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'File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)' [‎24r] (52/590)

The record is made up of 1 file (292 folios). It was created in 24 Dec 1929-16 Oct 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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No* Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait.
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Lieutenant-Colonel H.R.P.Dickson, C.I.E.,
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait.
The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
Bahrain.
Sir
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I have the honoui? to inform you that a good many
travellers now-a-days arrive from Bahrain without being in
possession of Certificates of Identity issued by you. They
however hold a form of permit issued by the Baharain Government.
For your information, 1 enclose four samples of the kind of
document they present to this office for endorsement.
It will be seen from these documents that beyond the
name, no descriptipn of the holder is given, and I have therefore
been granting the holders Certificates of Identity instead. It
naturally follows that in the absence of any sort of description
of the holder on his paper, it becomes rather difficult for my
office to know whether the holder is the original owner of the
document or not.
I write theffore to ask you if I am to recognize these i
permits just as if they were Certificates of Identity and as
good as those issued by you. In any case I do not think, these
permits can take the place of "passports” in any ?fay.
I shall be grateful for an early reply.
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I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
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Mr*'
Lieut-Col.,
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This file contains correspondence and documents related to passport and visa regulations in the various Shaikhdoms of the Gulf, primarily in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat.

The majority of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain; the Political 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. in Bushire and other British officials, both in the region and in London.

The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence in Arabic, including letters to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain from Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim, the Emir of Qatar.

On folios 134-135, the file contains a Foreign Office memorandum entitled 'Travel Documents for Persons proceeding to, and for Natives of, Certain British Protectorates and Certain Arab States'.

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1 file (292 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 292; 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 9-260; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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