"ملف ‏19/109 II (C 17)‎ البحرين: علاقات الحاكم مع القوى الخارجية الأخرى" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٥] (٥٣٤/٣٧٥)

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NOi 430 S of 1922.
British Residency and Consulate-General,
Bushire, 10th June 1 0 22,
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To
The Assistant Resident and
H. L. Consul,
Bundar Abbas.
STATUS OP BAHREINIS.
Memorandun .
Your i: eHoranduja dated 1st v r une 1922.
I have belegraphed to you to ask whether* t- v 3 Farguzars
at Lingah and Bundar Abbas are requiring passports or
Ilaia Khabars,
Ix tho former of course they rather stultify theiaselves
^ fa #0
aa it is not necessary to get a pa« sporty from one pdi^t of
Persia to another, and they hold Ba,hr0JLrj is a pdrt of
Persia.
I need hardly say that we do not admit this contention,
of course even from the Persian point of view it is
entirely illogical, as the Customs Departnent charge duty
on goods coming from Bahrein and prosecute and punish
people caught smuggling.
Incidentally I may mention that- for some time past we
have co-operated (and rather effectively^ with the
Customs. Department in preventing smuggling from Bahrein
by sending duplicate Uanifeoto from Bahrein. This has of
course been stopped as smuggling from one part of Persia
to another is impossible. The Customs Department cannot
have it both ways.
I shall represent matter to Teheran; whether anything
can be settled or not in the absence of a Gove~^me^t I
dor T t l:n^w, but jwoanwhile there is no objection to
Bahreinis taking out passport, if local Authorities insist,
under protest. oh/ a m
/- A.P.Trovor, Lieut-Colonel
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.