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.
7/7/947/⟦illegible⟧ 216 Shatoub Shum, known as Shua Shaul Bakhash Miss Evelyn Munshi Baruch Haskel Hakim The seventeenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (Copy of certificate) ⟦signature⟧ 7/25 ⟦signature⟧
To whom it may concern That Moussa Haqqi is poor and incapacitated and carries out most of the support expenses for his eldest son Isaac, the employee at the slaughterhouse Doctor Raouf Kahy ⟦line⟧ 24 / 7 / 947 Certificate Supporting ⟦with it⟧ Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ Based on the presented certificate ⟦h⟧ <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> we certify by it that Mr. Isaac Moussa Haqqi, the employee in the slaughterhouse, is the son who takes charge this mentioned of supporting his father and what pertains given that the father is poor in status and unable to work ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 7 / 7 / 947 Based on the presented certificate, we hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac Moshe Heskel, the employee at the Israeli Slaughterhouse in Baghdad, is the one responsible for supporting his father Moshe Heskel, given that the latter is poor and unable to work. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community VCA 720 Mo
Chief Rabbi in Basra | The Hakham Bashi of the Community | CHIEF RABBI - BASRAH Telephone Number: 05-395 | Basra - Iraq | (IRAQ) ⟦line⟧ | Telephone No. 05-396 Number: No.: Date: Date,: July 21th, 1947 BIRTH CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Mr. Abraham Saul Basri was born in Bagdad on the 18th of April , 1891 . Chief Rabbi-Basrah ⟦illegible stamp with Hebrew and Latin text: CHIEF RABBI BASRAH⟧ ⟦Revenue stamp with portrait and Arabic text: Iraq, Finance, 40 Fils⟧ ⟦illegible handwritten notes near stamp⟧
No. 730 Baghdad 28th July 1947. BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby ⟦illegible⟧rm that MR. ABRAHAM SAUL BASRI was born in Baghdad on the 1st day of April 1891 ( eighteen hundred & ninety one A.D. ) His Excellency the President Birth certificate of Mr. Abraham Saul Basri in Baghdad 18 April 1891 ⟦illegible⟧ 7/28 ⟦illegible⟧ Hosni Saul PRESIDENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD His Excellency the President ⟦line⟧ This certificate was issued based on the request of the Secretary of the Jewish Community in Basra, Mr. Daoud Samuel
72 7/28/947 Yosef Hayyim, known as Yosef Ibrahim Shalom The divorced Miss Masouda, known as Saida Ephraim Saleh Ezra, the ⟦twenty-third⟧ of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven Mr. President For the purpose of obtaining this certificate To collect donations 7/28 7/28 ⟦illegible⟧ God's power
7/7/947 206 Naeem Shamoun Shabo The daughter Naeema Yahya Maroukh The twelfth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three ⟦illegible⟧ Haifa (Certificate photo) ⟦signature⟧ 7/28
947 / 7 / 480 Moshe Ezra Ibrahim Khalaschi Mrs. Samha Sabiha, known as Samha Rubin Eliya Mordechai The sixteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven (Copy of Certificate) ⟦illegible⟧ Hanna 7 / 28
724 29/7/947 540 Moshe Hesqel Shaul Miss Juliet Menashi Elia Elia The ninth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six 7/29 Required ⟦...⟧
725 7/28/947 20 Moshe Koji Shlomo Miss Simha Moshe Ezra Jaiji The twenty-sixth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one ⟦signature⟧ 7/28 Required 500 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ 729 7/28/947 552 Menachem Isaac Ezra Miss Tuffaha Ezra Salman Habkoua The sixth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four ⟦signature⟧ 7/28 Required 28 fils
Department Copy 727 28/7/947 Exhibit Eliyahu Moshe Pinhas ⟦line⟧ Baqubah Miss Masouda Youssef Mthir Alima The seventeenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty ⟦illegible⟧ 7/28
Department's Copy 737 1947/7/29 The Exhibit Eliyahu Moshe Ben-Hilas ×× Baqubah Miss Masouda Youssef Mounir Alima The seventeenth of October, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty AD. (Certified True Copy) Baghdad on 50/9/7 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ P 9/7
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Isaac Joseph Hilly was born in Baghdad on the twelfth day of July 1927 and for this purpose we have signed below. Baghdad on 28 / 7 / 1927 The Mukhtar ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Witness Isaac Zion Sheikhi ⟦signature⟧ Witness Elia Shaoul ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ISAAC JOSEPH HILLY. ⟦line⟧
No 738 Baghdad 29th July 1947. BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ISAAC JOSEPH AL HILLY was born at Baghdad on 16th of July 1947 ( nineteen hundred & fourty seven A.D. ) Mr. President Birth certificate of Mr. Isaac Joseph Al Hilly In Baghdad on the day of 16 July 1947 According to the publication book number 2406 And dated 27 / 7 / 1947 PRESIDENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 1930 (nineteen ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 29 / 7
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Saidah Ezra Simon was born in Baghdad on the day 1920 and for this purpose we have signed below Baghdad on 7 / 8 / 1947 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Naji Moussa Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ Ezra Abdo Lawi ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ SAIDAH EZRA SIMON
No. 739 Baghdad 29th July 1947. BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Miss SAIDAH EZRA SIMON was born at Baghdad in the year 1930 ( nineteen hundred & thirty A.D. ) Mr. President Birth certificate of Miss Saida Ezra Simon in the year 1930 being number revised in the register 944 and dated 6 / 11 / 1944 ⟦signature⟧ PRESIDENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦circular ink stamp⟧ Required 200 fils ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 7 ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 7
Baghdad on July 20, 1947 His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, the respected Baghdad After greetings Based on our personal information, we hereby certify that Naeem Ezra Mashal was born in Baghdad in the year 1921, and for this reason we have signed below, Witness | Witness Nu'man Bey Munib | Shaul Saleh Abu Daoud ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ ⟦hebrew script signature⟧ ⟦hebrew script signature⟧ Mukhtar of the neighborhood I certify the contents of this certificate Iraq 40 Fils ⟦illegible stamp over photo⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 25 Based on the documents kept with us We certify this Masloub 29 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
7351 Number 06 Travel Presidency And accordingly, we have accepted Mr. Kamal, the head of accountants in the Finance Department of Travel Presidency Our voucher for at ten liras, and from that date his financial allocations were recorded in riyals and liras On this agreed date in the year 1631, a consulate as much as possible in the position of a year Place of residence | His town In the name of Ibrahim and currently in the name of Lene | Our master so-and-so Lene ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Our official signature Kaimakamate of Baghdad District for a neighborhood of it, dated ⟦blue circular stamp⟧
Birth Certificate 7/⟦illegible⟧/947 Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby certify that Naeem Ezra Mashal was born in Baghdad in the year 1921 (one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one AD) ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ 1/29 ⟦faded purple stamp⟧ Required ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 16 / 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. Meir son of Daoud Cohen Has entered into an engagement with Murad son of Daoud Cohen In Baghdad on the day 29 / 4 / 1947 And has not married yet Witnesses | Conditions Shimon HaLevi | 800 ⟦line⟧ gold Yaakov Tzadka | 250 ⟦line⟧ cash | 150 ⟦line⟧ clothes | 1200 ⟦line⟧ Shimon Shaul M. Shimon Shimon Shaul M. Shimon Cantor of the Community In Baghdad
741 21 / 7 / 947 Salim Khaddouri Abdullah Bahous Miss Maryam Ibrahim Mawla The twenty-ninth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 4 ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Reuben Ibrahim Allah was born in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of the month of February 1945 and for this purpose we have signed below Baghdad on 28 / 7 / 1947 ⟦illegible⟧ 28 / 7 / 1947 The Mukhtar Iraq Finance 40 Fils ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Witness | ⟦line⟧ | Witness ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ Naim Zabil Bekhor | Abboud Naim Allah Witness Eliyahu Moussa Aiwan
No 742 Baghdad 29th July 1947. BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ROUBEN IBRAHIM AKKA was born at Baghdad on the 16th day of February 1925 ( nineteen hundred & twenty five A.D.) Mr. President Birth certificate of Mr. Rouben Ibrahim Akka in Baghdad on 16 February the year 1925 Census Register Number ⟦illegible⟧ and Date ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ J/ea PRESIDENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧ 7/7/947/⟦illegible⟧ 269 Ephraim Shamil Ibrahim Miss Daisy Nassim Ishaq Nahum The twenty-sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven ⟦illegible⟧ Archived (Copy of Certificate) ⟦signature⟧ 7/20