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8/947/ 179 Eliyahu Ibrahim who converted to the Jewish religion Miss Salima Fahima, known as Salima Manan Haroun Munshi The twentieth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
IJA 3748
Verification Certificates, Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Community
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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.
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⟦illegible⟧ 8/1947/ 46 Naji Samoun Naftali Miss Marcelle Salman Isaac The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five ⟦illegible⟧ Life ⟦illegible⟧
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759 11/8/947 The Exhibitor Moshe Daoud Cohen To/ Basra Miss Farha Bashir Youssef The twenty-second of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and nine Current status Required 40 fils ⟦illegible pencil sketches⟧
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14/8/947 39 Sion Ibrahim, known as Sion ⟦Khadhouri⟧ Sasson Shahrabani Miss Sara Nazima Youssef Isaac Faraj The eighth of October, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six forty-six ⟦illegible⟧ Required 290 fils ⟦illegible⟧
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His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦Respectable⟧ After greetings. We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Naeem Ezra Abbas was born in Baghdad in the year 1928 AD And for this purpose we have signed below Witness Mr. Abdul Majeed Saeed Employee in Jawad neighborhood Al-Huwaizi ⟦signature⟧ Witness Mr. Munshi Sadqa Worker at the National Tobacco Company The Mukhtar ⟦signature⟧ 11 Iraq 40 Fils Financial 10 ⟦circular stamp illegible⟧ ⟦1/1/1950⟧
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11th August 7 ⟦1947/8/11⟧ BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. NAIM EZRA ABDULLAH was born at Baghdad in the year 1928 ( nineteen hundred & twenty eight A.D.) Mr. President ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦I hereby testify that Mr. Naim Ezra Abdullah⟧ ⟦was born in Baghdad in the year 1928⟧ Baghdad 11/8/47 PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦...⟧ 1000 ⟦...⟧ 200 ⟦...⟧ 1200 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamp⟧
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Engagement Contracts Registrar Baghdad on 11/8/1947 For the Israelite community in Baghdad His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Respectable President of the Israelite Community After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. ⟦Yitzhak Hamus son of Saleh Nissim⟧ Has contracted his engagement to ⟦Miriam daughter of Yitzhak Darwish Murad⟧ In Baghdad on the day 15/7/1947 And has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 1500 ⟦Muqaddas/Advanced⟧ | ⟦Yaakov Sassoon⟧ 200 ⟦Mu'akhar/Deferred⟧ | ⟦Ezra Sassoon⟧ 1700 / Shimon Nazil A. Shimon ⟦Shimon Nazil⟧ ⟦A. Shimon⟧
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⟦722⟧ 1947/8/13 Moshe Nissim Moshe Nissim Miss Madeleine Haskil Yassin Mahlab The fifteenth of July in the year nineteen forty-seven ⟦Hussam⟧ Copy to Mr. Selim Tabara ⟦signature⟧
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⟦724⟧ 12/8/047 489 Naeem Ephraim Isaac Miss Habiba Bertin known as Bertin Saul Rahmin ⟦Hina⟧ The twenty-second of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven seven ⟦Habiba⟧
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947/8/⟦...⟧ Certificate To whom it may concern We hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf Meir is an employee at Dar al-Shifa Clinic Affiliated with the Committee of Israeli Hospitals in Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Sarah the President⟧ Belongs to Yusuf al-Jarrah 12 A. S.
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To the honorable President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Yaqub Kamal son of Salman, his correct name is "Kamal" and not "Yaqub Kamal", and for this reason we have signed below. Ezra Saleh Azouri | Lawyer Yusuf Batat Witness | Witness Iraq 40 Fils Finance 14 / ⟦...⟧ / 1947
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765 14/8/1947 Certificate To whom it may concern Based on the documents presented, we hereby confirm that Yaqub Kamal son of Salman Shina, his correct name is "Kamal" and not "Yaqub Kamal" and for this reason he was provided with this certificate. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community
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We, the undersigned, testify that the person named Saleh Ishaq bin Saleh Mukammal was born, along with his father, in Baghdad and was formerly of Ottoman nationality, and to this we have signed Lawyer Selim Ishaq ⟦Haroun Saleh⟧ Ovadia Yitzhak Yitzhak ⟦illegible⟧ Note - The aforementioned Saleh Ishaq bin Saleh Mukammal was born in Baghdad in the year 1887 AD on the fourth day of March and had traveled from Iraq about forty years ago and is of Iraqi origin from father to grandfather. 18/12/47 Lawyer Selim Ishaq ⟦Haroun Saleh⟧ Ovadia Yitzhak Yitzhak
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Certificate 8/1947/ - Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh Ishaq bin Saleh Mukammal is the brother of Mr. Shlomo Ibrahim Sadqa from his mother, and that he and his father were born in Baghdad and were formerly of Ottoman nationality. ⟦Sassoon⟧ Head of the Community Mr. President, For signature, please 12 / 8 Required on ⟦...⟧
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8/1947/ 331 Yaqub Kurji Yusuf Ibrahim Shalom Hayat Miss Sabiha Saida, known as Sabiha Saleh Ibrahim Shamshu The thirtieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight ⟦Sabiha⟧
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Certificate ⟦728⟧ 947/8/⟦...⟧ Based on the testimony of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the woman named Salma Yaqub Bashar died in Baghdad on the twenty-fourth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. ⟦15 K⟧ Head of the Community
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8/947 Marriage Certificate Based on the certificate of the Chief Rabbi of the Israelite community in Tel Aviv (Palestine) No. 66328 and dated 31/3/1944, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yaqoub Khadouri Sopher was married in Palestine to Miss Eva Rosa Friedlander on the twenty-seventh day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
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⟦27⟧ 8/1947/ Saleh Ezra Sassoon Valentine Khadouri Ishaq The seventeenth of August of the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧
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1947/8/19 To the Community Committee of the Jews in Baghdad Subject: Request for assistance through the Committee for Poor Affairs From Abraham Ezekiel I, the undersigned, Abraham Ezekiel, submit this request to you and ask that you would be so kind as to grant me monthly financial aid because my financial situation is very bad and I have no other source of livelihood. Income 1500 Expense 2000 Difference 700 Total 4200 Respectfully, Abraham Ezekiel ⟦illegible⟧ A. Tali
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8/1947 398 Meir Shaoul Miss Habiba Haskil Shamil Jahdayat The seventeenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD.