Who First Thought of Issuing a Passport?

A world without passports would perhaps be much easier. Anyone could travel to any country they wanted and not have to deal with various paperwork. However, this scenario would of course have its negative aspects.

Alright How did the passport come about?

Today’s passports are the modern version of an idea whose first examples date back at least 2000 years.

So, centuries ago sauf conduit named and to an enemy for the purpose of negotiation, There were documents granting safe entry and exit to the kingdom. These documents stated that the two rulers recognized each other’s authority and that crossing the border would not cause war.

At the same time, the first passports were issued without paying any fee for oneself or one’s property. They were medieval documents that allowed him to pass through the gates of a city.

Cities make mutual arrangements for each other’s citizens to waive such fees, and Accordingly, a gate pass was issued, as it is known today, a passport.

So a ruler could issue his officials a passport granting them free entry to any city in his realm.

The first ruler to ask foreign cities not to charge a person a toll and to issue a passport for this purpose. It was Henry V of England. Most cities allowed Henry V’s diplomats free passage as a sign of friendship.

These passports, in the following centuries continuing to be granted by other rulers He brought the passport idea to the present day. Thus, passports that are internationally accepted and used for travel abroad have become quite common.

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