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'File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)' [219r] (442/590)
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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Oft ice of the Adviser to
the Government, Bahrain.
Dated, J/Awal, 20, . 1352
No. of
°-/S'of 1352
&5&A, /A,
Bahrain,
H. B v M f s
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.
,
Memorandum:-
The Bahrain Government is at present finding
considerable difficulty in enforcing its passport
regulations and it appears that numbers of indigent
and undesirable aliens are entering Bahrain by
unauthorised channels.
2. In order to assist the enforcement of
the passport regulations I propose asking H, E.
Shaikh hamad to sanction additions to the passport
regulations on the following lines, but as the
persons concerned are mostly foreign subjects I
wish first to enquire your views on these proposals
which are as follows:-
a. To insert the following clause at the
end of the regulations. "Persons contravening
any of these regulations ahaii be punisheble with
nuuct
,prison^which may not exceed three months or with
fine or with both."
b. Persons having entered Bahrain without
passports or in contravention of any of the pass- * j,
port regulations shall be liable after this date
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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
- 33r:34v, 46r:46v, 48r:48v, 120r:120v, 137r:137v, 183r:185v, 215r:215v, 219r:220v, 259r:259v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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