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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 English Translation, Pages 151-175
7/6/1947
To the Honorable Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, may its light shine
Today, Sunday, the 22nd of Tammuz, the year 5707 from creation, in Baghdad, may its light shine
Valid in the session of the Rabbinical Court
Before us in the undersigned Rabbinical Court, they testified according to the Torah and investigation, they are our valid and faithful witnesses
The honorable Menachem son of Abraham son of Joseph Naaman and the honorable Abraham Cohen
That George Mutzafi son of Salman ⟦from source⟧ 925
Expenses
1500 Fils
2000 Kurus
1500 Commission
5000
The humble Sasson H.Y.
The humble Salman H.Y.
The Righteous Rabbinical Court
In Baghdad
May God protect it, Amen
Compensation
947
646
7/7/947
Al-Mubarraz
Eliyahu Yehuda Fattal
Miss Hanina Ibrahim Yusuf Qara'in
The thirteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
7/7
1947/7/6
To the honorable Hakham Isaac Sassoon, may his light shine
Since I the undersigned Abraham son of Kadouri Abraham, may his light shine
On behalf of his widow and orphans
In the year 18 Adar I 704 corresponding to 12/2/944, he married according to the law of Moses and Israel
The young man Habib son of Abraham son of Joseph Rahamim and Miriam daughter of Kadouri
Advance | 1200
Deferred | 800
Total | 2000
Witnesses Sassoon Ezra
Abraham " "
Hakham Bashi
Baghdad
290 Bony
947/7/8
647
7/7/947
244
Mikhail Daoud Shmeil
Miss Maryam Ishaq Shmeil
The fourteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three
⟦illegible⟧
Federal
⟦signature⟧
7/7
648
Baghdad, July 11, 1947.
11/7/1947
No:- 648.
Death Certificate
DEATH CERTIFICATE.
⟦line⟧
In accordance with the
certifcate of the Official
in charge of the Jewish
burials at Baghdad, I hereby
confirm that the late Yousef
Eliahoo Bashi, was dead at
Baghdad on the 28th day of
May 1947 (nineteen hundred
and fourty seven A.D.)
Based on the certificate of the person in charge
of burials in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad
we hereby confirm that the late Yousef Eliahoo
Bashi died in Baghdad on the
twenty-eighth day of May of the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-seven
⟦signature⟧
President of the Community
PRESIDENT,
JEWISH COMMUNITY, BAGHDAD.
A certificate was issued
His Excellency the President
For signature please
⟦signature⟧
I testify that the late Saif Al-Dahbash, from the people of Baghdad and a resident of the Sinawiya neighborhood,
numbered ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧, died in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of
August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD.
7/6 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Death Certificate
648
7 / 7 / 947
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 Yusuf Eliyahu Bashi died in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth
day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Belonging to Mr.
Daoud Salman.
⟦signature⟧
649
8 / 7 / 947
316
Aziz Nathaniel, known as Aziz Salman Murshid
Miss Fahima Al-Azar Baruch
The fifteenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
Aziz
He has completed
⟦signature⟧
8 / 7
650
8/7/947
97
Maatouk Ezra Maatouk Shahrabani
Miss Sabiha Isaac Haroun
The twenty-sixth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
four ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Sabiha
7/8
651
2/7/947
Youssef Koji, known as Youssef Ezra Zilkha
Miss Qadaha Saleh Ezekiel
The second of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
⟦signature⟧
7/7
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible date⟧
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 6 / 7 / 947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Respected Jewish Community
After greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I confirm that
Mr. Yosef ben Menashe Wazana
Has entered into an engagement with Simcha bat Yitzhak Mizrahi
In Baghdad on the day 2 / 7 / 1946
And has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
500 Dinars | Shlomo ben Yitzhak Mizrahi | Yehezkel ben Menashe
⟦signature⟧
Naim Gagi
7 / 7 / 47
His people Shaul ⟦...⟧ his witnesses
Yehezkel ben Menashe
Shlomo ben Yitzhak
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 20 / 6 / 1947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. ⟦Yitzhak Nissim (Ezra) Ben Zion Cohen and Raka Ezra⟧
Has entered into an engagement with ⟦Farha daughter of Yitzhak Ezra HaLevi⟧
In Baghdad on the day 14 / 5 / 947
To be married after
Witnesses | Conditions
⟦Shimon Yehuda⟧ | 700 ⟦Mohar⟧
⟦Ezra son of Yitzhak⟧ | 200 ⟦Dowry⟧
| 200 ⟦Addition⟧
| ⟦line⟧
| 1100
Shimon Shaul M. Shimon
29 Fils
7 / 7 / 947
⟦stamp⟧
252
8 / 7 / 947
Heskel Ezra known as Heskel Sion Heskel Ezra
Miss Rachel Heskel Muslih
The fourteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
7 / 7
Register of Engagement Contracts
of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 7 / 7 / 1947
⟦illegible⟧
His Eminence Haham Sassoon Khedouri
President of the respected Israelite Community
After greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. ⟦Yitzhak bin Ezra⟧
Has contracted his engagement to ⟦Mas'uda bat Yehezkel⟧
In Baghdad on the day 1 / 9 / 946
And has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
100 ⟦Muqaddam/Sanctified⟧
125 ⟦Delayed/Muwakhar⟧
200 ⟦Dowry/Nidunya⟧
⟦line⟧
425
⟦Sassoon Sassoon⟧
⟦Yitzhak Shlomo⟧
Shimon Shaul A. Shimon
⟦Shimon Ezra⟧
⟦Shimon⟧
⟦Sassoon⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
7 / 7 / 47
652
1947/7/3
Ibrahim Abdullah Pasha
Miss Saida Hizqeel Ezra Abu al-Timman
The first of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
7/7
654
9 / 7 / 847
543
Khadouri Salem Ibrahim Ezra
Miss Khatoun Ibrahim Moshi Zelouf
The thirteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
3 / 7
655
947/7/9
226
Sassoon Haron Sassoon Shamash
Miss Habiba Raphael Shlomo Anbar
The twenty-ninth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
five ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
7/8
⟦signature⟧
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 8 / 7 / 1947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Respected Israelite Community
After greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. ⟦Yitzhak Ezra ben Nissim⟧
has contracted his engagement to ⟦Miriam bat Yitzhak Ezra⟧
in Baghdad on the day 20 / 2 / 1947
and has not yet married
Conditions | Witnesses
⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧
80 ⟦Lira⟧ ⟦Avraham Nissim⟧
20 ⟦Lira⟧ ⟦Ezra Nissim⟧
⟦Total one hundred Lira⟧
⟦signature⟧
Correct on
8 / 7 / 47
Shimon Shaul M. Shimon
⟦Yitzhak Ezra⟧
⟦signature⟧
656
9/7/1947
Ibrahim Munir Babo
Miss Marcelle Abed Ibrahim Babo
The twentieth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
7/8
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
Baghdad on 7/7/1947
To the Israelite Community in Baghdad
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the respected Israelite Community
After greetings and respect.
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. Ya'akov ben Yitzhak Sasson
Has contracted his engagement to Simcha bat Yitzhak Cohen Georgi
In Baghdad on the day 26 / 6 / 1947
⟦illegible⟧ to marry after
Conditions | Witnesses
500 Gold Liras | Yehezkel Ezra | Ezra Tzion Hanoch
Assistant Treasurer M. Sham'un
Yehezkel
Sham'un
Ezra
With file
Copy of register
8/7/47
9/7/947
Yaqub Eliyahu Shamil
Miss Samira Ibrahim
The twenty-sixth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven
⟦signature⟧
12/7
⟦illegible⟧
From ⟦illegible⟧
9/7/947
The Israeli Religious Court
in Baghdad
The Court of Justice
Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number :: 1202
Date :: 9 / 7 / 47
File Number: 9 / 5 / 705
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected
President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Please be so kind as to give Khazna (known as
Rahma) daughter of Menashe Khalaschi a certificate stating
the occurrence of divorce between her and her husband Moshe son of Ephraim
Bekhor before this court on Sunday 29 Sivan
705 corresponding to 10 / 6 / 945. And remain [in peace]
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the President
290 Fils
9 / 7 / 947
658
Divorce Certificate
10 / 7 / 947
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that
the woman named Khazna, known as Karjiya Munshi Khalaschi, has been divorced from
her husband named Moshe Ephraim Bamkhor on the tenth day of June of the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
659
10/7/947
493
Mr. Yusuf Nasim, known as Yusuf Israel Kurji, quarter
Naeema Kurjia, known as Naeema Hazqeel Moshi Hay
The twenty-fifth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five
⟦illegible⟧
Life
9/7
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Registrar of Engagement Contracts
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 1/8/1947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr.: Menashe son of Isaac Isaac Shalom Bachar
Has entered into an engagement with: Adeline daughter of Ezra Ezra Aziz
In Baghdad on the day: 11/7/1947
And has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
1500 Dinars | Shimon Sassoon
Ezra Isaac Nissim
Shimon Shaul A. Shimon