Printed ketubah, completed by hand, recording the marriage of the groom Ezra ben Rachamim with the bride Miriam bat Ayun. Kuwait, the 17th of Sivan, 1904. Printed in gold and black ink in the printing press of Shlomo Bechor Chutzin in Baghdad. Completed by hand recording a wedding which took place in Kuwait. Noted in the ketubah is that the amount of the ketubah and the tosefet ketubah are "in the currency used in Kuwait under the rule of the king, Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah". Witnesses' signatures on the margins: "Shaul Avraham", "Yitzchak Ibn Yitzchak", "Binyamin Ibn Shlomo", "Ya'akov ben Binyamin". Folded and stored in a colorful fabric pouch (with a lace for fastening), probably especially sewn for the ketubah. Kuwait had a small Jewish community. During the 19th century, about 80 families resided in Kuwait city which had a synagogue and even a marketplace called "the Jews' market". After Faisal I was appointed King of Iraq, Jews emigrated from Kuwait to Baghdad and to other places. 42X28 cm. Good condition. Stains, folding creases, few tears to margins. Rare. The ketubot collection at the NLI does not contain any ketubot from Kuwait. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only known ketubah from Kuwait.
Printed ketubah, completed by hand, recording the marriage of the groom Ezra ben Rachamim with the bride Miriam bat Ayun. Kuwait, the 17th of Sivan, 1904. Printed in gold and black ink in the printing press of Shlomo Bechor Chutzin in Baghdad. Completed by hand recording a wedding which took place in Kuwait. Noted in the ketubah is that the amount of the ketubah and the tosefet ketubah are "in the currency used in Kuwait under the rule of the king, Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah". Witnesses' signatures on the margins: "Shaul Avraham", "Yitzchak Ibn Yitzchak", "Binyamin Ibn Shlomo", "Ya'akov ben Binyamin". Folded and stored in a colorful fabric pouch (with a lace for fastening), probably especially sewn for the ketubah. Kuwait had a small Jewish community. During the 19th century, about 80 families resided in Kuwait city which had a synagogue and even a marketplace called "the Jews' market". After Faisal I was appointed King of Iraq, Jews emigrated from Kuwait to Baghdad and to other places. 42X28 cm. Good condition. Stains, folding creases, few tears to margins. Rare. The ketubot collection at the NLI does not contain any ketubot from Kuwait. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only known ketubah from Kuwait.
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