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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.

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 826-850

Archival unit 826

KINGDOM OF RUMANIA
COUNCIL OF DELEGATES OF THE SEFARADIN JEWISH COMUNITY
BUKAREST
CIVIL REGISTRARY OFFICE
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
NO . 217
Considering the marriage certificat under No.2 dated 2nd January 1926 issued by the Civil Registrary Office of the Municipality County Bukarest District
Iefov
Considering that in conformity with para 31 of the statute it has been paid at the cashier of this comunity Lei one hundred due as marriage tax of two per thousand of the drowery we authorize the clergy of the Big Synagogue to celebrate on Sunday 3 January 1926 the religious marriage of Mr.Moritz Avram Levy with Miss Lotty Kropach ,
for the council of Delegates ,
Secretary General
( signed ) F , Froimescu
Bukarest 3rd January 1926
AM DIAG.2M of AITEUA UAIRIMATE ( ..A cords & berba estonia ) 800 eat to
тасталия
GACHOAR YSIMUMMIT

Archival unit 827

KINGDOM OF ROMANIA.
MUNICIPALITY, BUCHAREST.
CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE AND STATISTICS.
MARRIAGE BULLETIN
NO. 2.
Mr. Moritz Abraham Levy
and Miss Lotte Kropach have married today at this Municipality
registering in the Book under No. 2.
For confirmation this Bulletin has been issued to them to
serve for the religious marriage.
Civil Registrar (sg.) ⟦illegible⟧.
Director General.
(sg.) Bratu Zamfir.
Year one thousand nine hundred twenty six, Month January, day second.
⟦Bratu Zamfir⟧
⟦Signature⟧

Archival unit 828

No. 18th December 7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract presented,
I hereby confirm that Mr. MAURICE A. LEVY was married at
BUKAREST - ROUMANIA to Miss. LOTTE KROPACK on the 3rd of
January 1926 ( nineteen hundred & twenty six A.D. )
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD

Archival unit 829

No. ⟦illegible⟧
18th December 7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract presented, I
hereby confirm that Miss. LOTTE KROPACH was married at
BUKAREST - ROUMANIA to Mr. MAURICE A. LEVY on the 3rd
day of January 1926 ( nineteen hundred & twenty six A.D. )
⟦illegible⟧
Copy of the marriage of Miss ⟦illegible⟧
Kropach in Romania ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 1926
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD

Archival unit 830

No. ⟦illegible⟧
18th December 7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract presented, I hereby
confirm that Mrs. RENEE M. ISAAC was married at Baghdad to Mr.
MAX KROPACH on the 27th of October 1947 ( nineteen hundre d &
fourty seven A.D. )
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
PRESIDENT
T HE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD

Archival unit 831

No. ⟦illegible⟧
18th September 7
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
⟦line⟧
In accordance with the Marriage Contract presented, I hereby
confirm that Mr. MAX KROPACH was married at Baghdad to Mrs.
RENEE M. ISAAC on the 27th of October 1947 ( nineteen hundred
& forty seven A.D. )
PRESIDENT
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 832

To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings and respect,
We testify that Shaul Zion Ovadia was born in Baghdad in the year 1890, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety AD, and that he left Iraq for Cairo (Egypt) in the year 1911,
one thousand nine hundred and eleven AD. Upon request, we have signed this. Respectfully yours.
Iraq
Finance
40 Fils
Witness
Salim Hezki Ezra
Qattan
⟦line⟧
Witness
Shaul Abboudi
Bunyan
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
Yosef Zion
Ovadia
18

Archival unit 833

Certificate
992
12/18/1947
Based on the presented documents, we hereby certify that Charles Ezekiel Huwaidia
was born in Baghdad in the year 1890 (one thousand eight hundred and ninety AD) and
left Iraq for Egypt in the year 1911 (one thousand nine hundred and eleven AD).
Head of the Community
A

Archival unit 834

Birth Certificate
992
12/ /1947
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr.
Ephraim Sion was born in Baghdad on the fifteenth day of June in the year
one thousand nine hundred and thirty ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Certified
Head of the Community
Request
80 Fils
A

Archival unit 835

895
2 / 12 / 47
475
Ezra Heskel B⟦line⟧on
Miss Nazima Daoud, known as Nazima Nunu Daoud Elisha
The eighth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
⟦illegible⟧
A.

Archival unit 836

⟦illegible⟧
12/⟦illegible⟧/1947
447
Youssef Sayoun Ibrahim ⟦line⟧
Miss Khazna Moshi Ibrahim ⟦line⟧
The sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
(Copy of Certificate)

Archival unit 837

997
12/22/1947
286
Ibrahim Ishaq Owaid ⟦line⟧ A
Miss Habiba Abdullah Saleh B ⟦line⟧ Laman
The ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
⟦signature⟧
A.

Archival unit 838

12/⟦illegible⟧/1947
578
Naji Nissan, known as Naji Saleh Ishaq Nasseriya
Miss Aziza Shafiqa, known as Shafiqa Robin Yusuf Abdullah
The twentieth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
P

Archival unit 839

The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 21 / 12 / 947
His Eminence the Honorable Hakham Bashi
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Please provide a certificate for the woman Mas'uda daughter of
Yona (Levi) confirming her divorce from her husband -
Khedhouri son of Eliyahu son of Yusuf, on the date
of 2 Adar I 5708 corresponding to 7 / 2 / 948
And remain in peace
Sincere regards
Menachem Ezra

Archival unit 840

Divorce Certificate
12 / 1947 /
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the divorce of Masouda Yona (Levi) from her husband Khedhouri
Eliyahu Youssef took place before the aforementioned Spiritual Council on the seventh day of February
in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four ⟦line⟧
Head of the Community
p.p.

Archival unit 841

The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 15 / 12 / 947
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, the respected
President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Please provide a certificate to Ahmed bin Yusuf (Haddad)
confirming his marriage to Khatoun bint Suleiman (Mashi
Shuaa Bassoon) on the date of 5 / 7 / 947, noting
that the aforementioned person confessed before our council that
the said Khatoun bore him a newborn named Farouk
and a daughter named Fawzia, and that was five
years before the marriage ⟦line⟧
Dr. Yusuf Sassoon
Mazal Ezra

Archival unit 842

Certificate
12 / 1947
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Ishaq Yusuf (Haddad) married in Baghdad Khatoun
Salman (Moushi Shua' Basson) on the fifth day of November in the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, noting that the aforementioned has confessed
before the said Council that the aforementioned Khatoun had borne him a son named
Farouq and a daughter named Fawzia, five years prior to the marriage.
Aboudi Effendi
Please do not provide any
copy of this certificate before
obtaining the approval of the Sharia
Court, due to the issuance of
a later certificate that contradicts it.
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
28 / 10 / 949
A.

Archival unit 843

⟦illegible⟧
Certificate
1000
12/23/1947
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that Mr. Isaac Yusuf (Haddad) married in Baghdad Khatoun
Salman (Moshe Shuha Basson) on the fifth day of November of the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, noting that the aforementioned has confessed
before the mentioned Council that the aforementioned Khatoun has given birth to a son named
Farouk and a daughter named Fawzia, five years prior to the marriage.
⟦signature⟧
9/22
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
Baghdad
(True Copy)
Baghdad on September 13, 1948
Passed by ⟦illegible⟧
See the original certificate
⟦signature⟧
1/5/949

Archival unit 844

Certificate
12/ ⟦illegible⟧ /1947
Based on the documents kept by us, we hereby certify that Mr.
Saleh Ishaq bin Saleh Mukammal was born in Baghdad on the fourth day of March
in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and he was formerly of Ottoman nationality
and he left Iraq for Egypt forty y⟦line⟧ears ago.
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ Documents attached to certificate No. 766
54

Archival unit 845

002
12/24/1947
⟦illegible⟧
The prominent
Shlomo, known as Salim Eliyahu Cohen
⟦line⟧ Beirut, Miss Marcotte Ayoun Cohen
The sixth of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD.
Our payment
100 fils, two photos
⟦signature⟧
12 / 7 / 947
12 / 5 / 947
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Physical Council

Archival unit 846

7
5429
47/10
10/24/1947
⟦illegible⟧
Exhibit
Shlomo known as Salim Eliyahu Kobi
⟦line⟧ Beirut Miss Marcuit Zion Kobi
The sixteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD.
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 11/7/951
Audited
Copy
⟦signature⟧
11/7/951
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Archival unit 847

12/22/1947
The Exhibit
Shlomo known as Salim Eliyahu Kway
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Beirut Miss Margaret Sion Kway
The sixteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
Mahla Dih⟦line⟧ah
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
P

Archival unit 848

12/⟦illegible⟧/1947
186
Rubin Khadouri, teacher Rubi⟦line⟧n
Miss Habu Najia, known as Habiba Ibrahim Saleh
The twenty-third of December of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-si⟦line⟧x.
A

Archival unit 849

12/22/1947
184
Shlomo Saleh Sasson
Miss Hanini Ishaq Hazqeel Shamash
The fifth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and five
Miss Hanini Ishaq Hazqeel Shamash
The fifth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
five.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
P 5

Archival unit 850

To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community
Greetings
Since Suleiman Al-Shuwaykh has started
the good residency was Isra ⟦illegible⟧
will ⟦illegible⟧ and that ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Yaqub Salih
Correct
Requested
1/18/1949
Iraq Finance
40 Fils
⟦illegible⟧