'File 19/109 IV (C 28) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎231r] (477/617)

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t# them some riicth.#d of mtcting tlie hardaliipi -f®rsi*tn
bUDj ccts net In possesoion #1 ps .sspor'tsj y- I io v/iciied to
trarel on "business or pleasure had to tt devised® Many
of these individuals had been long domiciled in Baiirain.
4^ Any person leaving Bahrain by steamer> must oe
in possession of a permit from local authority and none
is allowed to land in Bahrain without a recognised travel
document. In the circumstancee the Bahrain Government,
with the Political Residents approval, commenced the
practice of granting Persians the necessary permission
to return home and at the same time, in desirable cases,
issued a document authorising the bearer and members ol
his family, mentioned by name, to return to Bahrain. The
permit to enter Bahrain is also in special cases,
granted to Persians residing out of the islands.
In this way hardship to pearl divers working
for Arab merchants and to other persons engaged in
genuine trad-n^ operations is avoided, while at the sane
time the Bahrain Government refuse to recognise Persian
Ilm-o-Khabar b »
The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. does not countersign those
documents, nor is any reference made to him before they
are issued.
5, The Bahrain Government, who propose to coi>
-tinue these special permits to Persians, who are
persona gratia to themselves, now desire to issue to
their own subjects a regular document printed in Arabic
and English in the form m A " of which I enclose a copy.
They are willing that these documents should be counter-
-signed by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. as before the war.
In para 5 of India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. letter Ho. P 17
of 10th March 1S27 it was stated that the issue of passes
by the Shaikh of Bahrain himself was a course which His
Kajesty's Government deprecated in their desire te
iivaiu a revival .f the questien of the statu* ef
Bahrain