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584 9/6/1947 334 Ibrahim Nasim, known as Ibrahim Rahmin Zalouf Miss Marcelle Youssef Shaul Khoury The thirteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six (True copy) ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6/18
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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585 6/20/1947 ⟦line⟧ Naji Shaul known as Naji Ibrahim Daoud Salima Samha known as Salima Eliahu Ibrahim The twentieth of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 9 7/20
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586 1947/6/20 .. The prominent Saleh Sayon, known as Saleh Al-Yahu Yantoub ×× Kirkuk, Miss Samha Haskil Nahum The first of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two ⟦illegible⟧ Certified (True copy of the original) ⟦illegible⟧ 6/20
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⟦387⟧ 1947 / 4 / 20 H 483 .. Murad Abed Murad Shakerji Miss Farha Matana, known as Farha Ishaq Baruch Saleh Ishaq Dubai The second of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (True copy of the original) ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 2/2 ⟦illegible⟧
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings ⟦It appeared to me⟧ based on the established information in my records, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Metro Daoud⟧ Passed away in Baghdad on ⟦18 Jan Civil 95⟧ And for that purpose I have signed below Baghdad on / / 1947 ⟦H. Haddad Yehezkel⟧ Hesqail Haddad In charge of Jewish burial affairs in Baghdad 40 fils ⟦illegible⟧ 6/29/947
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Death Certificate 588 1937/6/20 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 Shaul Murad Alfi died in Baghdad on the tenth of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community ⟦Preserve the status⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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Registrar of Engagement Contracts The Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 20 / 6 / 1947 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Jewish Community, Respected Greetings and respect. Based on the records established in my registers, I confirm that Mr. Nuriel David son of Joseph David Has performed his engagement to Marcelle daughter of Joseph son of Jacob Cohen In Baghdad on the day 16 / 7 / 946 And has not yet married Conditions | Witnesses 100 Dinars | Sassoon Ezra 125 Dinars | Isaac Ezekiel Dirham | Shimon Shaul M. Shimon 19 / 7 / 946 ⟦illegible⟧
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589 1947/6/20 .. Sassoon Victor, known as Victor Nissim Daniel Miss Salima Haskel Yehuda The sixteenth of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 6/20
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590 1947/6/22 618 Gora Naji, known as Aura Daoud Salman Hababa Khadhouri Salman The tenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦signature⟧ In the position of Belonging to Mr. Ibrahim ⟦Nasih⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 6/22
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591 6/22/1947 573 Abid Murad Shabo Miss Salima Yaqub Eliyahu Kirkukli The fifteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦illegible signature⟧ Fahd Al-Hali ⟦illegible signature⟧ 6/22
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592 24/6/947 269 Ephraim Shamil Ibrahim Miss Daisy Naeem Ishaq Yahim The twenty-sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ Lost i.e. k ⟦signature⟧ 722 Required 400 fils
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220 / 6 / 947 214 Salim Abdullah Marij Mushayta Miss Hanna Eliyahu Ezra Siraj The eighteenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five H ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 1 ⟦illegible⟧ A. Makki
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595 22 / 6 / 1947 508 Saleh Ezra Yamin Qassab Miss Madiha Yaqub Hazqil Buya The twentieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦circular stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ Saleh Ezra Yamin 22 / 6 / 47
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596 24/6/947 218 Isaac Jacob Saul Psalms Esther Teacher Ezekiel Ezra Shamir The fifteenth of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Shrine⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 722
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Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Number 596 Date 22/6/947 Subject: Marriage Certificate Based on the marriage contract numbered 218, we hereby certify that Mr. Isaac Jacob Shaul Mazamir has married in Baghdad Esther Moallem Mustahal Ezra Shahmir on the fifteenth day of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ Rabbi Sasson Kadoori President of the Israelite Community RABBI SASSON KADOORI BAGHDAD PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Iraq Financial 40 Fils 5/87 President of the Community
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544 Baghdad Province Census Observation, Date 9/5/1948 "Liberation Department" To the Presidency of the Israelite Community The applicant Akram Yaqub submitted to us a marriage transaction and upon observing the transaction and comparing it with the census records of the applicant and his wife we found a clear discrepancy and an increase in names, for in the census record the husband is (Akram son of Yaqub) and in the marriage contract (Akram Yaqub Shaul Farmi) and in the wife's census record (Esther Hussein) and in the marriage certificate (Esther Moallem Hussein Ezra Ahmed) And since the marriage certificate and every official transaction depends in its issuance on individuals' census records, we therefore request that this be noted in the future and to rely on the census records and not to write anything in addition to what is in those records in marriage certificates; rather, they must be completely identical ⟦identical⟧ matching the census records as is the case in the marriage permits for the Christian community and marriage contracts for the Islamic community ⟦...⟧ that certificate as in the census records and our papers Therefore we hope not to add any name or title in the future that was not mentioned in the census record and to process the transaction according to the request of the Census Directorate 9/5 ⟦...⟧ observer ⟦...⟧ and verification of ⟦...⟧
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Number Baghdad on ⟦18/8/51⟧ The Respected Jewish Community Council ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ We the undersigned, Yusuf Ibrahim Ajina and Elias Daoud Shasha acknowledge and admit that we guarantee Mr. ⟦Ezra⟧ Khudhouri with an absolute joint guarantee in the amount of one hundred and fifty Dinars for the purpose of traveling to ⟦...⟧ for medical treatment and in accordance with your letter numbered ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧ and accordingly we sign below ⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ Guarantor ⟦signature⟧ Guarantor ⟦signature⟧
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587 1947/6/22 141 Saleh Ezra Ibrahim Al-Sayegh Miss Karima Eliyahu Moshi Youssef Hebroni The twenty-eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6/22 ⟦illegible⟧
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6/22/1947 Committee of the Chief Rabbi for the Jews of Baghdad may his light shine On Tuesday, 8th of Sivan 5707 here in Baghdad, there appeared may their light shine Husband and wife The undersigned Cohen Nissim R. Shimon ID 945/11/22 in the Righteous Rabbinical Court and admitted before witnesses That Yehezkel Ben Zion Navon may his light shine lived with him and with his wife here in Baghdad ⟦...⟧ and he is known and identified by the name Shimon Cohen Witnesses Shimon Cohen Nissim Ezra Secretary Righteous Rabbinical Court Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 29/ 6 / 47 Required 290 fils
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598 6/24/947 Evidence Youssef Anwar, known as Anwar Hesqiel Haroun Miss Ziyouna Yaqoub Moreno The twenty-second of November, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five five ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 7/24 Requested 290 fils
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20/6/1947 To the Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Through the Honorable Chief Rabbi Sasson Kadoorie, May his light shine Our Honorable Masters I hereby submit my request for the amount of 20/7/945 rent for my house on Yaakov St. Son of the late Abraham in Baghdad, a deposit in the hands of the Israelite Community Committee in Baghdad Ephraim Shimon Hanoch 12/5/1947 Total 225 075 300 Sasson Hazan Matook Sasson ⟦signature⟧ 29 Fils 22/7/947
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Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 1947/6/27 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri President of the respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I confirm that Mr. ⟦Menachem son of Levi David Nissim⟧ Has performed his engagement to ⟦David.. Simcha daughter of Fuza Nissim⟧ In Baghdad on the day 947/6/16 And has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 200 ⟦Menachem⟧ | ⟦Yitzhak Menachem⟧ 200 ⟦Bride⟧ | ⟦Avraham Levi⟧ 400 Shim'on Shaul M. Shim'on ⟦illegible⟧ Building 1947/6/27
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~ 22 / 6 / 1947 Salman Daoud Daniel Qarandlawi Miss Karjiya ⟦formerly⟧ Khedhouri Abdullah Nasr The sixteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6/22 ⟦illegible⟧