Description
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 626-650
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122/11
Payroll Disclosure Form
Our evening school staff for Jewish schools in Baghdad for the academic year 1946/47
Present 1/6/1948 ⟦line⟧
Name ⟦line⟧ Position
Daoud ⟦line⟧ Director
18/300 ⟦line⟧ at 12
12/000 ⟦line⟧ Expert
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Assistant
⟦line⟧ Employee until July 31
12/500 ⟦line⟧ Salim Yaquini ⟦illegible⟧
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⟦line⟧ Fuad Al-Qazzaz ⟦illegible⟧
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30/195 ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ end of in
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(No. 17 paper in ⟦line⟧)
(No. 20 paper in ⟦line⟧)
884
10 / 24 / 1947
392
Rahmin Ishaq Rahmin Daoud Asher Sultan
Miss Farha Violet Munshi Ezra Khalaschi
The fourteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two.
(Copy of certificate)
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885
10 / 24 / 1947
597
Albert Emile Wolfser
Miss Violet Haskel Yacoub Murad
The tenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
Returning to the lawyer
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Khaldi
A.
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The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
Notes :-
If there are several families in the house, one of these forms is used for each family, and the forms for the
single house shall be sequential
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885
10/24/1947
597
Albert Emile Wanf⟦line⟧
Miss Violet Ezekiel Yaqub Murad
The tenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
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Life
⟦signature⟧
(True copy)
Baghdad on July 26, 1948
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The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
Note :-
If there are several families in the house, one of these forms is used for each family, and the forms for one
house shall be sequential
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Certificate
10/29/947
We hereby certify that Mr. Shua Zion Shamash is the accountant for the presidency of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad, and he is also the guardian of his sister Saida Zion Shamash.
Head of the Community
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A
887
10 / 20 / 1947
About it in ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
93
Selim Hanouka K. Ibrahim ⟦line⟧
Miss Doris Shaul Sassoon
The twelfth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six ⟦line⟧
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A
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
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Number ::
Name of the house owner:
Number of persons:
District and house number:
Name of the head of the family:
Profession of the head of the family:
Gold located in the house and its estimation in total:
Gold located in the shop (if any) and its estimation in total:
Property of the mentioned head of the family : ⟦illegible⟧
10 / 1947 /
48
Salman Khadhouri, known as Salman Hesqail Yehuda Sayyih
Miss Luluwa Kurji Sion Sahbawi
The twenty-sixth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
and for⟦line⟧
Miss Luluwa Mar'i Sion Sibawi
The twenty-sixth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
and forty
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
District and House Number:
Name of the Head of Family:
Occupation of the Head of Family:
Gold located in the house and its total estimation:
Gold located in the shop (if any) and its total estimation:
Previous ownership of the head of family: Movable or Real Estate:
Number ::
Name of the House Owner:
Number of Persons:
10/ ⟦illegible⟧ /1947
41
Shua bin Haskel Shiri
**** Baqubah Miss Najma Khadouri Yamin
The seventeenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
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895
Certificate
31 / 10 / 947
We hereby confirm that His Eminence Rabbi Yaqub Shaul Badbul is an employee of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad.
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Head of the Community
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A
The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
If there are several families in the house, one of these forms is used for each family, and the forms for the
single house shall be sequential
Note :-
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12/20/1947
146
Heskel Shafiq, known as Heskel Sassoon Heskel
Miss Khatoun Moshi Salman Naqqar
The tenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six ⟦line⟧
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The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of dead, wounded, or captives and their identities
Note :-
If there are several families in the house, use one of these forms for each family, and the forms of a
single house should be sequential
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892
11/4/1947
Certificate
We hereby certify that Mr. Shua' Zion Shammash is the accountant for the presidency of the
Israeli community in Baghdad and receives a monthly salary of -/15 fifteen Dinars
excluding high cost of living allowances.
Head of the Community
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M
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number:
Date: 10 / 1 / 1947
Subject Summary: Congratulations
To the honorable Mr. Daoud Roubin Habib, Respected
After greetings
Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of Mr. Habib's marriage, wishing you continued
joys and happiness.
Sincerely
Head of the Community ⟦line⟧
To the honorable management of the Talmud Torah, may God protect and preserve them
Since the student Yitzhak son of Avraham H. Sassoon, may God protect and preserve him
has transferred to our department
Therefore we request you to send us the card of the aforementioned student as soon as possible
In order that we may arrange his affairs with us
2/11/1947
The Director
H. Sassoon
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The minimum requirement for the head of the family to return to his work
Number of killed, wounded, or captives and their identity
Note :-
If there are several families in the house, one of these forms is used for each family, and the forms for a single house
shall be sequential
No. ⟦873⟧
2nd November 7
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CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Certificate of the Matrimonial
Registrar of the Jewish Community , Baghdad, I hereby confirm
that Miss. RENEE MENASHI ISAAC was neither engaged nor married.
Mr. President
A certificate stating that Miss Renee
Menashi Isaac is neither engaged nor
married
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PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
Belonging to
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Saleh Yusuf Shahrabani
was born in Baghdad on the 2nd of November of the year 1944 AD
and for this purpose we have signed below
Hanoun Saghir neighborhood
Witness ⟦line⟧
Witness ⟦line⟧
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I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
No. 894
2nd November 7
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Mr. SALEH JOSEPH SHAHRABANI was born at Baghdad on the 2nd
day of November 1924 ( nineteen hundred & twenty four A.D. )
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Birth Certificate ⟦illegible⟧
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PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings,
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Saleh Yaqub Yehuda
was born in Baghdad on the sixth day of the sixth month of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight AD.
For this purpose, we have signed below.
Iraq
40 Fils
Finance
Witness
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Witness
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I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
No. ⟦815⟧
3rd November
7
No. ⟦815⟧
Youssef Isaac Irani
1948
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Mr. SALEH JACOB YEHUDA was born at Baghdad on the 6th
day of June 1926 ( nineteen hundred & twenty six A.D. )
Based on the request
Birth certificate of Mr. Saleh Jacob
Born in Baghdad in the year 1926
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PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
IRANY
5/10/47
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