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IJA 3748

Verification Certificates, Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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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.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3748
Item Number
12952
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Financial, Illustrations, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, Legal Document, Certification of Non-Impediment, Birth Certificates, Revenue Stamp, Ledger, Medicine, Typed, Citizenship Laws, Marriage Certificates, Basrah, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Legal, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Ink Stamp, Spiritual Council, British Embassy, Death Certificate, Receipts, Letterhead, Salman H. Aboudi, Fragment, Divorce, President of the Jewish Community, Chief Rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Basrah, French, Engagement Certificate, Burial, Office of Public Health, Photograph, Certificate of Good Conduct, Divorce Certificate, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Education, Travel

AI English Translation, Pages 726-750

Archival unit 726

11/1947/
290
Afai Yamin Cohen ⟦line⟧
Miss Hanini Eliyahu Yaqub Al-Yahib ⟦line⟧
The twenty-ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
four ⟦line⟧ .
A

Archival unit 727

1947 / 11 / ⟦illegible⟧
519
Naim Eliyahu bin Yaqub Abdul Aziz
Miss Saida Munshi Sassoon Shebet
The seventeenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
06

Archival unit 728

11/1947/
160
Ezra Sion, known as Sion Hoki Yaqub Abyad
Miss Habiba Daoud Ezra Nissan
The sixteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six ⟦line⟧ *
A

Archival unit 729

11/1947/
The Petitioner
Moshe Hai Hesqel Rahmin, known as Moshe Abdul Nabi
Miss Karjiya Moshe Jamal
The seventeenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.
A.

Archival unit 730

1947/11/22
To the Honorable Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Today I have completed two years in the service of the community
as an accounting assistant
In my letter dated 1947/11/12 I requested a raise in my salary
And I request to inform me what was decided regarding my aforementioned request
With great respect
Ezra Sasson Menashe
Ezra Sasson Menashe
The Account
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 731

947 / 11 /
108
Naim Eliyahu Dangoor
Renee Moshe Dangoor
The twelfth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 732

11/1947/
427
Munir ⟦line⟧ and B
Miss Naima Ibrahim Youssef
The ninth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
⟦illegible⟧
(Copy of certificate)
M.

Archival unit 733

11/1947/
273
Naji Murad Ezra Shamash
Miss Rachel Munshi Yusuf
The seventeenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five
⟦illegible⟧
P 5

Archival unit 734

Department Copy
11/1947/
308
Ezekiel Naji son of Daoud Ab⟦line⟧ed
Miss Farha Najia daughter of Moshe Isaac Ham⟦line⟧a
The second of Nisan of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-⟦line⟧
four.
Correct
⟦signature⟧
12/2
A.

Archival unit 735

⟦illegible⟧ The Community
942
11/26/1947
308
Heskel Naji son of Daoud Abid
Miss Farha Najia daughter of Moshi Ishaq Hayya
The second of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD.
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad 2/4/1951
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Ibrahim / 4

Archival unit 736

11/1947/
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
299
Ibrahim Saleh Karmi, known as Saleh Yehuda Ezra
Miss Victoria Madiha, known as Madiha Haroun Moshi Sadqa
The eleventh of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
eight ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 737

⟦illegible⟧
243
26811873/1
806
⟦line⟧ His Eminence the Hakham Bashi of the Jewish Community, Respected
Greetings and respect ⟦line⟧
We send you herewith the list containing the names of the donors to the Meir Elias Hospital for your kind review ⟦line⟧
(Chairman of the Administrative Board)
15 / 1 / 1968 AD
⟦signature⟧
Finance Department / Accounting Division
Riyadh Abdul Rasul Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Musawi
⟦signature⟧
13 / 1 / 1968

Archival unit 738

11/1947/
⟦illegible⟧/11/23
His Eminence the Hakham Bashi, the respected
Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Please provide us with a certificate for Latifa daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ (Sami)
Including the birth date of ⟦illegible⟧
In the name of Ezra Salim, known as Salim Yaqub Mordechai
Mother: Saida Hayyim Ezra
The ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five ⟦line⟧ .
A .

Archival unit 739

121/7321
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
226
His son Edward, his father Muslim, shared with him his meal and gifts
Nawala bought a reed, Muslim shared with her a reed, the daughter of Nehemiah
The tea was divided in the hospital, 12 of it for the neighborhood ⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧ as tea

Archival unit 740

The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 23 / 11 / 47
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, the Respected
President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Please provide a certificate to Latifa daughter of Meir (Sagji)
stating her divorce from her husband Khedouri son of Hanouna
on the date of August 28, 945, corresponding to August 7, 945
And may you remain in peace
President of the Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Sassoon Khedouri
Sassoon Khedouri

Archival unit 741

Divorce Certificate
11/1947/
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby testify
that a divorce has taken place for Latifa Muthir (Samhi) before the aforementioned religious court from
her husband Khedhouri Hanouka, on the twenty-seventh day of August of the year one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-five ⟦line⟧
Head of the Community

Archival unit 742

11/⟦illegible⟧/1947
566
Saleh Ezekiel Ezra Saleh ⟦line⟧
Miss Khatoun Eliyahu Ishaq Bat⟦line⟧at
The sixteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three
⟦line⟧
(Certificate issued)
54

Archival unit 743

⟦illegible⟧
11/26/1947
81
Youssef Habib, known as Youssef Salman Saleh
Miss Victoria Ezra Mawla Yaqub
The eighth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
five ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Request
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 744

928
28/11/20
507
Ibrahim Karim, known as Ibrahim Ishaq Hazqeel, a painter
Miss Sabha Abdullah Saleh, a baker
The twenty-ninth of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven

Archival unit 745

948
28 / 11 / 1947
507
Ibrahim Karim, known as Ibrahim Isaac Hastil, a painter
Miss Samha Abdullah Saleh Kh⟦line⟧zum
The twenty-ninth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and seven
Miss Samha Abdullah Saleh Kh⟦line⟧zum
The twenty-ninth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and seven
and forty-⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
P 5

Archival unit 746

1947/11/28
To the honor of the Community Committee of the Jews in Baghdad
Today a bill of sale was established for the house located in Baghdad
which is owned by Yitzhak Salman
Before us on the day 28/11/1947 appeared Mr. Yitzhak Salman son of Menashe and desired
to sell the house located in Baghdad — 171/210 in the Hanauni quarter to his sons
Mr. Yitzhak Salman Menashe — and Mordechai Salman Menashe
Witnesses signed below
Yitzhak Salman
Mordechai Salman
Community Committee
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 747

11/1947
Youssef Salman Yadkar
Miss Marcelle Yacoub Moussa Nathan
The twentieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven

Archival unit 749

12 / 1947
241
Heskel Hayim, known as Heskel Moshi Heskel
Miss Shafiqa Tuffaha, known as Shafiqa Sassoon Ibrahim
The twenty-fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
two.
⟦illegible⟧
A

Archival unit 750

12/1947/
515
Yaqub Abdullah Yaqub
Miss Samha Haskil Yaqub
The twenty-sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six
⟦illegible⟧