Name/Title
British Passport: Soud Latif Tarazi (1947)Entry/Object ID
2021.030Tags
On ViewScope and Content
Palestinian identification documents of Soud Latif Tarazi, dated for July 23, 1947.
During the British Mandate, travel documents were issued by British authorities in Mandatory Palestine to residents between 1925 and 1948. The first brown-covered passport appeared around 1927, following the issue of the Palestinian Citizenship Order in 1925. From 1926 to 1935 alone approximately 70,000 of such travel documents were issued. Mandatory Palestine passports ceased to be valid on the termination of the Mandate on 15 May 1948. Even so, in the early 1950s, United Nations officials described the passports as "mementos of identity that are treasured by Palestinian refugees."
The museum’s collection includes the identification documents of Hanneh H. Saah and Soud Latif Tarazi. Saah’s passport was issued in 1946, valid for five years and set to expire in 1951. Tarazi’s Passport was issued in 1944, Identity Card in 1945 and Government Officers Pass in 1947. The passports were issued by the Department of Migration in Jerusalem and reflected that they were Palestinian Citizens. Identity Cards indicated the individual’s religion under the category “Race,” and in the case of Tarazi, it was noted that he was Christian.Collection
Permanent CollectionDimensions
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3 inGeneral Notes
Note
Courtesy Ghassan and Kay Tarazi
