‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. A. PASSPORTS. (1) Persian passports regulations effecting Muscat subjects.’

Content

The file contains correspondence related to the Iranian Government’s order known as the Tehran order, on treating people arriving at Persian ports from Bahrain, Muscat, Dubai and Oman as Persian subjects. The file also includes petitions raised by Muscat subjects whose passports were seized by the Iranian Customs.

The main correspondents in the file are the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate General, Bushire; the Secretary of State for India, London; His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat and the Government of Muscat and Oman.

Extent and format

1 file (54 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-54; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English, Arabic, Persian and French in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/6/332

Former external reference(s)

Subject Files: File [X A/1]

History of this record

Date(s)

14 Oct 1928-15 Jun 1929 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Nationality

People & organisations

Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty

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‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. A. PASSPORTS. (1) Persian passports regulations effecting Muscat subjects.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/6/332, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x00006b> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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