Description
These 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.
AI en Translation, Pages 201-225
Page 201
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 7 / 7 / 1947
His Excellency Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Respected President of the Jewish Community
Greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. ⟦Yosef ben Yitzhak ben Avraham⟧
has performed his engagement to ⟦Rosalind bat Eliyahu ben Yehezkel Nissim⟧
in Baghdad on the day 21 / 4 / 1947
and has not yet married
Witnesses | Conditions
⟦Shimon Shaul⟧ | ⟦Mohar⟧ 100
⟦Avraham Yitzhak⟧ | ⟦Dowry⟧ 150
| ⟦Gift⟧ 100
| 350
Shimon Shaul M. Shimon
⟦Shimon Shaul⟧
⟦illegible⟧
14 / 7 / 47
Page 202
677
15/7/947
Munir: First Ibrahim
Miss Zalima Eliyahu Heskel
The twenty-first of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
and forty
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
7/14
Page 203
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 1947/7/12
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Respectable President of the Jewish Community
Greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. Eliyahu ben Yosef Eliyahu Gabbay
Has contracted his engagement to Miriam bat Yehezkel ⟦...⟧
In Baghdad on the day 1947/6/6
And has not yet married
Witnesses | Conditions
⟦Hebrew signature⟧ | 1500
⟦Hebrew signature⟧ | 500
Shimon Shaul M. Shimon
Shimon Shaul
⟦...⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
29
47/7/14
Page 204
15/7/947
Saleh Sion Eliahu and Zulka
The daughter Simha Juiz known by the name Simha Flora Hayyim Harun
The sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
⟦illegible⟧
7/14
Page 205
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
Jewish Community of Baghdad
Baghdad on 1947/7/12
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Respected President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect.
Based on the records established in my registers, I certify that
Mr. Habib bin Yosef Habib
has contracted his engagement to Miriam bat Yitzhak
in Baghdad on the day 1947/6/16
and has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
1200 Advance | Yosef
300 Deferred | Yaakov Tzadka
400 ⟦Dowry⟧ |
1900 |
Shimon Nazel M. Shimon
Shimon Nazel
40 fils
Received
14 / 7 / 47
Page 206
678
10/7/947
Habib Yusuf Habib
Miss Helwa Khleif Abdullah
The sixteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
7/14
⟦illegible⟧
Hayat
Page 207
680
15/7/947
399
Baruch Ephraim Joseph Anwah
Miss Esther Abdullah Haskil Yehuda Al-Nashif ⟦...⟧
The sixteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight
⟦...⟧
7/14
⟦...⟧ to ⟦...⟧
Page 209
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 25 ⟦Iyar⟧ 707
Mr. Salman Hezekiah
To the dear Gabbaim
May your peace increase
We hereby inform you that the deceased Nissim ⟦Isaac⟧ Nissim (died 1941/2/1)
was registered here in the book of the poor as an only son and has no relatives
Please grant him a burial as a poor person, end of message
With great respect
Secretary of the Spiritual Committee
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Exempt
Marriage
12/5/47
Page 211
947/7/⟦...⟧
83
Ezra Meir Ezra Shamash
Miss Jamila Ibrahim Ezra Mikhail
The twenty-sixth of August, year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine
⟦illegible⟧
Current status
⟦illegible⟧
7/14
Page 212
682
15/7/1947
⟦line⟧
Shaul Moshi Mordechai Mahlab
His wife known by the name Nouriya Shlomo Manshi Daboura
The fourteenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
7/14
Page 213
684
15/7/947
658
Munir Ishaq Aslan
Miss Masouda Salem Ishaq Salem
The twenty-fourth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
⟦Saleh⟧
7/14
⟦illegible⟧
Page 214
685
16/7/947
543
Ibrahim Salman Saleh
Miss Najia Khatun, known as Najia Munshi Ibrahim Tati
The third of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six
⟦illegible signature⟧
Returned
(Copy of a certificate)
⟦illegible signature⟧
7/15
Page 215
682
16/7/947
166
Ibrahim Haskil Eliyahu
The widow Louise Salima, known as Louise Sassoon Moallem Eliyahu
The seventeenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
7/15
Page 216
Registrar of Betrothal Contracts
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 15/7/1947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri
Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect.
Based on the entries established in my records, I certify that
Mr. ⟦Nuri bin Yitzhak Gouri⟧
Held his betrothal to ⟦Miriam bat Yitzhak Gouri⟧
In Baghdad on the day 25 / 4 / 1947
And has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
5500 | ⟦Sassoon Yitzhak⟧
750 | ⟦Khadduri Sassoon Yitzhak⟧
6250 |
Shmuel |
Khadduri |
Shim'on Shaul M. Shim'on
⟦Shim'on Shaul⟧
⟦Shim'on⟧
<del>Crucified</del>
⟦illegible⟧
Page 217
⟦87⟧
⟦202⟧
16/7/947
Khadoori Sion Eliahu
Miss Violet Manshi Yehuda Fattal
The twenty-fifth of April, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven
⟦illegible⟧
7/15
⟦illegible⟧
Required
540 Fils
Page 218
David ben Yitzhak 1946/11/11
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 1947/7/15
His Honor Rabbi Sasson Khedouri
The Respected President of the Jewish Community
Greetings and respect.
Based on the records established in my registers, I confirm that
Mr. David ben Yitzhak
Has performed his engagement to Rachel bat Yosef
In Baghdad on the day 1946/10/20
And has not yet married
Witnesses | Conditions
Yitzhak ben David | None
Yosef ben Avraham | Money ⟦...⟧
Shimon Shaul M. Shimon
Shimon Shaul
May God protect him
1947/7/15
Correct, sirs
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 219
⟦illegible⟧
1947/7/26
Dawud Ishaq Huquqi
Miss Hayla Rahmin Ibrahim
The twentieth of October, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six
(Copy of Certificate)
⟦Certified⟧
7/80
⟦Document⟧
Page 220
Birth Certificate
689
16 / 7 / 947
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel
Saleh Elias was born in Baghdad in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten
AD ⟦line⟧
(True copy of the original)
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦Heskel⟧
Page 221
689
16/7/947
Birth Certificate
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel Saleh
Elias was born in Baghdad in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten AD.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
Copy of the original
15 / 7 / 947
Family request
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 223
By virtue of a non-negotiable foreign transfer <del>X</del> ⟦...⟧ Baghdad
We have credited at a price
In the name of ⟦...⟧ from the aforementioned person who provided us with it for us
⟦...⟧ and including travel in space
And we have the signature for that
7321 7 / 5 / 52 in Baghdad
Accountant ⟦line⟧
Accounting ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦scribbles⟧
Page 224
691
1947/7/17
332
Aziz Ishaq Rahmin
⟦line⟧ Mosul Miss Sharafia Yahya Mordechai
The third of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five
⟦illegible⟧
7/16
Page 225
692
7/7/947
454
Heskel Gurji Abboudi
Miss Helwa Yona Daniel
The twenty-ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
⟦illegible⟧
7/7
⟦illegible⟧