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11/1947/ 102 Salim Daoud known as Salim Hezekiel Sassoon Hezekiel Shamoun Miss Nona Salim Shlomo Menashi Deborah The twentieth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six ⟦line⟧ 5 54
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 701-725
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11/⟦illegible⟧/1947 The Exhibit Munshi Sion Yaqub Miss Farha Najia, known as Farha Haskil Yehuda The nineteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine ⟦line⟧ (Copy of a certificate)
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11/1947/ 182 The Bashokerji known as Eliyahu Ezra Youssef Mikhail Miss Juliet Munshi Hamim Farah The eighteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- two ⟦line⟧
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11/1947/ 30 Munshi Saleh Munshi Mahlab Miss Juliette Shamoun Salim Aba The seventh of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 11/1448\
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11/⟦illegible⟧/1947 452 Yaqub Yusuf Salih Ma'tuq Qassab Miss Habu Rahmin Hizqil Ezra Rahmin The seventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. 11/11/1448 512 A.
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11/1947/ Yousef Rubin bin Saleh Munshi Miss Naima Munira, known as Naima Eliyahu Yaqub Uzair The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- one ⟦line⟧
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925 11/18/1947 525 Salim, known as Malo Saleh Ibrahim Mahlawi Miss Sarah Mordechai Rahmi⟦line⟧ The twenty-third of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ (Sarah's share) Hafna A.
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11/⟦illegible⟧/1947 547 Mathana Yaqub M⟦line⟧rad Miss Rachel Shakouri Moshi The eleventh of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and forty-⟦line⟧six ⟦illegible⟧ Aisha Sheikh Shabi
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1/1/1947 484 Abdullah Sayem, known as Salim Ezra Yusuf Miss Nazima Rahmin Sham⟦line⟧ay The nineteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦line⟧. A.
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One of the members of our Israeli community, Musa Yaqub al-Bakr, died on August 12, 932, and his wife Ghazali, daughter of Haqqi Shatwi, died before him. Based on the request of Harun Shamash, the trustee of the endowments of the aforementioned Musa, we have issued this statement and ⟦...⟧ Iraq Finance 40 Fils Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood
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12 / 8 / 42 Number 60 To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the records registered in my logs, I hereby certify that the deceased named ⟦Salim Shasha⟧ died in Baghdad on the day of the month 8 of the year 1942 corresponding to 21 ⟦Ab⟧ 5702 42/3268 And for the above I have signed below Baghdad on / / 1947 ⟦Hevra Kadisha⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ Heskel ⟦Khedhouri⟧ Dad In charge of Jewish burial affairs on behalf of ⟦...⟧
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Number ⟦illegible⟧ To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the deceased named ⟦Moshe Yaqub Al-Kubi⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦second⟧ day of the month 12, year ⟦1947⟧, 5707 The matter is yours, sir Baghdad on / / 547 ⟦illegible hebrew script⟧ Hezekiah ⟦line⟧ Dar The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
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Death Certificate 11/1947/ Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Moshe Yaqub Al-Kabir died in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and that his wife Mazli Rahmin Shoshua died in Baghdad on the twenty-first day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. Head of the Community
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Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may G-d protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 27 / 1 / 43 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon, the respected Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Please provide a certificate to Salima daughter of Aziz (Maslawi) confirming her divorce from her fiancé Eliyahu son of Yaqub (Daka) on the date of 15 Iyar 924 corresponding to May 8, 1926. Sincerely yours. 694 President of the Israelite Spiritual Council ⟦illegible signature⟧
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Divorce Certificate 11/1947/ Based on the certificate of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Salima Aziz (Maslawi) has been divorced before the mentioned religious court from her fiancé Eliyahu Yaqub (Dukma) on the seventh day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. Head of the Community A.
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11/ ⟦illegible⟧ /1947 11/16/1947 125 Saleh Shlomo Salman Aq⟦line⟧rawi Miss Khazna Isaac Rahmin Aqrawi The twenty-fourth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- one⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧
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Ministry of Interior 111\7321 Subject: Inquiry from the Iranian Consulate in Baghdad regarding the Iranian Consulate in London The Iranian Consulate in Baghdad informs us that the Iranian Consulate in (London) has reported that the person named Muhammad Jawad, son of the Governor of Iran in (London), has left it heading to Iran for the purpose of visiting ⟦line⟧ in this letter of ours to the Iranian Consulate in Baghdad to inquire whether he has Directorate of General Movements 3
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1947/11/16 To the Management of the Jewish Community Committee in Baghdad Subject: Request for financial assistance from the charity fund From: Avraham Yitzhak I was born in the year 1919 and I have been unemployed since 1945/5/21 due to illness which prevented me from working and supporting my family of 6 persons Therefore I ask you in every language of request to help me with money With great respect Avraham Yitzhak The address: ⟦illegible⟧ Witnesses confirming the above details Required ⟦illegible⟧
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921 11/20/1947 436 Eliyahu Nissan Ezra Miss Louise Abdullah Azzouri The thirty-first of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ A
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974 11/20/1947 499 Yaqub Ezra Radan Miss Jenny MacBride Hanonk Wadeen The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and five Miss Jenny ⟦line⟧ MacBride Hanonk Wadeen The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and five and thirty ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ A
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11/20/1947 231 Daoud Salim, known as Daoud Marikh Raphael Miss Eliza Ephraim Yaqub Bagheri The twenty-third of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ P 5 ⟦illegible⟧ 11/18/1947
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Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 531 Number: 11 / 18 / 1947 Date: Subject Summary:
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11/18/1947 To the honor of the Community Committee of the Jews of Babylon Today we completed the building of the synagogue of the village of Abu Ghraib al-Aziziya And we are hereby submitting to you the final account of the building of the synagogue Yes, it was delivered The building of the aforementioned synagogue — into the hands of the treasurer of the aforementioned synagogue Menachem Avraham Eliyahu Sasson Aziziya and all the equipment of the aforementioned synagogue So that it may be a good memory for the entire congregation of the aforementioned synagogue The late Sasson Aziziya Son of Ezra Sasson Aziziya The Treasurer Menachem Avraham Eliyahu Sasson ⟦illegible⟧
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11/1947/ Nassim Sayoun Abed Miss Rahma Mikhail Youssef The third of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six 4
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18/11/1947 We, the undersigned whose names appear below, have received from Mr. Yusuf Ezra Menachem Saleh the quantity of wheat specified below at the price fixed for it by the government, and we have received its price in full, and there remains for us no right or claim against him for this reason. Wheat ⟦illegible⟧ 150 Wheat ⟦illegible⟧ 100 Wheat ⟦illegible⟧ 150 ⟦line⟧ 400 Ezra Shimon Hezekiel Salman Hezekiel Ezra Witnesses: Shimon Hezekiel Selim Hezekiel ⟦illegible⟧