Yusuf Hayyim Khalif Miss Tarjiya Yehuda Isaac Bassous The twenty-fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 6/10
522 522 10 / 6 / 947 312 Youssef Kurji Ezra Haskiel Mrs. Haila Khatoun Ezra Dhyon Aaron Ma Yanji The seventh of February, year nineteen thirty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ Hijbat (Copy of certificate) ⟦illegible⟧ 6/12
Engagement Contract Registrar For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 1947/1/19 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I confirm that Mr. Mordechai ben Zakkai Pinto son of Nissim Has conducted his engagement to Miriam bat Yosef ben Ezra Daoud In Baghdad on the day 1946/12/19 And has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 400 | Shimon Sasson ⟦...⟧ | Ezra Daoud Recorded to the 40 47/1/17 Shimon Shaul M. Shimon SIMON S. M. SIMON Shimon S. M. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧
527 5 / 6 / 947 Shlomo Zaki Yaqoub Yehuda Miss Jamla Shabo Moshi The nineteenth of December of the year nineteen hundred and forty-six forty-six ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Current status⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6 / 12