ملف ١٩٢٢/٥٢٢، جزء ٧ "البحرين: المطالبة الفارسية بالسيادة عليها؛ مفاوضات المعاهدة الفارسية ١٩٢٩-١٩٣٠" [و‎‎٣‎٣‎٠] (١١٢٦/٦٦٤)

persons whose character is doubtful. Further, it
was suggested to him that he could communicate
confidentially to the Commissioner if he had reason to
believe that any holder of a passport was an undesirable
immigrant into Persia so that thorough enquiries might
be made. Just then two other written complaints were
received by the Commissioner. In one petition it was
stated that a sum of Rs.65 was taken as a bribe for
granting a. visa on two passports and in the second
peititon it was stated that the Clerk of the Consul
demanded Rs.30/- The petitioners were questioned
on the point but they could not produce any witnesses
to substantiate the statements made by them.
The Persian Consul finally replied in his letter
No.54, dated the 26th September, 1929, that he would
act according to the Commissioner's suggestion and that,
since the receipt of the Commissioner’s letter, he was
granting visas on the passports of all British subjects
going to Persia, After this no further complaints
were received by the Commissioner, till the receipt of
letter No.1922, dated the 21st August, 1930, from the
Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
In this letter the Political Resident has orought the
following case to the notice of the Commissioner
”A certain Muhammad Din was charged before the
Political Agent, Bahrein, with entering Bahrein without
being in possession of a proper visa. The man, however
produced a genuine Persian Visa for Bahrein given by
the Persian Consul at Karachi. On being asked who
had directed him to the Persian Consul tor - viso,, he
replied that he had heard that some visa was required
and that he fell in with an Indian barber who was gou%
to Mohammerah and this man told him to come witn him
and