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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 301-325
Page 301
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings,
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Reuben Ibrahim Akka
was born in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of February 1925
and for this purpose we have signed below.
Baghdad on 28 / 7 / 1947
⟦illegible signature⟧
28 / 7 / 1947
Witness | The Mukhtar | Witness
⟦illegible signature⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦illegible signature⟧
Eliyahu Moshe | ⟦illegible signature⟧ | Naeem Zabil Bikhor
Aiwan | Abboudi Nassim Akka |
Iraq
Finance
40 Fils
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Page 302
No 742
Baghdad 29th July 1947.
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Mr. ROUBEN IBRAHIM AKKA was born at Baghdad on the 16th
day of February 1925 ( nineteen hundred & twenty five A.D.)
Mr. President
Birth Certificate of Mr. Rouben Ibrahim Akka
In Baghdad on ⟦illegible⟧
Census Register Number ⟦illegible⟧
And the date ⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
vst
V/ea
Page 303
7/7/1947/⟦...⟧
269
Ephraim Shamil Ibrahim
Miss Daisy Nassim Isaac Nahum
The twenty-sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven
⟦illegible⟧
Archived
(Copy of Certificate)
⟦illegible⟧
7/20
Page 304
⟦District Copy⟧
746
2/7/947
461
Eliyahu Yosef Siman-Tov
Miss Maliha Saleh Ephraim ⟦by hand⟧
The twelfth of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
⟦illegible⟧
Original copy
True to the original
5/2/50
100 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
7/2
Page 305
744
31/7/1944
⟦20/7/947⟧
461
Department's Copy
Eliyahu Yosef Siman Tov
Miss Salima Saleh Ephraim Beit
The twelfth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
⟦illegible signature⟧
( True copy of the original )
Baghdad on February 5, 1950
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Secular Council
A / 5 / 2
Page 306
Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number :: 1220
Date :: 20 / 7 / 947
File Number: 598 / 700
The Honorable Hacham Sasson Khedhouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Please be so kind as to provide Esther Salman
with a certificate stating that a divorce has occurred between her and her fiancé Haron
Isaac before the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad on the date of
11 Cheshvan 5708 corresponding to 24 October 947
And the fiancé's confession before the divorce that the girl born to
his fiancée Esther is his.
⟦illegible⟧
The President
⟦Request ...⟧
Page 307
743
⟦illegible⟧/7/947
Divorce Certificate
Based on the testimony of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby confirm
that the woman named Esther Salman has been divorced from her fiancé Haron Isaac
before the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad on the twenty-fourth day of
October in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, and the fiancé confessed
before the divorce that the girl born to his fiancée Esther is from him.
⟦signature⟧
7/21
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦The situation⟧
And salvation with my soul
Page 309
CHIEF RABBI- BASRAH.
(IRAQ)
Telephone No. 05-395.
Date: 3rd. July 1947.
Chief Rabbi in ⟦Basrah⟧
Telephone Number 05 - 395
Date 3 July 1947
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Hanini, daughter of Moshi Amber, and widow
of Daoud Ezra Atraghji was born in Baghdad (Iraq) on ⟦3rd.⟧ November 1881.
CHIEF RABBI-BASRAH.
⟦Based on ...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Iraq
Finance
40 Fils
CHIEF RABBI BASRAH
⟦...⟧
Page 310
No. 746
1st August
7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Mr. HARON DAOUD ATRAGHJI was born at Baghdad on the 1st
day of November 1907 ( nineteen hundred & seven A.D. )
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Health Certificate⟧
Birth Certificate
Mr. Haron Daoud Atragji
In Baghdad on the date 1/11/1907
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
Accompanied with
⟦illegible⟧
Page 311
No 747
Baghdad 1st August 1947.
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that <del>Miss</del> HANINI MOSHI AMBER was born at Baghdad on the 3rd day
of November 1881 ( eighteen hundred & eighty one A.D. )
Birth certificate of Mrs.
Hanini Moshi Amber in Baghdad
1881 one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one AD
⟦illegible signature⟧
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
The
7/30
Two copies
Page 312
8/1947/
44
Kamel Saleh Hazqeel Yoskhan
Miss Aziza Yaqoub Sayon Shakouri
The twelfth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three
⟦signature⟧
1/8
⟦illegible⟧
Page 313
749
5 / 8 / 947
Marriage Certificate
Based on the certificate from the Chief Rabbinate of the city of Tel Aviv, Palestine, numbered
73293 and dated 6 / 3 / 1945, we hereby confirm that Mr. Elias Shalom
married Miss Rebecca Josephson in Tel Aviv, Palestine, on the sixth day
of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
Page 314
No -
947/8/6
430
Moshe Naeem known as Naeem Al-Yahou Abdullah Balboul
Miss Mona Al-Beira known as Al-Beira Aqwayem Yaqoub Naqar
The thirteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
⟦Abboud⟧
Page 315
8 / 247 /
⟦Department Copy⟧
479
Nahum Naji known as Nahum Khedhouri Isaac Nahum
Miss Victoria Ibrahim Moshe ⟦Al-Adhar⟧
The eleventh of June of the year nineteen hundred and forty-six
(Copy of Certificate)
Image
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 316
Department copy
754
6/8/1947
479
Nahoum Naji, known as Nahoum Khadhouri Ishaq Nahoum
Miss Victoria Ibrahim Moshi Elazar
The eleventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD.
⟦illegible⟧
12/12
(True copy)
Baghdad on 12/12/1950
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Ibrahim / 12
Page 317
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 7 / 8 / 1947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Respected President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. Avraham son of Isaac Ezra
Has contracted his engagement to Rachel daughter of Isaac Ezra
In Baghdad on the day 16 / 6 / 1947
And has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
⟦...⟧ | Isaac Ezra
⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
Shim'on Shaul M. Shim'on
Shim'on Shaul Shim'on
Page 318
⟦VDC⟧
8/8/1947
Ezra Hesqeel Menachem Shamaa.
Miss Jahla Youssef Ezra Abboudi
The sixteenth of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven )
Abboudi
⟦N⟧
Page 319
⟦illegible⟧
Birth Certificate
8/947/
Based on the documents presented, we hereby certify that Ronnie Elias Shalom was born
in Tel Aviv on the twenty-third day of September in the year 1946 (one thousand
nine hundred and forty-six).
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
His Excellency the President
This certificate was issued according to the birth
certificate issued in Palestine (Department of Health)
5225 and dated on ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 320
Baghdad, August 7, 1947
His Excellency the Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community
Respectfully,
After greetings,
It is no secret to your Excellency that Sassoon Aaron Zubaida is from the most honorable
and ancient Jewish families in Baghdad; however, his difficult circumstances and the illness
he has been afflicted with have left him unable to work in recent years, such that
his financial situation has become very tight. Now, he intends to go to Palestine for medical treatment;
therefore, we request your Excellency to kindly grant him a certificate proving his financial status
so that he may present it to health institutes abroad in the hope of obtaining the possible
concessions in treatment and hospital fees.
Hoping that your Excellency will fulfill our request, please accept
our deepest thanks in advance with abundant respect.
Sincerely,
Sion Ibrahim
Kurji
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
Page 321
No. 754
August 7th, 7.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that Mr. SASSON H. ZEBEIDAH
who is leaving for medical treatment abroad, is from
a well known family of the Jewish Community, Baghdad,
whose financial positin has been badly affected lately.
Therefore we recommend every possible assistance as
regards hospital fees, expenses, expenses etc.
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
Page 322
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Copy
⟦Ashkel⟧ daughter of Saleh Haron Shamoon
and wife of Subhan Al-Haq Shalom
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby confirm that Rachel Haskell, wife of Solomon
Mrs Rachel Solomon née Haskell
was born in Baghdad in ⟦the day⟧ the year 1896
and for this purpose we have signed below
Baghdad on 18 / 7 / 1947
Witness | Witness
⟦Mordechai⟧ | Sassoon Yaqub
⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧
I attest to the contents of this certificate
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 323
No ⟦700⟧
7th August
7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mrs. RACHEL SOLOMON NEE HESKELL was born
at Baghdad in the year 1896 ( eighteen hundred & ninety
six A.D. )
Mr. President
Birth certificate of Mrs. Rachel
Solomon daughter of Haskell born
in Baghdad in the year 1896
7 / 8 / 1947
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦signature⟧
7 / 8
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
The Spiritual Council of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad certifies
that ⟦...⟧
from ⟦...⟧ born in Baghdad in the year
1381 AH was born in ⟦...⟧ at the hour
His father ⟦...⟧
717321 on 8/8/⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 324
8/8/1947
590
Munshi Murad Ibrahim
Miss Latifa Moussa Daoud
The twenty-eighth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
and forty
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