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'File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)' [103r] (210/590)
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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Cf 1
2.
obligatory where hitherto this had not been the case.
6 . As a general principle the Political Hesident
considers that the placing c± restrictions in the way
ci suojects or Arab coast Sheikhdoms travelling to
other Arab Sneikhdcms in the Persian G-ulf should be
avoided as much as possible. He has no desire to en
courage the creation of a complicated and rigidly en-
Pcrced passport and visa system on the Arab Coast,and
he is particularly anxious to avoid any steps that
will encourage the adoption of such by Trucial Sheikhs
and that could only end by becoming a source of end
less friction between neighbouring Sheikhs on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
^the circumstances> the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
will be glad to know whether the request cP 1928 holds
good, and whether the Government of Bahrain still de
sire travellers Prom Dubai arriving byb
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
or other
j-cccvi sea craPt to be in possession cP Travel documents
It is presumed that * passes ".are not required Prom
other places on the
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
unless there are good reasons to the contrary,
the
Political resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
would prePer to cancel the pre
sent restrictions on persons travelling by
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
, and
make it iiecessary only Per persons arriving by steamer
to be in possession cP travel documents.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Secretary to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian u ulP.
I'
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/2/1748
- Title
- 'File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:16v, 18r:24v, 29r:32v, 37r:45v, 47r:47v, 49r:87v, 89r:96v, 98r:99v, 101r:119v, 121r:136v, 138r:143v, 145r:182v, 186r:214v, 216r:218v, 222r:258v, 260r:289v, 289ar:289av, 290r:291v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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