"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٥‎٧‎٢] (١٧٨٢/٧١٥)

Further
loans tf) the
Sultan, 1902,
1903 and
19"4.
572
feited his claim to these^ The punitive tax for the discharge of ti
indemnity ^ still in force ; but its proceeds, under a system of direcl
collection, were diminishing. The matter of the subsidy remained und
discussion until the following year, when the Government of India
eventually decided to permit the liquidation of all their cU™
rom the accumulated arrears of the subsidy. ]„ October 1900 tlii,
'tZTlr ■ and 4 Sma,1 balaaee - paid over
The freedom of Saiyid Sir Faisal from indebtedness to the Government
i s i ZT^rr-1 lons duration - in 1902 ie ^
!.. l.ol. 56 for the purchase of a steam vessel required for his adminis
tration, and it was settled that the amount should be repaid out ,77
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In 190d, n connection with dangers threatening his governmect
Rustaq, the Sultan obtained a cash advance of Ks 20 mm T
by deductions of Rs. 1,000 a month f.om the subsidy; a'nd Vmf a
further amount of Ks. 30,000 was lent l„'„, ■ •,
repayment, for the wedding expenses of his son Sa.yM Tat u >. ^
last of these occasions he gave an understanding " ' ^
. , ^meibLanaino' not +0 „
rom the British Government until hi s existing liabiM TadT
discharged. In August 1905 the debts of the Sultan to the r
ment of India still amounted to about R s ] 00 OOf) ,1 . , VerD '
private creditors ,n bis own dominils b, : ^ t0
September 1905 the Sultan applied for a fresh loan 'of ^On ^
order to enable some members nf IWc -i „ j OOO, m
creditors the sum that he required and ' > 0 tained from private
wards reminded, a technical breach of his S °/ >0 ™ mittod ' as he w as after-
from the British Government. The decLof ,!f"t'l'''Jj' b0rr0W CICept
in the French flag case had by this tin,. , f aS '" ,e Tr ' bUnal
firmer line with the Sultan in matters of'fi^ce The'ft ^ ^ '
of India were no longer inclined to grant him nottv I
purposes; but they were of opinion that a su ^L M
permissible, in consideration of a snh.hU ^ tailtlal Ioan might be
for a fresh advance to the Sultan were about T'/™ ^ Ke ^ otiations
conditions—that the Sultan should bo - 0 comrae ^ced on two
from the Government of India for 3 traiUed Cust oins official
and that any loan granted should be nar/ 1 ? anaq " ement of custoaw
reform of his finances—when in TW i in ^ cnera ^ sc heai0 for the
Majesty's Government. a2n T,' 0D ^ ^
arising out of the award of the „ 61Si>e " ied unt,1 the proceedings
the Hague Tribunal should have been