'File 19/109 IV (C 28) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎50r] (113/617)

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coast. Alt though these form* are stated to be tor use
toetveen Persian ports, the auj/frly of Uie* is not uppajrwtly
reetrioted to ersian subjects only* In praotios c all
natiTes of the ^ersian Gulf are forced to take out IIm ^ o -
Khabar. if thsy do not possess forfign passports which
cannot bs successfully challenged. 4s the fse is so saall
it is not oonsidersd worth the travellers* while to objsot
to paynsnt'T'sTsn if he is going ts Kuwait, hahrdn # Dibai
or Muscat. The noteworthy point is that, unless the
traTeller to Arabia is astually going to Bahrain, his port
of destination is n ot truly shown.
^^rhe ~place entered is given as Mohaanerah, Uia ^ah or
Bandar Abbas S
Am the Arab Govenuaents of Kusoat, Kuwait, etc ., do
not demand the exhibition of passports by travellers visit*
ing thsir ports, no objection is raised on the Arab sids to
the issuing of Xla- o -Khabar docunents by ths srsian Pass
port Departaent^j)
is understood that the ersian alternative Might be
to insist on the posssssion of Passports which would be
viss under a higher fee.
during the War thousands of Psrsian^ cuolies we s also
allowed to travel to Basrah on Ilw-o -Khabar certificates
whioli were paid for by the British Military Authorities.
Occasionally ths Persian Oovemnent obfected to the praotioe
nowadays a large number of Persians enter Iraq as pilgrim,
on the speoinl pass which costs ten Kr an a . only. A
minority take out ordinary yassports, which cost 25, Mi
cr St XranM respectively to different classes of travellers.
The latest phase in this question is a recent reference
of which 1 have been eesretly but reliably informed, from
the Karguaar. Bus hire, to ths ITorei^n Office, Tetoan.
The repressntation made is to the following effecti-
^Hitherto JUsss^rts have never been issued for towns of
Crucial (man, but they ars some times issued for Muscat.
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