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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.
AI English Translation, Pages 401-425
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Kingdom of Iraq Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Consular Affairs Q / 152 / 17 / 40 / 100 November 1939 Ministry of Interior of Iraq: Private Office: Number: 628 Date: 19 / 11 / 939 Subject - Request for granting a visa. Directorate of General Police Our legation in Tehran informed us by telegram that the Iranian scholar named Mohammad Sadiq Shams al-Din, whose profession is a preacher in mosques, has requested through the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs an entry visa to Iraq for the purpose of visiting. Please inform us of your opinion in this regard. ⟦signature⟧ Minister of Foreign Affairs Copy to - Ministry of Interior Sh. A. 19 / 11 4 To be filed 11/25 1 M. B. For review. We found no prior record of him, A. J.; ⟦signature⟧ 11/21 Based on your written order in the Special Register for the Scholar We have no objection to granting it ⟦signature⟧ 11/22
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Directorate of Consular Affairs Q / 152 / 17 / 40 / 100 November 1939 Subject - Request for granting a visa. Directorate of General Police Our legation in Tehran has informed us by telegram that the Iranian scholar named Mohammad Sadiq Shams al-Din, whose profession is a preacher in mosques, has requested through the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs an entry visa to Iraq for the purpose of visiting. Please inform us of your opinion in this regard. ⟦signature⟧ Minister of Foreign Affairs Copy to - Ministry of Interior S W 18
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The Iraqi Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Consular Affairs No. Q / 17485 / 193 / 100 Baghdad, November 21, 1939 Ministry of Interior of Iraq: Number: 6210 Date: 11 / 22 / 939 Secret and Extremely Urgent Subject - Granting a visa to an Iranian scholar. Directorate of General Police Our legation in Tehran informed us by telegram that it granted the Iranian scholar named Hassan Qahramani an entry visa to Iraq before obtaining your approval on that, based on the mediation of the Crown Prince of Iran, therefore we request monitoring him if necessary the matter. ⟦signature⟧ p.p. Minister of Foreign Affairs Copy to - Ministry of Interior Kindly For information 11 / 22 S. J. 11 / 22 Is there any mention of him in the list of names upon his return or entry into Iraq? ⟦signature⟧ 11 / 22 M. Th. For information, to be attached to the general file To review the list of scholars on 9 / 28 / 39 and issued to monitor the aforementioned and provide us with information about him to be kept In the employee department, I did not find any mention of this scholar The scholar is unwanted for entry into Iraq ⟦illegible⟧ p. 11 / 24 / 22 Information is being obtained ⟦signature⟧ 11 / 25
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Top Secret and Extremely Urgent Directorate of Consular Affairs Q / 17485 / 193 / 100 November 1939 2 ⟦for 7/54⟧ Subject - Granting a visa to an Iranian scientist. Directorate of General Police Our legation in Tehran informed us by telegram that it granted the Iranian scientist named Hassan Ghahramani an entry visa to Iraq before obtaining your approval on that, based on the mediation of the Crown Prince of Iran; therefore, we request monitoring him if necessary. ⟦signature⟧ For the Minister of Foreign Affairs Copy to :- Ministry of Interior S W 22
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12/9/1358 10/25/1939 Agha / 2212 Royal Iraqi Consulate in Tabriz Number - 324 / 4 / 4 Ministry of Interior of Iraq Special Office Number 5607 Subject - Request for granting visas. 157 7/154 Correspondence was previously written regarding ⟦both⟧ of ⟦the returnees⟧ (Ahmed Jaeri) but he was also carrying the title (Jaeri). I do not remember the role of each of those titled (Jaeri) from the ideas that accompanied them, especially since it is not accepted from him, considering that my brother ⟦refused⟧ the colors with permission from the competent high Iranian authorities. S ⟦Ext.⟧ Sharia ⟦signature⟧ S. K Perhaps you remember the story of ⟦Izz al-Din⟧ Jari mentioned above, number (12) from the attached list ⟦in its place⟧ Ahmed Hassan Jari the one being searched for ⟦Number⟧ (11) from the attached list also ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 To be filed now 10/23 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baghdad. Ministry of Interior, Baghdad. Royal Iraqi Legation in Tehran. Royal Iraqi Consulate in Kermanshah. Royal Iraqi Consulate in Khorramshahr. For information 7/18 10/19
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12/7/1358 25/10/1939 Aga 2212 Royal Iraqi Consulate in Tabriz Number - 4/4/324 Date - October 9, 1939 Ministry of Interior of Iraq Private Office Number 5607 Date 18 / 10 / 939 Subject - Request for granting visas. Directorate of General Police Baghdad The Iranian scholar named Hajji Sayyid Reza Haeri son of Hajji Mir Mustafa visited this consulate requesting an entry visa to Iraq for himself and his family consisting of his wife and his six daughters, accompanied by a male servant and a female servant, for the purpose of residing in Iraq. It was stated in his passport that his profession is a landowner, and his place of birth is (Osku) in the year 1874. The aforementioned person holds Iranian passport number 29274/118, and accompanying him in the same passport are his wife and four children: Fatima, Kubra, Athra, and Rabab. His two daughters Habiba Haeri and Rifaat Haeri hold passports numbered 29275/119 and 29276/120 respectively. Also, his servant named Hussein Bakhti Khosrowqi son of Ali, born in the village of Khosrowqi in (Osku) in the year 1898, holds passport number 29277/121, and his female servant named Ruqayya Najafi Oskui daughter of Abbas Ali, born in Osku in the year 1898, holds passport number 29278/122. All of these (five) passports were issued in Tabriz on 14 Mehr 1318 (10/7/1939). We request you to kindly consider the request and inform us of your opinion. Vice Consul ⟦signature⟧ Copy to - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baghdad. Ministry of Interior, Baghdad. Royal Iraqi Legation in Tehran. Royal Iraqi Consulate in Kermanshah. Royal Iraqi Consulate in Khorramshahr. Sadiq For attention 10/18 H. 10/19
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12/9/1358 10/25/1939 X Sir / 2212 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> "Travel, Residence and Nationality Directorate" Royal Iraqi Consulate - Tabriz - Subject - Refusal to grant a visa With reference to your letter numbered 14255 and dated October 5, 1939. In view of the plan drawn up in this regard, please refrain from granting an entry visa to the Iranian scholar named Al-Hajj Sheikh Mohammad Mahdavi Tabrizi upon his application. ⟦signature⟧ Director General of Police A copy to - Ministry of Interior - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - M. T. We request the General Police to provide us with full details regarding the identity, activities, and movements of the mentioned scholar ⟦Hayat⟧ 10/28 To be filed 10/29 To answer A. J. 10/28
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Ministry of Interior Special Office Number 5750 Date 25 / 10 / 1939 1829 25 / 10 / 1939 Residency 22 / 22 "Travel, Residence and Nationality Administration" Royal Iraqi Consulate - Tabriz - Subject - Refusal to grant a visa In light of He has no previous record in With reference to your letter No. 14255 dated October 5, 1939. In view of the plan drawn up in this regard, please refrain from granting an entry visa to the Iranian scholar named Al-Haj Sheikh Muhammad Mahdawi Tabrizi when he applies. ⟦signature⟧ Director General of Police Sh 1 Do you have the consulate's letter referred to above with the number 22 / 10 There is no such letter with the number mentioned previous police below ⟦illegible⟧ A copy of it to - Ministry of Interior Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sh 2 To the Director Please submit what you have or search for it ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10
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26 Rabi' al-Awwal 1357 26 May 1938 21 1692 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subject / Arrival of Iranian scholars to Iraq With reference to the correspondence, the latest of which was this Ministry's letter No. M Kh / 4707 dated 16 / 11 / 1938 addressed to the Directorate of General Police, a copy of which was sent to your Ministry regarding the subject. 1- The Directorate of General Police is still receiving requests from the Royal Iraqi Legation in Tehran and the Iraqi consulates in Kermanshah and Tabriz regarding permission for Iranian clergymen to come to Iraq under the pretext of visiting the Holy Shrines - after the excuse of going to the Hijaz to perform the Hajj pilgrimage has passed - and we send you herewith a copy of the correspondence that recently took place in this regard (you will find details listed at the end of the letter). It is not hidden from your Ministry that the crowding of these individuals to come to Iraq and the mediation of high Iranian authorities in Tehran themselves for many of them in this regard was and still is a source of strong doubts regarding their true intentions and the possibility of them carrying out ⟦...⟧ Iranian propaganda in Iraqi circles or other actions harmful to the political entity of the country. Therefore, we believe you agree with us that the matter requires handling in a serious manner and in a way that leaves no room for anything harmful to the interests of the Iraqi government to occur, but while avoiding everything that leads to the occurrence of political problems if it is desired - for example - to completely refrain from allowing Iranian clergymen to come to Iraq. Therefore, this Ministry sees that the best method that can be followed at present regarding the observed precautions in this matter is for the competent Iraqi authorities abroad to be selective in accepting the requests submitted to them by these scholars to enter Iraq, and to conduct accurate and extensive investigations - as much as possible - regarding every request they are forced to accept to ascertain the owner's past and the true purpose of coming to or passing through Iraq, and his true relations with Iraq, and whether he has previously come to it. In this case, obtain sufficient details to help search for the person's conditions and movements each time he came to Iraq, and then consult the central authorities regarding requests of which they are convinced of the good intentions of their owners.
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— 2 — and their clarity and strengthening them with all necessary explanations such as what was mentioned above, and requesting approval for them while directly rejecting requests that are not in this form. 2 — As for the six requests mentioned in the attached correspondence and alluded to previously, we hope for instructions to reconsider them on the basis of the above. 3 — We are sending you herewith a copy of the letter from the Diyala Provincial Administration No. 154 dated 1/3/1939 and we also refer to the letter from the same administration attached to it, No. S/157 dated 6/3/1939 addressed to us, a copy of which is with you, regarding the arrival of (19) Iranian scholars to Iraq. It has appeared to us that the arrival of most of these individuals took place without consulting the central government to request prior approval for that. However, before we suggest to your ministry to inquire about what is necessary in this regard, we are requesting the Directorate of General Police to verify that first, and we will write to you again regarding this matter upon receiving the response from the aforementioned Directorate. We hope you will kindly take the necessary action regarding the first and second paragraphs above and inform us. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Minister of Interior 1 — Letter from the Directorate of General Police No. 3057 dated 19/2/1939 2 — " " " 600 " 10/4/1939 3 — " " " 7635 " 3/5/1939 with its attachments A copy of it with a copy of the two letters from the Diyala Provincial Administration referred to above to — the Directorate of General Police to state what is necessary regarding what was mentioned in the third paragraph above as quickly as possible.