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72 2/8/947 39 Sion Ibrahim, known as Sion Khadouri Sassoon Shahrabani Miss Sarah Nazima Youssef Isaac Fawzi The eighth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Required ⟦illegible⟧
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.
AI English Translation, Pages 326-350
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Naim Ezra Abaya was born in Baghdad in the year 1928 AD And for this purpose we have signed below Witness | Witness Mr. Abdul Majeed Saeed | Mr. Husni Haifa Employee in Khidr district | Worker at the Iraqi Tobacco Company Al-Huwaizi | Haifa The Mukhtar ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamp with portrait of King Faisal II⟧ Rafidain 40 Fils ⟦circular ink stamp⟧
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11th August 7 1997/8/14 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. NAIM EZRA ABDULLAH was born at Baghdad in the year 1928 ( nineteen hundred & twenty eight A.D.) Mr. President Birth certificate of Mr. Naim Ezra Abdullah ⟦illegible⟧ Naim Ezra Abdullah Born in Baghdad in the year 1928 ⟦illegible⟧ PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦illegible⟧ 1500 200 1700 ⟦illegible⟧
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Registrar of Engagement Contracts of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 1947/8/11 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 H. Nissim son of Ezra Nissim⟧ has contracted his engagement to ⟦Miriam daughter of Yitzhak Benjamin Murad⟧ in Baghdad on the day 1947/7/15 and has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 1500 | ⟦Yitzhak H. Nissim⟧ 200 | ⟦Ezra Nissim⟧ ⟦line⟧ | 1700 | Shimon Shaul M. Shimon ⟦Yitzhak H. Nissim⟧ ⟦Ezra Nissim⟧ ⟦symbol⟧
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1947/7/13 Moshe Nissim Moshe Nissim Miss Madeleine Ezekiel Yamin Mahlab The fifteenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Selim Tayara ⟦signature⟧
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⟦illegible⟧ 12/8/947 489 Naeem Ephraim Isaac Miss Habiba Bertin, known as Bertin Shaul Rahmin Thamina The twenty-second of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible signature⟧
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Certificate 8 / 8 / 947 To whom it may concern We hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf Meir is an employee at Dar Al-Shifa Clinic Affiliated with the Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community His Excellency the President Belonging to the house of Yusuf Al-Jarrah ⟦signature⟧ 1306
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the correct name of Yaqub Kamal bin Salman Shamna is "Kamal" and not "Yaqub Kamal", and for this purpose we have signed below. Ezra Saleh Azouri Witness ⟦signature⟧ Lawyer Yousef Nassif Witness ⟦signature⟧ Iraq Finance 40 Fils 1947 4 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1947
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Certificate 765 14 / 8 / 947 To whom it may concern ⟦line⟧ Based on the presented documents, we hereby certify that Yaqub Kamal son of Salman Shahna, his correct name is "Kamal" and not "Yaqub Kamal", and for this purpose he was provided with this certificate. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community
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List 527 30 / 7 / 81 17 June 911 ⟦line⟧ We send you greetings; we did not respond previously due to our inability to contact you, and it has been completed Muslim ⟦...⟧ and the diamonds have Muslim ⟦...⟧ and the diamonds have completed "Sima" and "Alma" ⟦...⟧ this is for your information At the present time ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ Consulate of Germany in ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible text showing through from reverse side⟧
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We, the undersigned, testify that the person named Saleh Ishaq bin Saleh Mukammal was born with his father in Baghdad and was formerly of Ottoman citizenship, and to this we have signed The Lawyer Selim Ishaq ⟦illegible⟧ Kadouri Ishaq Ishaq The Lawyer ⟦illegible⟧ Note - The aforementioned Saleh Ishaq bin Saleh Mukammal was born in Baghdad in the year 1887 AD on the fourth day of March and had traveled from Iraq about four years ago and is of Iraqi origin from father to grandfather. 18/12/47 The Lawyer Selim Ishaq ⟦illegible⟧ Kadouri Ishaq Ishaq
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Certificate 8/1947/ Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh Ishaq bin Saleh Mukammal is the maternal brother of Mr. Shlomo Ibrahim Sadqa, and that he and his father were born in Baghdad and were formerly of Ottoman nationality. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community His Excellency the President For signature, please 8/12 Urgent request
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8/947/ 331 Yaqub Karji Yusuf Ibrahim Shalom Haifa-yat Miss Sabiha Saida, known as Sabiha Salih Ibrahim Shamshu The thirtieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight ⟦illegible⟧
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List 18/730 And to the national Maysan for non-minors belonging to others This matter of loss, they have directed it specifically, for it is void in the state of those into whose hands it fell, so they must strictly refrain from paying it, even if they permitted my example Saad High trust fence ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers I hereby certify that Salma Yaqub Bashar has left in Baghdad on the date of ⟦line⟧ and for that reason I signed ⟦this⟧ 5707 ⟦or⟧ 7 Baghdad on ⟦1948/8/14⟧ ⟦Subject⟧ Chief Clerk ⟦Aru 6770⟧ ⟦658⟧
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18/73 166 The hands and the halo of the face of Ibrahim and Haidar Baqir In the face of Aba and his short halo and their high behavior coming from the case of Qasta 18 Nosha wrote a book of channels for the المستنا and Safa 17 Qas N his son N his vision wrote ⟦illegible⟧
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Certificate 728 8 / 7 / 947 Based on the testimony of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Salma Yaqub Bashar died in Baghdad on the twenty-fourth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
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Marriage Certificate 8/947/ Based on the certificate of the Chief Rabbi of the Israelite community in Tel Aviv (Palestine) numbered 66928 and dated 3/31/1944, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yaqub Khedhouri Sopher married in Palestine Miss Eva Rosa Friedlander on the twenty-seventh day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
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8/⟦illegible⟧/947 Saleh Ezra Samson Fantine Khedhouri Isaac The seventeenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦illegible signature⟧
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1947/8/19 To the Community Committee of the Jews in Baghdad Subject: Request for assistance through the Committee for Poor Affairs From Abraham Ezekiel I, the undersigned, Abraham Ezekiel, submit this request to you and ask that you would be so kind as to grant me monthly financial aid because my financial situation is very bad and I have no other source of livelihood. Income 1500 Expense 2000 Difference 700 Total 4200 Respectfully, Abraham Ezekiel ⟦illegible⟧ A. Tali
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771 947/8/ 398 Meir Shaul Miss Habiba Haskil Shamil Jahatayat The seventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. ⟦Alan⟧ Albertine ⟦upon him⟧ was born in Baghdad on the ⟦line⟧ day of ⟦line⟧ in the year ⟦line⟧ ⟦And for this reason⟧ we have signed below ⟦illegible⟧ Year 920 ⟦illegible⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
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No - 772 20th August, 7. BIRTH CERTIFICATE ⟦line⟧ In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Miss ALBERTINE ABDULLA COHEN was born at Baghdad in the year 1930 (nineteen hundred and thirty A.D. ) ⟦illegible signature⟧ PRESIDENT, JEWISH COMMUNITY, BAGHDAD. His Excellency the President ⟦line⟧ Birth certificate of Miss Albertine Abdulla Cohen in Baghdad year 1930 according to the census book number 492 and dated 29/4/47 issued by the Baghdad Census Office ⟦illegible signature⟧ 8/20
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim Menashi Zaroor was born in Baghdad on the ⟦line⟧ day of the month of July in the year 1922 and for this reason we have signed below. Witness ⟦signature⟧ Witness ⟦signature⟧ 17/8/47 ABRAHAM MENASHI ZAROOR We verify that he is ⟦illegible⟧ 700 Fils I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar 947 8 14 ⟦stamp with portrait and text: 40 Fils⟧ ⟦circular ink stamp⟧
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No - 773 21st Ouguest August 7 Birth Certificate In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ABRAHAM MENASHI ZAROOR was born at Baghdad on July 1922 ( nineteen hundred & twenty two A.D. ) Mr. President This certificate was issued based on the registration certificate Number 74977 and dated ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Sassoon PRESEDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD