"ملف ٨/٦٤ III علاقات السلطان مع القبائل التابعة له" [و‎‎٨] (١٥٠/١٥)

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26th Occobsr t 19>1*
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3snsr has onQuirad in his Isttor &X 1032J/J th9 ( jth
i^ctober whether it is usunl for the Politico! Offie»ir at Jhsrjah
to isrue identity Osvtlfisatss to persona who are not suhjecv^
oi oar Protected helkha* Vilton originally rofnsod to ia^o
identity certificatsa to such persons, hut early this ymr ^n
7 found that ss a result oertain Mfltosrs of the Al bu .inaais
tribe had to i>audi Afshis without such certifies tea snd hsd
there been given 3eudl travel document©, I instructed hixa to
i 3 !W$ identity certificates to such persons in future* Muscat!
subjects in the vicinity of dursIM and other plseec nearer to
Sharjah than meat cannot be expected to ^o oll the to
Uuscat to obtain sultanate paoaports, and 1 thought tor
that we should give theia idwitity oertiricpi> os s t ^hsr jsh as they
than allow them to tafce out cadi travel document o#
2 . .he ©see of uuleiasa bin Hamynr is aoraowuat different ss
ha deliberately travelled vie the Pruoial CSesst in onier to
avoid the neceaoity of obtaining a Sultanate passport, e*i*
pars nph 2 of my letter 1011/37 oi the pth October# ayan
In this oaso I think it was bettor to give him on identity
certificate rother than to lot hira obtain a travel ^ocumot^t Iroi
the jaudls*
3m 1 Si-roe that wo cannot Insist that duscou nationals ^fho
for one re®son or another tak*.* out identity certil c w ^ G
be easesmted from the audl oxoctlons* I* they wish to oscap.
these exactions it is up to them to go to ^lecat and o tain
Sultanate paosporte# 1 understand that peraona ho lam
such pessports see not subjected to the exactions#
h* ihe ultan has not objected to the practice wu are
following and Z ouggoat that unless he objects we sru ii i
continue to follow it at sn y rate until the Saudi boundary
question is settled#
5 * Ws cannot trees any copy of < aner f s letter So# ^ 13J&S/h
of the 2nd October and I should be grateful If you could
kindly Bond us one*
6 # I am sending s copy of this letter to Jed. m#
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