'File 19/109 IV (C 28) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎49r] (111/617)

HCTK on ^rsian travelllnf passes and British
CertifioatftB of Xd«ntity«
The Byatem of Pfcssport* was intvoduoed into ^rsia
about 1869 A.P. 'era!an• who viahed to prooeed by
•teamar from on« Persian j^ort to another in the Pereiao
Gulf were required to depoeit the Passport fee at one
.t ^
Kargujwate and recovered at the port of dieenbfiurkation or
A a
on return hone.
In 1900 AsD. new aaaport Rules were published.
At the same time the money deposit for journeys by sea
within the Empire was reduced by a Foreign Ministry^
Order to ten frrans . The Receipt form was called
Ilm-o-Khabar ~ a compound word (cf. band >o -bast ) # which
literally means ^Knowledge and information** •
In 1905 a reTised set of Passport Hegulations was
issued.
About the sarae time the price of Ilm-o -iam^UP Receipt
forms was reduced to one kran . which sum was not returnable
to the traTeller. The latter however was required to
get an endoreement of landing certified on his pass. If
he returned home without producing the completed document
he was fined two krans . Similarly Persians and Arabs
who landed at a Persian #ort from another port in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. without possessing an Ilm-o -Khabar certificate-
a common event 9 of course — were finM two krans *
t
In 1326 H4jri (about 1908 new Persian Passport
regulations were printed and published.
In 1327 E4Jri (1909 A.D.) printed feme of llia ~o- iOia b a r
were taken into use under a ?Creifc-n Ministry (.rder No. 779 f
dated 2&th ZilhadJeh, 1327. Up to two years ago the
forme were in Persian only. Ho^they are printed in
Persian end French. Two specimens are enclosed. They
are issued from every email Customs post on the Persian
coast