"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٤‎٧‎٨] (١٧٨٢/١٦٣٣)

1478
About I860, during the Political Agentship of Colonel K^k 11
•s" r i;
ud-Daulah, who resided at Baghdad aud who was himself a nephew of K"
Ghazi-ud-Din Ifaidar, the founder of the Oudh Bequest, certain change!
«ere mtroduoed mto the local administration of the Bequest as formed
bj Major Rawlinson. A "kind of Sub -Bequest " was constituted bv
the combmafon of one-th.rd of the Karbala and one -third of the
Najaf allotment into a fund, amounting to about Rs. 3,800 per mensem
of which one-third was distributed to Indians at Karbala, one -third to
Indians atlSajaf, and one-third to Indians at Kadhimain. 4„ Man
gentleman was appointed at Karbala to distribute the Indian mone,
coT n 1 1 anJ a,10ther Indian sentleman at Kadhimain t.
conduct tbe Indian distribution at that place : the former received an
allowance of Rs. 2 ; .5 a month, the latter one of Rs, 280. from the Indian
und. These Indian distributors were empowered to superintend the
genera, affairs of the Indian communities with which they were in
relation, and we re granted the titles of " Honorary Agent at Karbala"
pVi- '" 10I ' ar • v ■ Agent at Kadbimain," apparently by the British
oit.ca Agent in Turkish'Iraq on his own authority. Supervision of
he Imhau distributions seems to have been exercised bv the Nawih
Iqbal-ud-Daulah. with tbe approval of the Political Agent; but it is not
certain that this supervision began before 1867, in November of which
year instmctions weie issued for the Nawab's guidance by Colonel Sir
. emball, who soon afterwards relinquished charge of the Baghdsd
oiio.i Agency. Ihe extent of the confidence reposed by Colonel
em a in the Iqbal-ud-Daulab is illustrated in the closing words of
tbeinstmctions: " Do what you think advisable and expedient, because
trust , s pl ac ed , n _ T0U) an(1 you are at liberty to use your discretion.
„ .„ 0U . 11 an . y com P 1,lll ' t be made against you through enmity, falsehood,
" W1 > P re i udlc e and self (? selfish) hatred, it will neither be listened
nor credit given to.^
In the uncertainty that prevailed, under the corrupt version of the
greement of 1825, as to the proper destination of the funds, the
q a-ud-Daukh felt impelled, during his visit to London, to submit
o e ecretary of State for India a written representation on the subject,
ot which the following is a translation :
K" f r\ TV' men ^' 0n ^ ie Requests of two ladies of the seraglio of the former
- lln ^ r> ' aZee Oo ^"^ een H ^ der ' These ladies during life received a montbly
allowance of E S . 5.000 each, and died without children or heirs. Thej left vilh