'ملف رقم 19/109 IV (C 28) علاقات الشيخ مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [و‎‎٥‎١] (٦١٧/١١٥)

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w J/}ien it has been considered desirable to iseua a assport
H «i3d not an 1 I m « o -Khahar . to a person trareXlin^to (a)
"Kuwait or (b) Dibai (or other Truclal town) the l^issport
"is mads out for (a) Basrah and (b) 1 Karachi vi^ Dibai».
"It is reoomraended that the same procedure should be intror
duced for travellers going to Muscat" ! Apparently
the Karguzar thinks that the Persian Government's
shadowy claim to sovereignty over the whole of Oman, which
Nadir Ghah f s troops conquered about 17^8 and lost in 1741
should be revived*
fritlsh Certificates of Identity, Irior to the Great War #
the Arab Hhaikhs of Bahrain, Dibai, eve ., used to issue
Letters of Hecommendation (called in ^srsian ,rj) % q
their subjects going abroad* These, if brought to a
British Political Agent or Hssidenoy \gent 9 were endorsed
in Knglish, certifying to the Holder's nationality and
recommending him to the good offices of British officers.
In 191B # as a War measure, it was ordered that all
travrllers from Arab towns to places outside the Persian
Gulf ~ to Iraq, India, et£», — should furnish them
selves with British Certificates of Identity, for which a
f " of Cne mm obtrgeA. ' a : : f A ^ J
Travellers found these Certificates so helpful that
the practice became general of taking them out also for
Journeys to Persia for instance, in particular, on
pilgrinage to tfeshed* The practice continues to the
present d«y. The olitical Agent, Bahrain, in 192b
laeued about 1200 Certificates of Identity to British
subjects, 600 to Bahrain subjects, 2000 to Persians and
2000 to other foreigners, Vhe Resiaency Agent at
Gwadur (Muscat State) issues about 2000 Certificates a
year mostly to Baluchis proceeding to India.
Commanders of Steamers^which sail from India for the
Persian Gulf, nowadays insist on all passengers holding
Travelling Documents in some form or other.