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11/⟦17⟧/1947 452 Yaqoub Yousef Saleh Maatouk Nassab Miss Habbu Rahmin Hezkiel Ezra Rahmin The seventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. 74 11/11/1448 51d A.
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.
AI en Translation, Pages 626-650
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⟦illegible⟧ 11/1947/ Yusuf Rubin bin Saleh Munshi Miss Na'ima Munira, known as Na'ima Eliahu Yaqub Uzair The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- one. M 2
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925 11/18/1947 525 Salim, known as Saleh Ibrahim Mahlawi Miss Sarah Mordechai Rahmin The twenty-third of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven forty-seven ⟦Baghdad⟧ (⟦Sarah's fiancée⟧) A .
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⟦922⟧ 11/8/1947 547 Mathana Yaqub Murad Miss Rachel Shakouri Moshi The eleventh of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Belonging to Shakouri Moshi⟧
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⟦827⟧ 11/1/1947 484 Abdullah Sayem, known as Salim Ezra Yusuf Miss Nazima Rahmin Shai The nineteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven. A.
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the records registered in my files, I hereby certify that the deceased named ⟦Sasson ⟦...⟧⟧ died in Baghdad on the day 18 of the month ⟦...⟧ year ⟦5708⟧ ⟦21/11/1947⟧ And the statement was signed below Baghdad on / / 047 ⟦Hezekiah Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad In charge of Jewish Burial affairs ⟦132/1⟧ ⟦p 1305⟧
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⟦No. 7⟧ To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Greetings, Based on the entries recorded in my records, I hereby certify that the deceased named ⟦Moshe Yaqoub Al-Kabi⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦second⟧ day of the month 12 / D, year ⟦Hebrew⟧ 5707 For this reason, I have signed below Baghdad on / / 547 ⟦Moshe⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Hezekiel ⟦...⟧ In charge of Jewish burial affairs On behalf of ⟦...⟧
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Death Certificate 11/1947/ Based on the certificate of the undertaker in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Moshe Yaqoub al-Kabir died in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of Tammuz in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and that his wife Mazli Rahmin Sharshou' died in Baghdad on the twenty-first day of Haziran in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. Head of the Community
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Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may G-d protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 27 / 1 / 43 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon, the respected Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Please provide a certificate to Salima daughter of Aziz (Maslawi) confirming her divorce from her fiancé Eliyahu son of Yaqub (Daka) on the date of 15 Iyar 924 corresponding to May 8, 1926. Sincerely yours. 694 President of the Israelite Spiritual Council ⟦illegible signature⟧
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Divorce Certificate 11/1947/ Based on the certificate of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby testify that Salima Uzair (Maslawi) has had her divorce processed before the mentioned religious court from her fiancé Eliyahu Yaqub (Dakka) on the seventh day of May the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ A
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Presidency of the Jewish Community 11/7331 Based on the request submitted to us by the person named ⟦Ezra Louise⟧ Joseph, who desires to be given a birth certificate for his son ⟦Kamal⟧ born in the year (1924) from his wife ⟦Jamila⟧ daughter of ⟦David⟧ After reviewing the birth records (for the mentioned year), it appeared that he is registered therein under number ⟦...⟧ Accordingly, this certificate was given to him for submission to the competent authorities when necessary Head of the Jewish Community 3
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1947/11/16 Before the Righteous Court here in Baghdad, may the Almighty protect it Today appeared before us Mr. Kadouri Avraham Levi on behalf of his sister Rachel And they testified according to the law and statute that it was supported on 1945/5/21 by the Ministry of Interior that Nissan son of Asher Levi was killed by a bomb that fell on his house in Baghdad And the aforementioned deceased left behind legal heirs, his wife Rachel Witnesses Shimon Hakak " Avraham Levi Court Baghdad Signatures of the Judges ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Required ⟦illegible⟧
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⟦921⟧ 1947/11/20 436 Eliyahu Nissan Ezra Miss Louise Abdullah Azouri The thirty-first of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦Sworn⟧ ⟦Bint Ali⟧ A
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⟦974⟧ 11/20/1947 499 Yaqub Ezra Radan Miss Jenny MacBride Hanonck Wedisson The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty five ⟦219⟧ ⟦H⟧ A
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11/18/1947 11/20/1947 ⟦H⟧ 231 Daoud Salim, known as Daoud Marikh Raphael Miss Eliza Ephraim Yaqub Bakhair, The twenty-third of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. ⟦illegible⟧ A. M. Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 531 Number: 11 / 18 / 1947 Date: Subject Summary:
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11/18/1947 To the honor of the Excellency of the Pious Rabbi Mr. Sassoon Kadoorie, may his light shine Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Mr. Kadoorie, may his light shine, may God protect him In the city of Baghdad, may God protect it I the undersigned, Abraham Bekhor Nissim Ben Zion son of Oved in Baghdad in the neighborhood of Boshoura son of Nissim I hereby supplicate before your honors with a great request and abundant mercy, for I am poor and needy and destitute and have no business or livelihood at all, but am poor and destitute and burdened with many small children and have no support or stay except for your abundant mercy The Supplicant Abraham Bekhor Witnesses Shimon Hazan Yosef Abraham Ezra "
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11/1947/ Naeem Sayyoun Abed Miss Rahma Mikhail Youssef The third of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six A
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11/18/1947 To the Honorable Community Committee of the Jews in Baghdad, may God protect them Today, Mr. Kadoorie son of Kadoorie Avraham Nahum, may God protect him, came before us on behalf of the community and requested of us to inform you that the aforementioned is poor and destitute and has no livelihood or sustenance and he is unable to work due to his weakness and old age for him and his wife 2 children 150 100 150 ⟦line⟧ 400 The Signatures Ezra Menashe Ezra Sassoon Hakham Menashe Yehezkel ⟦illegible stamp⟧
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11/1947/ 290 Mr. Yamin Cohen Miss Hanini Eliyahu Yaakov Al-Yabah The twenty-ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four four p
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11/1947/ 519 Naeem Eliahu bin Yaqub Abdul Aziz Miss Saeeda Munshi Sassoon Shabet The seventeenth of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. 06
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11/1947/ 160 Ezra Zion known as Zion Hoki Yaqub Abyad Miss Habiba Daoud Ezra Nissan The sixteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six ⟦...⟧ P
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11/1947/ The evidence Moshe Hay Hesqail Rahmin known as Moshe Abdul Nabi Miss Karjiya Moshe Jamal The seventeenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. p
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11/22/1947 To the Honor of the Hebrew Community Committee in Baghdad Today, Thursday, the 27th of the month of Marheshvan, the year 5708 In the city of Baghdad Appeared before me on Sunday ⟦Cheshvan⟧ 8 ⟦...⟧ 11/12/1947 to the honor of Naim son of George And the young man Abraham son of Meir, the young man Eliyahu son of Khedouri And they testified with complete and clear testimony Regarding their signatures Of the deceased Isaac Moses Solomon May he rest in peace, Naim George " Abraham Meir
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11/1947/ 108 Naim Eliahou Dangour Reni Moshi Dangour The twelfth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven ⟦illegible⟧