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2 / 1948 577 Ibrahim Nourail Shmeil Miss Latifa Youssef Abdullah The third of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 2 / 48 56 Khatib ⟦signature⟧
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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1049 1948/2/8 599 Eliyahu Hayyim bin Yusuf Salih Hazqil Kashi Miss Violet, known as Albert Ezra Murad Shamoun The second of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦Correct⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ A.
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Engagement Contracts Registrar Jewish Community of Baghdad Baghdad on 5 / 2 / 1948 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect. Based on the records documented in my registers, I confirm that Mr. ⟦Yosef Avraham Moshe Lugasi⟧ Has held his engagement to ⟦Victoria Agati Yehezkel⟧ In Baghdad on the day 7 / 1 / 948 And has not married yet Witnesses | Conditions ⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧ ⟦Ezra Navi Sasson⟧ | ⟦None⟧ ⟦...⟧ Shimon Shaul M. Shimon ⟦Hebrew signature⟧ VICTORIA AGHAII HESKEL JOSEPH ABRAHAM MOSHI LOO CUI
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No. 1051 8th February 8 JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ENGAGEMENT CERTIFICATE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD In accordance with the certificate of the Matrimonial Registrar of the Jewish Community at Baghdad, I hereby confirm that Mr. JOSEPH ABRAHAM MOSHI LOOGUI has betrothed Miss. VICTORIA AGHAII HESKEL at Baghdad on the 7th day of January 1948 ( nineteen hundred & fourty eight A.D. ) ⟦Engagement Certificate⟧ ⟦Joseph Abraham⟧ ⟦Victoria⟧ ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
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Baghdad on December 22, 1947 To Whom It May Concern We hereby certify that Mr. Sassoon Saleh Shamash was born on the nineteenth day of June in the year 1897 in the city of Baghdad, and for this purpose we have signed this statement. Witness | Witness | Witness Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor | Eliyahu Daoud Heskel Hayyim | Ezra Moshe Bechor ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ Iraq 40 fils 40 fils I certify what is stated in this statement Mukhtar ⟦illegible⟧ 200 fils ⟦illegible⟧ in English 1/6/948 Certified 200 fils Sassoon S. Shamash
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No. ⟦1052⟧ 8th February 8 God Have Mercy On Him BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1897 In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. SASSOON S. SHAMASH was born at Baghdad on 19th of June 1897 ( eighteen hundred &ninety seven A.D. PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦illegible stamp⟧
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu Rahmin ⟦Biri⟧ was born in Baghdad on the — day of — in the year 1887 AD and for this purpose we have signed below. Witness | Witness ⟦Nouri Ajam⟧ | Heskel Eliyahu Khayyat Iraq Finance 40 Fils I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ A
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Draft to ⟦...⟧ 1907 No. ⟦1054⟧ 8th February 8 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ELIAS RAHMIN PERESS was born at Baghdad on the year 1887 (eighteen hundred & eighty seven A.D.) ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mrs. ⟦Masouda Eliyahu Heshmat Barka⟧ was born in Baghdad on the — day of — in the year 1904 AD And for this purpose, we have signed below. Witness | Witness ⟦Nouri Meir⟧ | ⟦Hezekiel Eliyahu Khayyat⟧ I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar Iraq Finance 40 Fils ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ A.
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No. ⟦1054⟧ 8th February 8 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mrs. MASSOUDAH ELIAS RAHMIN PERESS was born at Baghdad on the year 1903 ( nineteen hundred & three A.D. ) ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ ⟦Birth Certificate⟧ ⟦Based on the submitted certificates⟧ ⟦I confirm that Mrs. Massoudah Elias Rahmin Peress⟧ ⟦Was born in Baghdad in the year 1903⟧ ⟦President⟧ ⟦Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦...⟧ ⟦9/2⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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No. ⟦1055⟧ 8th February 8 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with the Marriage Contract No 219 , I hereby confirm that Mr. JOSEPH A. ABDULAZER was married at Baghdad to Miss. JOSEPHINE YEHUDA MANI on the 21st of January 1948 ( nineteen hundred & fourty eight A.D- ) ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Joseph Hayim Heskel was born in Baghdad on the 28th day of February in the year 1929 AD. And for this purpose, we have signed below. JOSEPH HAYIM HESKEL Witness <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | Witness <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Raphael Moshe | Shalom Joseph ⟦18 / 8 / 1958⟧ Iraq 40 Fils I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar A.
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Number 72241 Copy of the Identity Book Since ⟦Yousef⟧ son of ⟦Hesqel⟧ holds Iraqi citizenship and is registered in the population registry This book was issued to him on 10/12/1926 Name and Surname: ⟦Yousef Hesqel⟧ Date and place of birth: Baghdad 1892 Father's name: ⟦Hesqel⟧ Mother's name: ⟦Lulu⟧ Religion: ⟦Mosaic (Jewish)⟧ Profession and whether he reads and writes: Whether married and has a wife or wives: Eye color: ⟦Black⟧ Face color: ⟦Wheatish⟧ Second distinguishing mark: ⟦Scar on the forehead⟧ Governorate: Baghdad District: ⟦Rusafa⟧ Sub-district: Neighborhood or village: House number: Type of dwelling: ( Certified true copy ) Presidency of the Rabbinate of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad Death Registration in the name of By virtue of this document, we confirm that the person named Sasson Meir Zebida has died on Sunday, November 21, year 82, and this is what is established in our records based on the certification of him as a brother SASSON MEIR ZEBIDA The Official Yousef Zebida The Official Naim Assal Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad The Secretariat 30
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No. ⟦1056⟧ 9th February ⟦195⟧8 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. JOSEPH HAYIM HESKEL was born at Baghdad on 28th of Febraury 1929 ( nineteen hundred & twenty nine A.D. ) ⟦illegible⟧ PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
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2/5/1948 Before the undersigned Rabbinical Court on Tuesday, the 14th of the month of Adar I, the year 5708 since creation, here in Baghdad, may G-d protect it, regarding a promissory note. The gentleman Ezra Abraham Menashe, son of Isaac Abraham Menashe, acknowledged and confessed before us with a complete and perfect confession, from the heart and of his own free will without any coercion or decree at all, that he is truly and sincerely indebted for a complete and absolute debt to the honorable and modest lady, Mrs. Farha, widow of Meir Sofer, in the sum of forty Iraqi Dinars. And this loan is an old and established loan, and he took it upon himself to repay the aforementioned debt to her in installments, namely: every single month the sum of one hundred Fils, starting from the fifteenth day of the month of Adar I, the year 5708 mentioned above, until the end of the entire aforementioned debt. And we have performed a complete and perfect formal acquisition from now, according to law and tradition, regarding all the above. Sasson Houri Ezra Abraham Menashe
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Engagement Certificate ⟦illegible⟧/2/1948 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Moshe Saleh Shlomo Soda'i has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Jamila Munshi Hezkiel Jawharani on the eighth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. It was stipulated that the dowry amount shall be (450 Dinars) four hundred and fifty Dinars only. Head of the Community
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Court of Appeal Baghdad Court of Cassation Jewish Sharia - Baghdad Number: Date: 20/2/47 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad We hereby confirm the occurrence of divorce between Isaac son of Matloub and his fiancée Nafisa, called Juliet, daughter of Salman before the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, on the date of 28 Shevat 5707 corresponding to 18 / 2 / 47 ⟦Rabbi Ra Chok⟧ Aboudi
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings: We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr./Ms.: ⟦Claire Abdullah Cohen⟧ Was born in Baghdad on the day: Of: Year: AD: In witness whereof, we have signed below.: CLAIRE ABDULLAH COHEN Witness | Witness Abdul Nabi Yaqoub Abdul Nabi | Khudair Ibrahim Taht al-Takiya Quarter | Taht al-Takiya Quarter ⟦signature⟧ | 87 114 | 214 | ⟦signature⟧ I certify the contents of this certificate according to her census record Attached herewith The Mukhtar ⟦...⟧ 40 fils P
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Based on what has been presented to us from the records of the Mosaic community in Baghdad We certify that the person named ⟦Ezra⟧ son of ⟦David⟧ ⟦Khedhouri⟧ ⟦Cohen⟧ born in Baghdad in the year ⟦1925⟧ is ⟦registered⟧ in our records under number ⟦...⟧ CLAIRE ABDULLAH COHEN Witness Witness ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Head of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad ⟦illegible stamp⟧