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IJA 2087

Correspondence between the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Iraqi Consulates Regarding Iranians Traveling to Iraq

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This Iraqi government correspondence marked “Special Office” between the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraqi consulates, and other offices regarding visa applications for Iranian scholars. The documents also include a list of Iranian religious scholars that traveled to Iraq.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2087
Item Number
12617
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Correspondence, Iraqi Consulate in Tehran, Annotation, Iran, Office of the Police, Ministry of the Interior, Handwritten, Crown Crest, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ink Stamp, Egypt, Travel, Department of Passport and Nationality, Office of Criminal Investigations and Administration, Typed, Iraqi Government, Passport, Letterhead
Height
35.60 cm
Width
22.50 cm

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

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Special Office
1940
Ministry of General Interior
File Number: 54/42 C
Title: Nationality and Immigration
Subject: Granting visas to Iranian scholars
Refer to 54/7 C

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Ministry of Interior
General Police Directorate
Criminal Investigations and Residency Department
Baghdad 4 Shaban 1360
27 / 8 / 1941
Number AKA /
File Number 19207
To:
Ministry of Interior
8 / 8 / 1360 AH
31 / 8 / 1941 AD
2556 / ⟦illegible⟧
Borders Department
- Secret -
General Police Directorate
Subject: Entry of an Iranian scholar
With reference to your letter No. AKA / 19207 dated 27 / 8 / 41.
We refer to our letter No. M. KH / 1693 dated 21 / 5 / 1929
regarding granting entry visas to Iraqi Iranian scholars and we request informing us whether
the aforementioned person is accustomed to traveling to Iran and whether you have any objection to
allowing him to return to Iraq
Minister of Interior
K.
As we have no objection to granting the visa for the matter, please
8 / 20
S. M. KH
Investigations
8 / 21
Please present the file related
to Iranian scholars
8 / 20

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Ministry of Interior
General Police Directorate
Criminal Investigations and Residency
4 Shaban 1360
Baghdad <del>27 / 8 / 1941</del>
Number / Res /
File Number 19207
To: Ministry of Interior
Subject - Entry of a scholar
Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Shahri, of Iranian nationality, requested permission to enter Iraq.
The aforementioned is a resident of Iraq, has a wife and children there, and left it approximately
one year ago to visit his relatives in Iran and oversee his properties there. Therefore, as the aforementioned
is one of the Iranian scholars, we request your kindness in stating your decision regarding the request.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting General Police Director
AM

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Ministry of Interior
General Police Directorate
Section of "Criminal Investigations and Dispatch"
Baghdad 8 Rajab 1360
Number 2 / 8 / 1941
AQA / 2152
File Number
252
Secret
252
18 / 7 / 1360 AH
11 / 8 / 1941 AD
M KH / 2122
Borders Section
- Secret -
General Police Directorate
Subject: - Granting a visa to an Iranian scholar
252
With reference to your letter No. AQA / SH / 3153 dated 6 / 8 / 41.
We refer to our letter No. M. KH / 1693 dated 21 / 5 / 1929 ⟦eras⟧
regarding the granting of entry visas to Iranian scholars into Iraq, and we request that you provide us with
the date of travel of the Iranian scholar in question to Iran and the reasons for that, while
stating whether the aforementioned person is accustomed to traveling to Iran.
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of the Minister of Interior
K. H
⟦illegible signature⟧
11 / 8

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Ministry of Interior
Directorate General of Police
Division of "Criminal Investigations and Residency"
Baghdad 8 Rajab 1360
Number 2 / 8 / 1941
Aqa / 2152
File Number
55
2
Secret
To:
Ministry of Interior
Subject - Granting a visa to an Iranian scholar
Our legation in Tehran requested us in its letter numbered 624 / 2 / 12 dated
21 / 6 / 1941, a copy of which is attached, to provide an opinion regarding granting the Iranian narrator called
Mahmoud Taflisji an entry visa to Iraq to join his family.
As a result of the investigation, it was confirmed to us that the aforementioned person is a resident of the city of Najaf
where his family resides in their house. Considering that he is one of the Iranian scholars, we have presented his matter to
your high office, requesting you to kindly decide what you deem appropriate regarding him and to inform us, noting that we have no objection
preventing the approval of his request.
Director General of Police
⟦signature⟧
AM

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Ministry of Interior
Directorate General of Police
Criminal Investigations and Residency Department
Baghdad: 8 Rajab 1360
Number: 1941/8/2
File Number: 2152 / Res / 6
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Number 8792
Date 2 / 8 / 1941
Secret
To:
Ministry of Interior
Subject - Granting a visa to an Iranian scholar
Our legation in Tehran requested from us by its letter numbered 624 / 2 / 12 and dated
21 / 6 / 1941, a copy of which is attached, to provide an opinion regarding granting the Iranian narrator named
Mahmoud Taflisji an entry visa to Iraq to join his family.
It has been confirmed to us as a result of the investigations that the aforementioned is a resident of the city of Najaf
where his family resides in their house, and given that he is one of the Iranian scholars, we have submitted his case to
your position, requesting you to kindly decide what you deem appropriate regarding him and inform us, noting that we have no objection
preventing the approval of his request.
Director General of Police
For recording in the residency schedule
8 / 10
102
For your kind review, the General Police refers to its letter above
regarding the procedure to be followed concerning granting Iranian scholars entry
visas, and we request comprehensive investigations regarding his previous residency
in Iraq, his behavior, his relationships, and the reasons for his travel to Iran,
while stating your opinions regarding his residency in Iraq from now on, please.
8 / 10
Sh. J.
Inquire about what allowed his travel to
Iran and the reasons for that, and was it
based on the travel to Iran?
08 / 10
M. A.
Please kindly provide the answer regarding the investigation
about granting Iranian scholars visas
to Iraq ⟦illegible⟧
8 / 7
M. A.
Please kindly provide the attachment from
the General Police on 12 / 8
9 / 9
The paper is to be obtained
8 / 10

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Copy of a letter from the Chargé d'Affaires of the Royal Iraqi Legation in Tehran, number Confidential
12/2/624 dated 6/21/1941, addressed to the Directorate of General Police
The Iranian individual named Al-Haj Mahmoud Al-Haj Mahdi Tabrizi applied to us
requesting an entry visa to Iraq. Below are his identity details:
Full Name - Mahmoud Taflisji Gross bin Mahdi Tabrizi
Passport Number - 40 / 26940
Place and Date of Issue - Najaf
Profession - Narrator (Muhaddith)
Place and Date of Birth - Tabriz 1885
Purpose of travel to Iraq - To join his family and children in Najaf
Has he traveled to Iraq before - Yes
Witnesses he knows in Iraq - Al-Haj Mustafa Sarraf in Najaf
Al-Haj Abdul Hamid Akhwan Behbehani in Najaf
He holds residency permit No. 39 / 3780 / 41 dated 4/22/1939 issued by
the Residency and Travel Passports Department for the provinces of Karbala, Hillah, and Diwaniyah. Please provide your opinion on
this.
Copy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad
True copy
A. M.

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ROYAL LEGATION OF IRAQ
TEHRAN
The Royal Iraqi Legation
Tehran
No. 251
Number: 575 / 2 / 12
Date:
Date: 5 / 6 / 1941
Secret
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special Office
Number 6646
Date 14 / 6 / 1941
Directorate of General Police
Baghdad
The Iranian scholar Muhammad Mahdi Najafi has applied to us for an entry visa to Iraq.
Below are the details of his identity and the persons he cites as references, requesting your opinion on the matter.
Full Name - Muhammad Mahdi Najafi
Place and Date of Birth - Isfahan 1880
Passport Number 34098/1734
Place and Date of Issue - Tehran 3 / 2 / 1940
Purpose of travel to Iraq - For visitation and to look into his properties located in Karbala
Persons cited as references - Sayyid Jawad al-Sadr, a scholar in Kadhimiya, and Sayyid Abu al-Hassan
al-Sadr in Kadhimiya.
⟦signature⟧
Chargé d'Affaires
Copy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Baghdad
Ministry of Interior Baghdad
⟦illegible stamp with handwriting⟧
14 / 6
M. T.
Please review and we await the response
of the General Police in this regard, please.
⟦signature⟧
14 / 6
⟦signature⟧
6 / 14

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ROYAL LEGATION OF IRAQ
TEHRAN
No.
Date
Royal Iraqi Legation
Tehran
Number: 454 / 2 / 12 / 195
Date: 1941/5/12
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special Office
⟦illegible⟧
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special Office
Number 4156
Date 11 / 5 / 41
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Consular Section
Q / 46 / 100 / 5609
On 11 May 1941
Secret and Urgent
Subject - Entry of Iranians.
Ministry of Interior
With reference to your letter numbered 2582 and dated 29 / 4 / 1941.
This Ministry has cabled its legation in Tehran to grant entry
visas to Iraq to the two Iranians mentioned in your letter referred
to above based on the order issued by His Excellency the former Foreign Minister
dated 2 March 1941.
⟦signature⟧
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Copy to -
Directorate of General Police - for information with reference to the letter of the Ministry
of Interior referred to above.
M. T.
Please be informed with reference to
our letter on 228 and file please
⟦signature⟧
12 / 5
⟦signature⟧
12 / 5
S. W. A
228
42 / 54
Explanation
511
In Iraq
49 and the two dated
⟦stamp⟧
For works
Foreign

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ROYAL LEGATION OF IRAQ
TEHRAN
Royal Iraqi Legation
Tehran
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special Office
Number 4046
Date 29 / 4 / 1941
Baghdad
Secret
Number: 454 / 2 / 13 / 195
Date: 24 / 4 / 1941
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered Q / 1260 / 46 / 100 / 685 and dated 8 / 4 / 1941
Your letter referred to above concerns two persons whom you had agreed to grant entry visas to Iraq
by your telegram No. 17 dated 3 / 3 / 1941, and they were granted visas No. 491 and 492 dated
12 / 3 / 1941 based on your aforementioned telegram.
⟦signature⟧
Chargé d'Affaires
Copy to
Ministry of Interior
Directorate of General Police
In reference to the letter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
referred to above.
229
42 / 54
23
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4 / 24
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Please take note with reference to
p. 228 and see if ⟦illegible⟧ please
⟦signature⟧
4 / 20
⟦signature⟧
4 / 24

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2 / 4 / 1360 AH
29 / 4 / 1941 AD
M. KH / 1
2582
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24 / 54
Borders Division
- Secret -
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Subject: - Entry of Iranians
With reference to the correspondence, the latest of which is the letter of the General Police Directorate
Numbered AQA / S / 1277 and dated 27 / 4 / 1941 addressed to us, and a copy of it is to you.
We send to you herewith a copy of each of the letter of the Basra Liwa Governorate
Numbered S / 591 and dated 13 / 4 / 1941 and the letter of this Ministry numbered
M. KH / 2219 and dated 16 / 4 / 1941, and please review your letter numbered
Q / 1260 / 46 / 100 and dated 8 / 4 / 1941 regarding the necessity of refraining from
granting entry visas to Iraq to the Iranians under discussion, and kindly
confirming what was stated in the last letter of the General Police Directorate referred to above
regarding granting them the visa with the approval of your Ministry according to the telegram dated 3 / 3 / 1941.
247
242
245
Important
⟦signature⟧
Minister of Interior
Copy to: -
General Police Directorate
Archive
K.

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Ministry of Interior
General Police Directorate
Criminal Investigation and Residency Division
Baghdad: 3/25/1360
No.: 4/22/1941
Aga /: 1477
File Number:
Ministry of Interior
Number 2797
Date 4/27/941
Secret
To: Ministry of Interior
Subject - Entry of two foreigners
Reference to your letter numbered M KH / 2219 dated 4/16/1941
We present to the Ministry that the Iranian scholar called Abu al-Qasim Raouf Mulla Yari bin al-Sayyid Abdullah
entered Iraq on 4/12/1941 through the Shatt al-Arab station according to passport number
34746 / 296 dated 7/12/1940 issued to him by the travel officer in Tehran and endorsed
with entry visa number 492 dated 3/12/1941 issued by the Iraqi Legation in
Tehran (for visiting) accompanied by his brother called Sayyid Mahdi al-Sayyid Raouf Mulla Yari, whose profession is a religious
narrator ⟦only⟧, and he carries passport number 27970 / 342 dated 6/15/1938 issued to him in
Tehran and endorsed with entry visa number 491 dated 3/12/1941 granted to him by the
aforementioned Legation. The granting of their visas was done with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by its telegram dated 3/3/1941.
Director General of Police
Copy to: -
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
49
Secret
4/27
T.M
The special sub-file in ⟦444⟧ is concluded and
we have requested the General Police to inform us of the details of the visa that was refused
to be given to the mentioned Iranian scholar, searching for the scholar ⟦for the King⟧
and whether avoiding it definitively with a fingerprint from Tehran, for your information, considers that it should be justified
who came to this Iraq previously as a training manufacturer of a device
⟦Al-M⟧
4/27
SH.M.A
With his letter to the Legation
in 447 and in them ⟦that it⟧
for the province by studying it to
which is in the sub-district, our letter in ⟦...⟧
⟦by requesting it⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ or so
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ 4/

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Ministry of Interior
General Police Directorate
Criminal Investigations and Residency Division
Baghdad 25 / 3 / 1360
Number 22 / 4 / 1941
1477 / Res /
File No. ⟦line⟧
Secret
To: Ministry of Interior
Subject: Entry of two foreigners
With reference to your letter numbered M. Kh. / 2219 and dated 16 / 4 / 1941
We present to the Ministry that the Iranian scholar named Abu al-Qasim Raouf Mulla Yari bin al-Sayyid Abdullah
entered Iraq on 12 / 4 / 1941 via the Shatt al-Arab post under passport number
26 / 34746 dated 12 / 7 / 1940 issued by the Travel Officer in Tehran and stamped
with entry visa number 492 dated 12 / 3 / 1941 issued by the Iraqi Legation in
Tehran (for visit), accompanied by his brother named Sayyid Mahdi al-Sayyid Raouf Mulla Yari, whose profession is a religious
narrator <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and holder of passport number 27970 / 342 dated 15 / 6 / 1938 issued in
Tehran and stamped with entry visa number 491 dated 12 / 3 / 1941 granted to him by the
aforementioned legation. The granting of their visas was done with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via its telegram dated 3 / 3 / 1941.
⟦signature⟧
Director General of Police
A copy to:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M

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426
Copy of document (9) and (10) in the report on the movements of foreigners No. AQ / 1120
on 16 / 4 / 41
The two Iranians whose names are listed below arrived in Basra from Tehran on
13 / 4 / 41 on their way to Karbala for visitation:
- 9 Abu al-Qasim Raouf Malayeri Sayyid Abdiyeh (specialist in the science of jurisprudence)
- 10 Al-Sayyid Mahdi Raouf Malayeri Sayyid Abdiyeh (religious narrator)
Copy to Correspondence
4/17
As ⟦...⟧ 4/17 ⟦...⟧ in the name of ⟦...⟧ Musa

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Special form for suggestions and observations
Ministry of Interior
Competent Branch: S. H.
Date: 15 / 4
244
Government Press 1197 - 9 - 40
The authority to which it is submitted :: M. TH.
245
44 / 54
19 / 3 / 1360 AH
16 / 4 / 1941 AD
No. 2219
Borders Branch
- Secret -
General Police Directorate
Subject " - Granting a visa
With reference to the correspondence, the last of which was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs letter No. Q / 1260 / 46 /
100 dated 8 / 4 / 1941 addressed to the Royal Iraqi Legation in Tehran, a copy of which was sent
to us and to you.
We send you enclosed a copy of the letter from the Basra Governorate Administration No. S / 591 dated
13 / 4 / 1941 regarding the subject, and we request you to inform us of the details of the visa with which both of the subject
Iranian scholars entered Iraq.
Minister of Interior
233
Number ⟦...⟧ / 4 and continued requesting
the entry visa if I had ⟦...⟧
S at the hunting station ⟦...⟧
with the opinion of the General Police
at the end of their residency period, reporting the fact without giving opportunity
for its extension by order, please
S. H. 8 / 4
Requesting the identity of Ayatollah ⟦...⟧
Regarding the visa with which each of them entered
⟦...⟧ in the event of her residence ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
15 / 4

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Special form for suggestions and observations
Ministry of the Interior
Competent Division: S. Kh.
Date: 15 / 4
Government Press 1197 - 9 - 40
224
Entity to which it is submitted: M. Th.
Subject: Visa
We attach herewith this report on the summary in 2752, and we have requested the
Foreign Ministry to take the necessary measures not to grant entry visas to Iraq to
the two Iranian scholars mentioned in letter 2752, and that the Foreign Ministry in turn
telegraphed our legation in Tehran not to grant the aforementioned visa.
However, the Governorate of Basra telegraphed the legation stating that
the two mentioned scholars arrived in Basra on 12 / 4 / 941
coming to Karbala with valid passports.
It appears from the above that they were granted the visa without waiting for the result of
the correspondence regarding granting the visa - in the event that our legation in Tehran
was the one that granted the visa - since the date of the Foreign Ministry's letter is
8 / 4 and the date of their arrival in Basra is 12 / 4. But if the
visa was granted to them by one of our consulates in Iran, then it
granted the visa without taking the opinion of the General Police.
Perhaps you will assign the sending of a copy of this letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
with reference to its letter 2484 - to take what is necessary in this regard
and to the General Police to explain how the visa was granted and to deport them to Iran
upon the expiration of their residency period in Iraq without giving any opportunity
for extension. For your orders, please.
15 / 4
Head of S. Kh.
15 / 4
By visa, it is meant that they must have been
granted the visa authorized by both of them from
an Iranian authority other than the legation and ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ by our consulates there.
I suggest that a letter be sent
with the outgoing number and date
14 / 4 and follow up at the time
in the name of the Foreign Ministry as I had
recorded in the greatness of the chest
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Mr. Shukri
I hope that it is sent as a copy of the account
but it ⟦illegible⟧ despite our instructions
on the importance of maintaining his prevention from
changing it, and it seems that the amounts
were delayed in performing his duty
as it should be.
15 / 4

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Mutasarrifate of Basra Province
Correspondence
Please refer to the number of this correspondence
and its date exactly when replying
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special Office
Number: 2255
Date: 14 / 4 / 1941
Secret
Ministry of Interior
The Iranian scholar Abu al-Qasim Raouf Mulla
Yari bin Sayyid Abdullah arrived in Basra from Iran on the 12th of this month, accompanied by his brother named Sayyid Mahdi Raouf Mulla Yari, intending
to travel to Karbala, and they were carrying valid passports.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Governor of Basra Province
H. Th.
Kindly ⟦illegible⟧
4/14
They have no prior records
⟦illegible⟧
H. Th.
Please review the files that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs letter ⟦instructed⟧ on p. 42
4/15
⟦signature⟧
4/15
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4/14
Returned

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Special form for suggestions and observations
Ministry of Interior
Competent Division: Sh. H.
Date: 12/4
284
Government Press 1197 - 9 - 40
Submitted to: M. H. Th.
Subject: Granting of Visas
The Iranian Legation in Baghdad states that Mr. Kazem Sedighian 2113
who resides in Tehran visited our legation in Tehran requesting the granting
of an entry visa to Iraq for the purpose of visiting the Holy Shrines
so it agreed with him and wrote to the head ⟦from it⟧ to take
what is necessary in this regard, so we requested the views of the General
Police 2123 regarding the person, and the Directorate replied that it does not
have any information about the mentioned person to our legation 2384
in Tehran, a desire ⟦attached⟧ from him to the desire of the Head of the
aforementioned Legation with the number and date mentioned above regarding the entry
of the referred person to Iraq
And this is what we submit in our attached letter ⟦to bring⟧ the General
Police to submit its views, and we await what the Directorate will answer
in this regard, please
M. H. Th.
⟦signature⟧
12/4
100
Ja'far
12/4

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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of General Police
Criminal Investigations and Residency Division
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Private Office
No. 2207
Date 8 / 4 / 941
429
42 / 54
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Directorate of Consular Affairs
No. Q / 201 / 201 / 100 / 4391
On April 10, 1941
Secret and Urgent
Subject - Granting of Visas.
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Private Office
No. 2255
Date 12 / 4 / 941
Directorate of General Police
Reference to your letter No. Iqa / 1037 dated 2 / 4 / 1941.
We had sent to you in our letter No. Q / 201 / 201 / 100 /
1353 dated 9 / 2 / 1941 a copy of the memorandum of the Iranian Legation in
Baghdad, with which this Ministry was approached regarding the application of the Iranian subject
under discussion, and requested that he be granted a visa. We requested you to provide your views regarding
the aforementioned request. As for our Legation in Tehran, they have not approached us regarding this matter, therefore
please provide us with your views regarding the request made.
For the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Copy to -
Ministry of Interior, with reference to the communication mentioned above for information.
Royal Iraqi Legation - Tehran. The Iranian Legation in
Baghdad informed us that Mr. Kazim Siddiqiyan has approached your legation
requesting a visit visa, and the legation refused to grant him
the visa. Therefore, please clarify what information you have regarding the case as quickly
as possible.
General Police
On 29 / 3 / 941
100 / 2276 /
Numbered and dated 18 / 3 / 1941 regarding the entry of the Iranian scholar named
Mr. Muhsin Damad, referred to in the letter of the Iraqi Royal
Consulate in Tabriz No. 387 dated
14 / 9 / 1940
M. T.
Replaced by the request under No.
2252 and filed, please ⟦illegible⟧
8 / 4
Copy by mail for confirmation
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of General Police
Division of "Criminal Investigations and Residency"
429
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Private Office
Number 2207
Date 8 / 4 / 941
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Baghdad
Number
Date
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Directorate of Consular Affairs
Secret
Q / 1350 / 46 / 100 /
On April 8, 1941
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Private Office
Number 2229
Date 10 / 4 / 941
Subject - Refusal to grant a visa
Royal Iraqi Legation - Tehran
Reference to your letter No. 164 / 12 / 12 dated 20 / 2 / 1941.
Mr. Muhammad Hussein denied knowing the visa applicants, Mr. Abdullah
and his brother Mr. Abu al-Qasim. As for the second witness, he confirmed his knowledge of them. Since
the aforementioned persons have previously performed pilgrimage rituals many times, therefore
the competent Iraqi authorities did not agree to allow them to enter Iraq at
the present time. Therefore, please do not grant them the visa.
For / Minister of Foreign Affairs
Copy to the Ministry of Interior {Reference to the Ministry of Interior letter No.
Directorate of General Police} P.O. / 1955 dated 2 / 4 /
1941 for information.
P.W. 6
M. T.
Utilized for information with reference No. ⟦2764⟧
and to be kept with its counterpart regarding Tehran please
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M. T.
Utilized for information with reference No. to
⟦2726⟧ and please keep
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Copy by mail for confirmation
Royal Iraqi Legation in Tehran - reference to its telegram numbered and dated
18 / 3 / 1941 regarding the entry of the Iranian scholar named
Mr. Mohsen Damad, mentioned in the letter of the Royal
Iraqi Consulate in Tabriz No. 387 dated
14 / 9 / 1940
Date 29 / 3 / 941
100 / 2276
General Police
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate General of Police
Division of "Criminal Investigations and Residency"
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special Office
Number 2207
Date 8 / 4 / 941
429
Baghdad
Number
File Number
To:
Your letter 387 Iraqi Tabriz
We approve his entry 9 / 14
Investigations
8701
Baghdad 2 April 941
Director General of Police
Copy to -
Ministry of Interior - reference to its letter No. S/1845 dated 29 / 3 / 941
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - reference to its letter No. Q/1 / 1124 / 41 : 2276 / 100 dated 25 / 2 / 1941
Royal Iraqi Legation in Tehran - reference to its telegram No. ⟦...⟧ dated 18 / 3 / 1941 regarding the entry of the Iranian scholar named Mr. Mohsen Damad mentioned in the letter of the Royal Iraqi Consulate in Tabriz No. 387 dated 14 / 9 / 1940
M. T.
Waiting ⟦cooking⟧ in time No. to
⟦429⟧ and save please
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