Nomad Passport

1934 Afghan Nomad Passport good for one single journey to India.

This type of passport was issued to all citizens not employed by the government. (The text is written in French as well as in Persian)

Passport/Darajah sevum:     243

Identity/Shakhsiat:

Name/Esm:
      Gol Nabi

Father's name/Waladiat:
      Moshen...[?]

Residence/Maskan:
       Hazarbuz

Profession/Pisha sun'at:
      Without education/ghurbah

Place of birth/Mauled:
      The above mentioned village/
      qariah-i maskur

Nationality/Tabi'at:
      [Afghan]

Destination/Mahal-i azimat:
      Peshawar

Description/Haliah:

Age/Omer:
      37 years

Height/Qad:
      Medium

Eyes/Chishm:
      Black-brown

Beard and moustache/Rish wa brut:
      Black and grey

Characteristics/Alimat-i fariqah:
      A broad eyebrow and a small

[Signature:] Mahmad Hakim [?]
Ba tarikh Qaus [13 in the month ?] AHSh 1313 [in the year AD 1934]

The back of the passport says:

[left side]
Good for a Single Journey to India No. 7128. Date 10 Dec. 1934.
[Stamp and signature:] H.B.M. Consul. Jalalabad

[right side]
20-5 1313, Peshawar [?] The Afghan Consulate in Peshawar [?]
[Signature:] Abdur Rahim [?]
1313/139/23 13537
[Stamp:] Nambar 23/9/13
Ba mamuriat-i wiza wa passport daulat Shahi Afghanistan
[The Royal Afghan Visa and Passport Office]

Frederiksen, Birthe, and Ida Nicolaisen. Caravans and Trade in Afghanistan: The Changing Life of the Nomadic Hazarbuz. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996. Page 130 and the translation is from same page. Image used with permission of Rhodos International Science and Art Publishers. See http://www.rhodos.com/.