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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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Archive Reference
IJA 3748
Item Number
12952
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Financial, Illustrations, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, Legal Document, Certification of Non-Impediment, Birth Certificates, Revenue Stamp, Ledger, Medicine, Typed, Citizenship Laws, Marriage Certificates, Basrah, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Legal, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Ink Stamp, Spiritual Council, British Embassy, Death Certificate, Receipts, Letterhead, Salman H. Aboudi, Fragment, Divorce, President of the Jewish Community, Chief Rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Basrah, French, Engagement Certificate, Burial, Office of Public Health, Photograph, Certificate of Good Conduct, Divorce Certificate, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Education, Travel

AI en Translation, Pages 401-425

Page 401

Death Certificate
21 / / 947
⟦B⟧ased on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
⟦W⟧e hereby certify that the named Rosa Abboudi Isaac Baqqal has passed away in Baghdad on
⟦T⟧he twenty-sixth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
Head of the Community
309 S

Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
To whom it may concern
We hereby certify that the person named ⟦Salim⟧ son of ⟦Yaqub⟧, born in Baghdad in 1905
and registered in our records under number 707, is of the Mosaic Community and a subject of this state.
This is what was required to be stated
In Baghdad / 1 / 1732
Vice President
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧

Page 402

1947/8/21
To the honorable Jewish Community Committee here
Subject: The young woman Sabiha Jabbouri daughter of Salman and Farha
In the matter of her single status
I hereby testify with my signature that the aforementioned young woman is single and has never been engaged or betrothed
to any person ever, and there is no religious or legal impediment to her marriage
947/8/21
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Based on the documents kept by us, we hereby confirm that Miss
Sabiha Sabah Jabbouri is neither engaged nor married, and there is also no
⟦about her⟧
record in our engagement and marriage registers. Date:
Head of the Community

⟦illegible⟧
The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
Note :-
If there are several families in the house, one of these forms is used for each family and the forms for the
single house shall be sequential
⟦illegible⟧

Page 403

Certificate
797
27 / 8 / 947
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Miss (Munira Saleh
Aboudi) is neither betrothed nor married, and she has no record in the registers of the Registrar
of Engagement and Marriage Contracts.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦Life⟧
⟦Going to the psychologist⟧
⟦Physical Education School⟧

Page 405

Number 14828
Copy of the Identity Booklet
Since Sion son of Moshi possesses Iraqi nationality and is registered in
the population register, this booklet was issued to him on 22 / 7 / 1924
Name and Surname: Sion
Date and Place of Birth: 1929 One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine
Father's Name: Moshi A.
Mother's Name: Victoria A.
Religion: Mosaic
Profession and whether he reads and writes: Yes
Whether married and has a wife or wives:
Eye color: Black
Face color: White
Second distinguishing mark: None
Governorate: Baghdad
District: ⟦illegible⟧
Sub-district: Aqid
Neighborhood or Village: 7
House Number: 140
Type of Dwelling: House
(True Copy)
Identical to the Identity Booklet
⟦signature⟧
To ⟦illegible⟧

Page 407

To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby testify that Mr. Sion Moshi Abdulnabi
was born in Baghdad on the seventh day of October in the year 1929, quarter
Abbar 145/7, and for this reason we have signed below
Witness | Witness
Abdiya Haron | Ibrahim Shlushlu
Abdiya Haron Bahar | Ibrahim Shlushlu
SION MOSHI ABDULNABI
I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
⟦signature⟧
Iraq
Finance
40 Fils
⟦illegible⟧

Page 408

No. ⟦798⟧
1st September
7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. SION MOSHI ABDULNABI was born at
Baghdad on the 17th day of October 1929 ( nineteen
hundred & twenty nine A.D. )
⟦Sovereignty⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦Sion Moshi Abdulnabi⟧
⟦in Baghdad on 17 Tishreen⟧
⟦al-Awal 1929⟧
⟦signature⟧
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD

Regarding what was reported by the tribe of ⟦...⟧ the peak of the righteous in Ghalib
Dinar
Value of ⟦...⟧ ten
By the hand of a witness ⟦...⟧ Maysa that I know this, that he should send it to us
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ in Ghalib one hundred
Thus you are over every ⟦...⟧
In the name of God
Salih ⟦...⟧
In the name of God ⟦...⟧
In the name of God
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
SION MOZHI ABDUL NABI
Ghalib ⟦...⟧ , we gave it to him when he passed by
By favor
7/10/30

Page 410

Number 1817
<del>Copy of the Identity Book</del>
That Haroun son of Murad, because he holds Iraqi nationality and is registered in
the Civil Status Register, has been given this book in
Name and Surname: Haroun
Date and Place of Birth: Baghdad 1927
Father's Name: Murad
Mother's Name: Khatoun Hajjaj
Religion: Mosaic
Profession and whether he reads and writes: Yes
Is he married and has a wife or wives: Single
Eye color: —
Face color: —
Physical distinguishing mark: —
Governorate: Baghdad
District: —
Sub-district: Al-Adhamiya
Neighborhood or Village: Al-Safina
House Number: 62 H
Type of Housing: House
(<del>True copy of the original</del>)
Identical to the Identity Book
Accountant
⟦illegible⟧

Page 412

To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Haron Murad
was born in Baghdad on the 15th day of October in the year 1927 AD
The year 62 AH, and for this reason we have signed below ..
27
Witness | Witness
Yaqub Murad Hakham Daoud | Khedhouri Yaqub Hakham Saleh
HARON MORAD
I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
Kingdom of Iraq
40 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
Mukhtar of ⟦illegible⟧ neighborhood
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 413

No. <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 791
1st September
7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. HARON MURAD was born at Baghdad on the
15th day of October 1927 ( nineteen hundred & twenty seven
A.D. )
⟦Mr. President⟧
⟦Birth certificate of Mr. Haron⟧
⟦In Baghdad on the 15th day of October⟧
⟦1927⟧
Haron
⟦squiggle⟧
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD

Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Birth Record
The newborn Sassoon son of Ibrahim Sassoon was born in Baghdad on the night of
Monday, 7 Tishrei 5712 corresponding to 24 November
1951 AD, registered in Register ⟦Q⟧ No. ⟦27⟧
Mother's Name | Father's Name
Habiba Lulu Yaqub Lulu | Sulayman Ibrahim Sassoon
HARON MURAD
We have issued this certificate based on
the request
⟦illegible signature⟧
27 / 8 / 58

Page 414

The Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the fixed information in my records, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ has passed away in Baghdad on ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
And for this reason, I have signed below.
Baghdad on / / 1947
Hesqail Haddad
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs in Baghdad
⟦Aru b...⟧
⟦...⟧
18 September 944
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

No. ⟦733⟧
1st September 7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
2805165
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. HARON MURAD was born at Baghdad on the
15th day of October 1927 ( nineteen hundred & twenty seven
A.D. )
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible handwriting in blue and pencil⟧

Page 415

⟦line⟧
September 2, 1947
Death Certificate
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 Abboudi Robin Ishaq Salman died in Baghdad on
the eighteenth day of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community

Page 416

1937/9/2
To the Honorable Community Council of the Jewish Congregation, may God protect them
I, the undersigned ⟦Moshe⟧ son of ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Levi⟧, may God protect him
hereby request to be given
a certificate of bachelorhood ⟦because⟧ I wish to marry Ms. Haviva daughter of ⟦Yitzhak⟧ ⟦Cohen⟧, may God protect her
And to this I have signed ⟦today⟧ ⟦...⟧
The Applicant
⟦Moshe⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧
⟦Levi⟧
Witnesses Sasson ⟦Hazan⟧
" ⟦Meir⟧ ⟦Nissim⟧

Office of the Hakham Bashi
23 / 7 / 15 D
The person named Meir son of ⟦David⟧ in Baghdad and in the Consulate of France has a son named Joseph and his substitute is Land
And after he converted to Islam, and in a version of the matter that he originally intends to marry, and his companion is called Salem son of L- the aforementioned
We ask the brother to examine the situation in the mentioned consulate, so if they have applied, to prevent that, and this
⟦Mark...⟧
President
Office of the Hakham Bashi
⟦illegible⟧

Page 417

9/947
Dr. Albert ⟦Ezra⟧ Hakim
Miss ⟦Bahdja⟧ Harun Dawud Shamtub
The twenty-seventh of August of the year nineteen hundred and forty-
seven
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 418

9/947
Prominent / Presented
Saleh Sayyoun, known as Saleh Al-Yahu, as requested
x Kirkuk, Miss Simha Hasqil Nahoum
The first of November, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
two
⟦Registered in⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 419

9/947
307
Heskel Jamil, known as Heskel Yusuf Yehuda
Miss Kitty Daoud Heskel Bayati
The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
four.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 420

⟦illegible⟧
9/947/
403
Isaac Hakham Nissim Eliyahu
Miss Masouda Rubin Haskil Hanina
The ninth of Nisan of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four.
It was delivered in the presence of ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

⟦illegible⟧
The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
⟦illegible⟧
Note :-
If there are several families in the house, one of these forms is used for each family, and the forms for a single house
shall be sequential
⟦illegible⟧

Page 421

Chief Rabbinate
Baghdad
Chief Rabbinate
of Baghdad, May God Protect it
( Identity Card )
Number 472
Date 21 / 8 / 927
Baghdad, May God Protect it
⟦illegible⟧
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad - Salman H. Waki Abboudi
CHIEF RABBI
SALMAN H. EOUDI
BAGHDAD
Name: Saul son of Joseph Samih
Place of Residence: Baghdad
The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad certifies that the holder of this certificate and the identity card above is from the people of Baghdad and that he
is a religious student studying at the (Beit Zelkha) school and is present to perform the legally prescribed examination. For this purpose, this certificate was granted.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Chief Rabbi * Baghdad
The Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, May God Protect it
Salman H. Abboudi
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad - Salman H. Waki Abboudi
CHIEF RABBI
SALMAN H. EOUDI
BAGHDAD
We certify that the signature and seal above are the signature and seal of His Eminence the Chief Rabbi of the Israelite Community in Baghdad.
H. Sassoon Kadoori
President of the Israelite Community-Baghdad
Rabbi Sassoon Kadoori
President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
RABBI
SASSON KADOORI
BAGHDAD
PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
President of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 19

Presidency of ⟦illegible⟧
CHIEF ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Neighborhood and House Number:
Number:
Name of the Head of Family:
Name of the House Owner:
Profession of the Head of Family:
Number of Persons:
Looting occurred in the house and its total estimation:
Looting occurred in the shop (if any) and its total estimation:
Remaining property of the head of family: movable or real estate:

Page 422

No. 806
4th September
7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 587 I
hereby confirm that Miss. VIOLETTE YEHUDA SALMAN ROUBEN
SULEIMAN was married in Baghdad to Mr. ELIAHOO NAIM HESKEEL
AGHASSI known as NORMAN AGHASSI at Baghdad on the 4th day
of September 1947 ( nineteen hundred & forty seven A.D. )
Presidency of the Community
Marriage certificate of Mr. Eliahoo Naim
Heskeel Aghassi known as Norman
Aghassi to Miss Violette Yehuda
Salman Rouben Suleiman in Baghdad
4 / 9 / 1947
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 423

1947/9/4
⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable Chief Rabbinate here in Baghdad
Subject: Certificate of Bachelorhood for the young man Eliahoo Naim
Firstborn of Agassi Naim, may God protect him
The undersigned testifies that the aforementioned Eliahoo Naim is a bachelor and free from any bond of marriage
and is not married to any woman at all (and is ready to swear)
Witnesses testifying
to the accuracy of the above
Fee 500
License 500
⟦line⟧
1000
The account
Paid
Sass
Eliahoo Naim known as Norman
Mr ELIAHOO NAIM known
as NORMAN AGNASSI
Miss VIOLETTE YEHUDA SALMAN
<del>AGNASSI</del> ROUBEN SULEYMAN
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦green stamp⟧

Page 424

9/947/
158
Yousef Hayyim Ishaq Hayyim Saleh
Miss Evelyn Sassoon Zakkai
The twelfth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
and forty-six
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 425

No 808
⟦D.R⟧
3rd September          7
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
⟦NAIM SALMAN⟧
This is certify that Mrs. TEFFAHA SAUL KORINE <del>who</del> is
leaving for medical treatment abroad is from a known family
of the Jewish community in ⟦Khanahqin, Iraq⟧ Baghdad, whose financial position
has been affected lately . Every possible assistance as regareds
hospital fees, expenses etc. will be appreciated .
⟦ut⟧
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦Certificate⟧
⟦To Whom It May Concern⟧
We certify by this that Mrs. Teffaha Saul
Korine, who is leaving Iraq for
abroad for the purpose of medical treatment, is
from a good family of modest means. Any assistance provided
to her in the form of reduction in fees and such will
be met with appreciation and gratitude

⟦...⟧ the remaining head of the family ⟦...⟧
The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
Note :-
If there are several families in the house, one of these forms is used for each family, and the forms for a single
house shall be sequential