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15 Muharram 1358 6 March 1939 Baghdad Number 410 / S / AQA MHA / 19 (( Secret )) Kingdom of Iraq Ministry of Interior Special Office Number 1217 Date 8 / 3 / 1939 Travel, Residency and Nationality Administration Ministry of Interior Directorate General of Police Section To Ministry of Interior Subject / Granting a Visa Further to our letter numbered S / 195 dated 15 / 2 / 1939. As a result of the investigation, it appeared to us that Muhammad Ridha Shirazi holds a passport issued by the Tehran Police, marked with visa number 331 and dated 16 / 1 / 1939 issued by our legation in Tehran, authorizing him to reside in Iraq for a period of three months. Whereas the instructions authorize Iranian subjects entering with regular visas to reside for a period of one month. Therefore, please favor us with your instructions regarding him considering he is among the undesirable religious scholars. Director General of Police The Directorate General of Police was not preceded by this approval for the entry of the aforementioned Sadiq Since the Islamic world is so and so, and it admitted it is exempted from certain provisions Muhammad Ridha Shirazi and this showed that the aforementioned Ridha entered Iraq with an Iranian passport marked with a visa issued by our legation in Tehran authorizing him residency for three months, whereas the instructions do not authorize Iranians residency in Iraq for more than a month Statistics of visas issued in application of instructions ⟦illegible⟧ 15 / 5 / 1935 And found it stipulated according to what the General Police indicated I see that the Directorate General of Police should be written to, not to blame this legation for the entry of the mentioned Sadiq and the difficulty of the necessity of the General Police writing this to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the case to call for not granting a residency visa to Iranians authorizing them residency for more than a month according to the instructions. The matter is yours It appears from this letter that there are special instructions for Iranian subjects other than the general instructions by which the ⟦illegible⟧ is guided Please clarify the instructions Received today 29 / 2 / ⟦illegible⟧