'File 19/109 IV (C 28) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎46r] (105/617)

re*mlatlons had cone into fojre« 9 *na HlMithcr Ui«y had boan
concurred la by Hl« iiaj«»ty # ® Gov«riUf«nt« ?iMi re^iy
reocived on 1st August 1910 (Tuuraii talagraM ho. 173)
van that the ^relan Oartrnmnt atatad that no otiange
bean made is tha Paaajpert Hagulatians* Ins true tions
had recently been prepared (? printed), but they
did not ciodify the regulations in any way.
^n the 10th June 19E2 Colonel Trevor# in hie telegreA
No. 177, reported to ehran that the ^nrvu&arti at Lingah
and Bandar Abbaa were preening Bahrain subjects, leaving
ersia* to take out This aation 9
he pointed out was inconsistent with the Uustons Depart*
went's attitude* under which iiahrain was treated as a
foreign port, duty being levied snd snu^lsrs therefroA
being punished.
In neither of theM years was any tormaX pretest made
t0 the ^a^iius^ y at Bus hi re.
With regard t# the recent correspondence between your*
self ana His iSajestyU /orei^n Office, ay Kote will show
that Bahrain subjssts have never been granted regular
British ^assports of sny category by ths Political ^snt.
Bahrain. Those ^alirainis in Uohoasserah who hold British
passports are doubtless men who have resided in India
and become naturalised British subjects there. Others
have Certificates of Identity issuedte Jtuun in Bahrain or
in Iraq, aha on the strength of such docuswnta have gat
vh6»s«clves registered as British detested persoas in the
Mohaisserah Vice-Coneulate. ^hs third eatefcory sailing
themselves •dependents sf haikh laa bin All* must be
psreone who have been Ionic resident in Persia and were
recofTiiied by U.e latt r.4 as native# of Haiirain.
X da not thinic that His Majesty's Vice~Consul at
Itohamerah has ever issued a British iassport (as distinct
fram a Certificate of Identity) to a native of Bahrain*
If