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Coll 27/5 ‘Passports. Passport Control on Indo-Persian Frontier.’ [‎12r] (23/463)

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The record is made up of 1 file (226 folios). It was created in 8 May 1930-23 May 1935. It was written in English. 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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Extract from a secret demi-official letter from Khan
Bahadur Kavasji J*Petigara sahib f O.B.E,, I.S.O., D^uty
Gomissioner of Police (Special Branch), Bombay f ]ffo.2346-B,
dated the Hth May 1933.
Xahwcirlyl Harkisondas Gheeealla hails from Surat but has
settled down in Bombay. He resides at Jferuti Lane, Bhuleshwar
Bombay. He worked a 8 a clerk in Messrs. Little and Co.,
Solicitors, and also in the firm of Messrs. Ardeshir Hormusji
Dinshaw and Co. t Solicitors, Bombay. He left the latter firm
in 1924 and joined the cotton firm of Vardhaman Brothers. In
1928 Vfcrdhaman Bros, became bankrupt. Ishwarlal Gheewalla,
therefore, carried on the business in his own name. In
September last he applied for a passport which was given.
Among the places he wanted to visit were Germany, Austria,
Italy, Persia, Japan, China and Egypt. He wa s out of Bombay
for about a couple of months. It appears that he did not go
to Europe, China, Japan or Egypt, but visited Persia only. His
servant named R.L.Joshi accompanied him. Prom his (servant’s)
passport it appears that I ah wa rial visited Hbk-Kundi, Mlrjawa,
zahedan, etc. Ishwarlal* 8 statement to his friends was that
he went to Persia in order to purchase some carpets and curios
and sell them here.
x x x x x A
friend of mine named Jagjiwan Ujamsey had given me information
that Ishwarlal Gheewala had been to some unknown countries
for the purpose of bringing in diamonds without paying Customs
duties and that he was doing jatfc that business on behalf 0 f
Mohanlal Hemchand, a diamond merchant now in Antwerp.
I shwarlal

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The file contains correspondence relating to passport control on the Indo-Persian frontier.

It includes correspondence concerning the following:

  • The examination of passports by the British Vice Consulate, Duzdab, of Persian [Iranian] subjects entering India via Duzdab (also called Duzdap in the file) [Zahedan]
  • Visa fees charged by the Persian Consul at Quetta for visas issued to British subjects
  • The grant of visas to Afghan subjects travelling to India via Meshed and Duzdab
  • The re-organisation of the passport control arrangements on the Indo-Persian frontier
  • The decision of the Government of India to discontinue the British passport control system at Duzdab
  • The reported ‘loss’ of British passports by Indian British subjects in Persia (and the 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. supposition that these passports were being traded)
  • Alleged deposits required from British subjects applying for visas for entry into Persia from India
  • The importation of cut diamonds from Iran into India.

The main correspondents include:

The 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. ; the Foreign Office; HM Consul General and Agent of the Government of India, Meshed; the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign and Political Department (and the Deputy Foreign Secretary); HM Consul for Sistan and Kain; the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan; HM Minister at Kabul; HM Minister at Tehran.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (226 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 230; 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.

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