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.
⟦illegible⟧ 18/7/947 265 Sion Rahmin Ibrahim Mrs. Rahil, known as Rachel Ibrahim Tawfiq The twenty-fifth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ Certified The twenty-fifth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧/⟦illegible⟧/⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 7/17
685 947 / 7 / 18 237 Rahmin Mashana bin Eliyahu Abdo Miss Simha Daoud Shakouri The twenty-ninth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven seven ⟦illegible⟧ 7/17 Required 250 fils
696 S 7/7/ 947 551 Munir Salman Yusuf Bukhor Miss Nazima Shaul Sassoon Soura The eleventh of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 7/7 Required 290 Fils
697 18/7/947 418 Youssef Korji, known as Youssef Ibrahim Robin Habib Baghdad Miss Marcelle Ezra Yaqoub Nawama The second of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five ⟦illegible⟧ Naphtha ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
698 18/7/47 327 Naeem Ibrahim Roubin Hayim Bakhsh Miss Mayah Abboudi Nassim The nineteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two ⟦illegible⟧ Two copies ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
No. 699 Baghdad 18th July 1947. BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ABRAHIM SALIM NESSIM was born at Baghdad in the year 1924 ( nineteen hundred & twenty four A.D.) ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Salman PRESIDENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦illegible stamp⟧ This certificate was issued according to the census book numbered 15127 and dated 1 / 8 / 1924 Mr. President Birth certificate of Mr. Abrahim Salim Nessim in Baghdad in the year 1924 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Required 200 fils
His Eminence the Hakham Bashi, Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, Respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Ibrahim Salim Nassim was born in Baghdad on the day of the year 1944 and for this purpose we have signed below Baghdad on 16 / 7 / 1947 9/2 Mr. Nassim 16/5/47 Witness Shlomo Rubin, Teacher 16 / 7 / 194 We certify what is stated above Mukhtar Witness Naji Ishaq Fattal Naji Ishaq Fattal ⟦illegible⟧ Required 200 Fils
1927/v/18 To Abu Khader Hasson Duri G 1/2 Friday the 20th of Tammuz year 1/2 After sunset One took 7 cloaks 192 Molan 8 pairs 1927 quarter for the pool 10/2/0 From you Falum bin Yitzhak Cohen in total delivered to the gold merchant Maluk Kana'ar bin al-Hay And to the gold merchant Wali Kana'ar ⟦line⟧ Expense 600 Number 222 500 Kharus 220 500 Brokerage 28 ⟦line⟧ 1350 On Shimon HaLevi " Khalufi " Shimon Yehuda Menachem Tzadka Ashash ⟦illegible⟧ 27/v/18
70 20 / 7 / 947 The Distinguished Salim Munir, known as Salim Hazqeel Siddiq Miss Said Doro, known as Flora Moshi Saleh The eighth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three ⟦illegible⟧ Three copies Saleh 7 / 8 / 7
701 1947/7/20 214 Nouri Ishaq Youssef Daoud Miss Khatoun Khadouri Baroukh The twenty-second of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 7/20 Required 4 Fils
J-C 27/7/047 Haskiel Ishaq Moshi Salawat Miss Saida Yusuf Mashita The thirtieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦illegible⟧ Hasah ⟦illegible⟧ 7/20
Register of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 17 / 7 / 1947 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that: Mr.: Mordechai son of Shimon Eliyahu Maslah ⟦illegible⟧ Has contracted his engagement to: Nazira daughter of Khedhouri son of Eliyahu ⟦illegible⟧ In Baghdad on the day: 16 / 6 / 1947 And has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 2200 ⟦illegible⟧ 200 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 2400 | Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Ezra Isaac ⟦illegible⟧ Shimon Shaul M. Shimon Shimon Shaul Maslah ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 17 / 7 / 47 To be returned to the Tailoring Charity Association ⟦signature⟧
7-2 1947/7/21 Munshi Shamoun Eliyahu Suha Miss Juliet Baruch Eliyahu Zalouf The sixteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven Hafah Belonging to a health clerk, seamstress ⟦signature⟧ 7/20 ⟦signature⟧ 7/20
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 17 / 7 / 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.: Yehuda son of Isaiah Cohen Khalifa Has contracted his engagement to: Dora daughter of Nissim Cohen Khalifa In Baghdad on the day: 8 / 4 / 1947 And has not yet married: Conditions | Witnesses 250 Cash | Yaakov son of Ezra 250 Deferred | Nissim son of Joseph 500 Total | Correct on 20 / 7 / 47 ⟦signature⟧ Shimon Shaul M. Shimon Shimon Shaul Registrar ⟦signature⟧
7-4 26/7/947 Shawa Yaqub Yasmin Miss Juliet Khadouri Youssef Wednesday, the eighth of February, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 7/20
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 18 / 7 / 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.: Naim Nahum Nissim Has entered into an engagement with: Eliza daughter of Joseph Elazar In Baghdad on the day: 12 / 6 / 947 And has not married yet Witnesses | Conditions Sassoon Shlomo | 1800 | Advance Ezra Isaac | 0700 | Deferred | 0100 | Dowry | 2600 | ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 7/20 Shimon Shaul A. Shimon Sassoon Shlomo Habib Levi Ezra
705 26 / 7 / 947 Naim Moshi Nassim Miss Louise Ephraim Saleh Arib The thirteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven 9 / 7 ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 20 And stamps 540 Fils
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad The Court of Justice in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD ⟦line⟧ Number :: 1205 Date :: 10 / 7 / 47 File Number: Mosul His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Please be so kind as to provide Simcha with a certificate confirming the occurrence of the divorce between her and her husband Ghazal Beh Mushkar on the date of 25 Tishrei 5706 corresponding to 2/10/45 and that was before the Jewish Religious Court in Mosul, Respectfully yours. ⟦illegible⟧ The President. Filed in the register 2 Fils 20/7/947 Required 400 Fils
Divorce Certificate 21 / 7 / 947 Based on the certificate of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Simha Munir has been divorced from her husband named Qawal bin Shukr before the Jewish Religious Court in Mosul, on the second day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ Status Record Required 40 Fils
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 12 / 7 / 1947 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. ⟦Menashe son of Isaac Cohen⟧ Has entered into an engagement with ⟦Habiba daughter of Isaac Abraham Levy⟧ In Baghdad on the day 7 / 4 / 1947 To be married after Witnesses | Conditions ⟦Isaac Abraham⟧ | ⟦Dowry⟧ 200 ⟦Isaac Cohen⟧ | ⟦Trousseau⟧ 300 | ⟦Addition⟧ 600 | 1200 Shimon Shaul M. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul⟧ ⟦M. Shimon⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Rabbinate ⟦illegible⟧
7-7 7/7/947 Moshe Hakham Yaqub Ezra Safi Miss Tuffaha Rahima Yusuf Hasqil Ezra The seventh of Nisan of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦signature⟧ 7/21 To His Eminence the Rabbi ⟦illegible⟧ Safi
7/7/947 Munir Hayyim Eliyahu Yaqub Miss Hannah Yaqub Nahum The sixth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ certificate ⟦signature⟧ 7/21 Mr. President Rabbi Cohen has confirmed that the marriage did not take place based on this certificate ⟦signature⟧ 7/21
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 7217
Date: 27 August 946
Subject: Certificate ⟦line⟧
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Munir Hay bin Eliyahu bin Yaqub has entered into his engagement in Baghdad
to Miss Hannah daughter of Yaqub bin Nahum on the sixteenth day of the month of
July of the year nineteen hundred and forty and has not yet married.
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
President of the Community
Iraq
40 Fils
Ghalia
⟦illegible⟧ 7-9 7/22/947 521 Yehuda Daoud Saleh Miss Naima Haskil Moshi Tati The twenty-sixth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five ⟦signature⟧ 7/26 Belonging to the Rabbi Cohen Department
947 / 7 / The building Moshe Yaqub ⟦...⟧ Basra, Miss Samha Najia, known as Najia Haskel Ezra The nineteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- six (Copy of certificate) ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 21