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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 426-450
Page 426
1947/9/4
To the Charity Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
I, the undersigned, submit this request before your honors and ask
in the name of charity and mercy
217
as soon as possible
regarding my wife Hannah daughter of Abraham Samuel who has been ill for several months
and her condition is very bad and I do not have the ability to pay the doctor's fee and the medicines
therefore I ask you to help me
medical expenses
500 fils
500 fils
750 fils
1750
Ovadia Sasson Hai
The Applicant
Charity Committee
Baghdad
Ovadia Sasson Hai
The Applicant
Page 428
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦N/O⟧
Quarter and House Number:
Name of the head of family:
Profession of the head of family:
Looting that occurred in the house and its total estimation:
Number ::
Name of the house owner:
Number of persons:
Looting that occurred in the shop (if any) and its total estimation:
Remaining property of the head of family: movable or real estate:
Page 429
No. 811
7th September
7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 297 I hereby
confirm that Miss. JULIETTE SIMON BAY SIMON was Married in
Baghdad to Mr. ABDULLAH SALEH ELIAS on the 9th day of June
1940 ( nineteen hundred & fourty A.D.)
Mr. President
Marriage certificate of Miss Juliette
Simon Bay Simon to Mr.
Abdullah Saleh Elias in Baghdad
on June 9, 1940
Bie
Copy of Certificate
ust
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGEDAD
⟦signature⟧
Baghdad
on 7 / 9 / 1940
The single serial
If there are several families in the house, use one of these forms for each family, and the house forms shall be
Note :-
The number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Page 430
No. 811
7th September
7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 297 I hereby
confirm that Mr. ABDULLAH SALEH ELIAS was Married in Baghdad
to Miss. JULIETTE SIMON HAY SIMON on the 9th day of June 1940
( nineteen hundred & fourty A.D. )
Copy of Certificate
His Excellency the President
Marriage certificate of Mr. Abdullah
Saleh Elias to Miss
Juliette Simon Hay Simon
in Baghdad on 9 June 1940
⟦illegible⟧
7/9
Ordinary
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
Fils
60
⟦illegible⟧
Page 431
No. 811
7th September 7
COPY
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 297, I
hereby confirm that Mr. ABDULLAH SALEH ELIAS was Married
in Baghdad to Miss. JULIETTE SIMON HAY SIMON on the 9th
day of June 1940 ( nineteen hundred & fourty A.D. )
Mr. President
Copy of the marriage certificate of Mr.
Abdullah Saleh Elias
to Ms. Juliette ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Three copies
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 6 / 1940
7
No. 211
211
7th September 7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the marriage contract No. 797 I hereby
confirm that Mr. ABDULLAH SALIH ELIAS was married in Baghdad
to Miss JULIETTE SIMON HAY SIMON on the 9th day of June 1940
( nineteen hundred & fourty A.D. )
Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
M.
⟦illegible⟧
Page 432
811
1948/2/22
297
Abdullah Saleh Elias
Miss Juliette Shamoun Hai Shamoun
The ninth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty ⟦line⟧ .
(Certificate photo)
NORMA
⟦illegible signature/mark⟧
Page 435
No. 812
7th September
7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Miss. NORMA ABDULLAH SALEH ELIAS was born at Baghdad on
the 4th day of July 1946 ( nineteen hundred & fourty six A.D.)
Mr. President
Birth Certificate of Miss ⟦Norma⟧
Abdullah Saleh Elias in Baghdad
on July 4th, 1946
⟦signature⟧
7/10
⟦signature⟧
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦signature⟧
7/10
⟦illegible⟧
21/10
Page 436
Regarding
Sylvia
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mrs. ⟦Loris Sylvia Cohen⟧
was born in Baghdad on the 5th day of June in the year 1926
and for this reason we have signed below
The Mother
Witness | Witness
Isaac Saleh | Hammadi Shamoun
Sulvia
I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
⟦illegible⟧
Page 438
⟦illegible⟧
1947
No. 813
7th September
7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Miss. SULIVIA ABDULLA SALEH ELIAS was born at Baghdad
on the 5th day of June 1941 ( nineteen hundred & fourty one
A.D. )
Mr. President
Birth certificate of the girl Sylvia
Abdullah Saleh Elias in Baghdad on
5 June 1941
⟦illegible signature⟧
7/9
I testify
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Pure
2/10
Page 440
No. 814
7th September 7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Mr. ABDULLAH SALEH ELIAS was born at Baghdad on the 9th
day of October 1906 ( nineteen hundred & six A.D.)
Mr. President
Birth certificate of Mr. Abdullah
Saleh Elias in Baghdad in the year 1906
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
File
814
7/9
Page 441
⟦Greeting⟧
Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings,
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mrs. Juliet Simon Hay
was born in Baghdad on the 18th day of the month of November, year 1917
And for that purpose we have signed below.
Witness | Witness
Jawi Shamoun | Mustafa Saleh
I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 443
No. 815
7th September
7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Mrs. JULIETTE SIMON HAY SIMON was born at Baghdad on the
18th day of November 1917 ( nineteen hundred & seventeen A.D.)
Mr. President
Birth certificate of Mrs. Juliette
Simon Hay Simon in Baghdad
on 18 November 1917
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHD..D
⟦illegible⟧
Fli
31/12
Page 444
9/⟦8⟧/1947
23
Moshe Victor Aaron Abid
Miss Latifa Mounir Isaac Abdullah Shamtob
September 13th, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
five.
⟦signature⟧
Page 445
9/7/1947
Before His Honor the Rabbi Hakham Sassoon Kadoorie, may his light shine
Today, Sunday, 22nd of Elul 5707, here in Baghdad, may the Almighty protect it
The parties came before us
The young man Saleh Ezra Sassoon Sayek, may his Rock protect him, from the first side, and the girl Violet daughter of Kadoorie Yamen Sayek, may her Rock protect her,
From the second side, and they performed a complete and perfect acquisition according to the law of Moses and Israel, that by their
Good and complete will they shall marry each other according to the law
Witnesses Mu'ashin Shaul
⟦illegible⟧ Sassoon
Sassoon Kadoorie
Hakham Bashi
Baghdad
D A C
Lawful deed
Written in ⟦...⟧
9/7
SALEH EZRA SASSON
SAYEK
VIOLETTE KADOORI
YAMEN SAYEK.
8 / 6 / 1941
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:
Write ⟦illegible⟧
Page 446
No. 817
8th September 7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 582 I hereby
confirm that Miss. VALENTINE KADOORI SALEH SAYEK was married
in Baghdad to Mr. SALEH EZRA SASSOON on the 3rd day of September
1947 ( nineteen hundred & fourty seven A.D. )
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧
Page 448
817
8 / 9 / 1947
582
Saleh Ezra Sassoon
Miss Valentine Khedhouri Saleh Ishaq
The third of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
seven AD
⟦illegible⟧
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad on 28 / 5 / 1948
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40 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
28/5/1948
12
Page 450
9/20/947
Certificate
We hereby certify that His Eminence Rabbi Saleh Youssef Hayyim Naqqar is
one of the community's employees.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧