Verification Certificates, Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese 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.
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦11/6/⟧ His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Respected Jewish Community Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that ⟦illegible⟧ On the day ⟦4/4/1947⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ after Conditions ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦927⟧ ⟦750⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦800⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦1500⟧ Shimon Shaoul A. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ Ezekiel Miss Louise Isaac Shlomo Pasha The sixteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ / 11 /
Registrar of Engagement Contracts of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 27 / 5 / 1947 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Respected President of the Israelite Community After greetings and respect, Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. ⟦Yitzhak ben Hakham Ezra Sassoon⟧ His engagement was completed to ⟦Habiba bat Avraham ben Yitzhak Nawi⟧ In Baghdad on the day 18 / 11 / 1945 Married after Conditions | Witnesses 600 ⟦Dinar⟧ | ⟦Yitzhak Ezra⟧ ⟦Advance⟧ | ⟦Salman Ezra⟧ Shimon Shaul A. Shimon ⟦Ezra Sassoon⟧
532 6 / 7 / 947 Yaqoub Habib Daniel Miss Najiba Ezra Shloul The eighteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five Forty ⟦signature⟧ 18 / 11
557 947 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ 251 Shimon Rubin Shahil Miss Nazima Habiba Shalul Ilya Uzair The eighteenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three (True copy of the original) ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/8
1927/6/25 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ Ezra Hizqia ⟦...⟧ 1921 / 8 / 18
554 947 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ The Groom Ezra Youssef Ezra Halabli Miss Mazli Eliyahu Samoun Nassim Ibrahim The nineteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one Registration ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 6/11
947 / 6 / 208 Heskel Sahawi Heskel Miss Nazima Yusuf Eliyahu Ballas The eleventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (True copy) ⟦signature⟧ 6/11
6/947/ 148 Moshe Akram, known as Moshe Youssef Shammash Miss Tuffaha Cohen Youssef Shammash The fourteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 11/2 ⟦illegible⟧
557 6 / 947 380 Saleh Ephraim Marish Alfi Miss Sabiha Awra Nasim Twayq The fourth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six Image ⟦illegible⟧ A. Fanni ⟦illegible⟧ 12 / 6 ⟦illegible⟧
557 13 / 6 / 947 380 Saleh Ephraim Mordechai Alfi Miss Sabiha Ezra Nassim Tweig The fourth of April, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦illegible signature⟧ Position (True Copy) ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible date/number⟧
947 / 6 / 498 Isaac Ezekiel Ibrahim Tawfiq Miss Nazima Martial, known as Nazima Khadouri Isaac Isaac The twenty-sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five ⟦illegible⟧ 6/12 Required 250 fils
3/147/ 413 Munshi Ishaq Mordechai Miss Juliet Khedhouri Saleh Dally The first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four ⟦illegible⟧ (True copy) Amman 12/2
947 / 6 / 196 Moshe Heskel Shalom Mahlab Miss Zubayda Violet, known as Juliet Salman Daoud The eighteenth of April, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty Save To be returned to Mr. Eliyahu Moshe ⟦signature⟧ 2/14
12/6/947 Ezekiel Habib Shlomo Hasfaya, Deborah Miss Faraj Juliet Eliyahu Saleh Muzayyin The twenty-third of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ Certified (True copy) ⟦illegible⟧ 7/12
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the student Jacob Baroukh was born in Baghdad in 1928 AD, and for this reason we have signed below Ibrahim Khadouri Cohen I request that you issue a certificate Mukhtar of the ⟦Al-Fadl⟧ neighborhood ⟦illegible⟧ 12 / 1 / 1947 ⟦illegible⟧ JACOB BAROUKH SHAMMA born at Baghdad in the year 1928
No 562 Baghdad 15th June 1947. BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. JACOB BAROUKH SHAMMASH was born at Baghdad in the year 1928 ( nineteen hundred & twenty eight A.D. ) Birth certificate of Mr. Jacob Baroukh Shammash year 1928 one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight A.D. ⟦illegible⟧ 12/6 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of PRESIDENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the information established in my records, I hereby certify that ⟦illegible⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the date of ⟦illegible⟧ 707 And for this purpose I have signed ⟦line⟧ Baghdad on / / 1947 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Ezekiel ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad 4 / 12 / 1946 Request 40 Fils ⟦illegible signature⟧ 47/⟦illegible⟧
Death Certificate 562 15 / 6 / 947 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby certify that the named Eliyahu Moshi Sabhah died in Baghdad on the fourth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦signature⟧ Status lost ⟦signature⟧ 6/12 Head of the Community
524 ⟦illegible⟧ / 6 / 1947 66 Yaqub Moshi Aqrawi Miss Kattani Shlomo Ibrahim The twenty-first of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight ⟦signature⟧ Registered ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 12/2
525 5 / 6 / 1947 236 Khalif Youssef Habib Khalif Name translation: Yehuda Isaac Yasous The twenty-fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two ⟦signature⟧ 6/11 ⟦signature⟧
522 947 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ 312 Yousef Karji Ezra Haskel Mrs. Haila Khatoun Ezra Zion Haroun Mabnji The seventh of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven ⟦signature⟧ Certified (Copy of Certificate) ⟦signature⟧ 6/12
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 1947/1/19 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Respected President of the Jewish Community After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. ⟦Yitzhak son of Nissim Ezra⟧ Has entered into an engagement with ⟦Hannah daughter of Nissim Ezra⟧ In Baghdad on the day 1946/12/19 And has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 400 ⟦Yitzhak son of Nissim Ezra⟧ | ⟦Shimon Yehuda⟧ | ⟦Yitzhak son of Ezra⟧ Shimon Shaul M. Shimon ⟦Shimon Yehuda⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦47/1/17⟧
527 15 / 6 / 1947 Shlomo Zakkai Yaqub Yehuda Miss Jamla Shabu Moshi The nineteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six forty-six Current status ⟦signature⟧ 6 / 12
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11 / 6 / 1947 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. Yitzhak Daniel Cohen Has entered into his engagement to <del>Hannah Abraham</del> daughter of Yitzhak Daniel Cohen In Baghdad on the day 21 / 5 / 1947 And has not married yet Witnesses | Conditions Yitzhak Daniel | Mohar 400 Hannah Abraham | Dowry 250 ⟦illegible⟧ | Addition 250 | 900 Shimon Shaul M. Shimon Correct 15 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧