'File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)' [148r] (300/590)
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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oertiflcal© my Ismml valla tor %im T®%urn journey
cEly* Xu Umi Uult it la ouatomry ia auaii
Q**m to ©all m %tm ^j-gltman to iiroduo# sultafel© ra-
feranoa rrc, w a looal Mre&mt or atantlof or no table
who Icaowa XilJSf ana tbia is r^gardad as ground
for issue of aa oertjLfi<mte* x would
suggeat %tm% ttilm prmtle® sdould b© imintainad as ra*
gar da those Arab ttatea fall tan within ^ jrovtsae ami
should m glad to kaow IX the ohieir OaMdasionar at
Aden has any to it he lag atopted as regards
both residents or tne dadmamt and natives cl* tao Ad«u
4* £ara^rai;h a» Biro^san British suojeots are not
at present authorised to visit the Truoi&l oaast* and X
would taerefore suggMt timt this ptragm^ll should be
aodirled to Make this olear*
5* At the present time it Is the praotioo for British
India as and ih# tWydijilWtHI .population^ w^sn travelling
by stea»«r f to be granted Identity Owtlflgatws or
alternatively visas on their passports» for travel to
other piaoes on th# Arab Coast or the Guir» for the sum
of mo& hardship would m oaused to potty
Indian traders in this regl a if they were aoupel^ed to
pay roll visa rates every tine they wished to travel
froja oma State on the Arab eoast to another# or froM
India to the Persian duly* I would therefore suggest
that too fee to oe levied for toe visas given to
nr it tan ana British Indian subjects between Qwuf ports
or between Guir ports aiid India should oo fix mi at he* i# #
ana inat acnvcr&ely tne fee far toe grant of visas to
natives of toe Arab coast travelling to India should
also be fixed at Ee#l*v
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6. ^arata-aali 9 cf ;. vraaiar. As it W the praotioe
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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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- 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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