"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٦‎١‎٢] (١٧٨٢/١٧٦٧)

1612
of which Ks. 350 was allotted for the maintenance of the Kadbimain
Agency and Rs. 450 for the continuance of such allowances to poor
Indians at Kadhimain as could not be immediately abolished ; but the
Agent was dissociated by the Resident's orders from the distribution of
the latter allotment. The portion of the Indian fund affected to Kaiiala
and Najaf was similarly cut down from about Rs. 1,800 a month to
Rs. 150, the whole of which was appropriated to the upkeep of the Kai-
bala Agency. Major Newmarch, it should be observed, did not think
that the maintenance of the Agencies at Karbala and Najaf was a justi
fiable charge on the Oudh Bequest. He contemplated the eventual
abolition of the Kadhimain Agency, and the payment of the Agent at
Karbala in future from some other source; but it was not practicable
to dismiss both Agents on the spot without the sanction of Government,
and without other arrangements having been made for the representation
of British interests at Karbala.
dation^by" Ma J or Newmarch's general views concerning the position of the
Major British authorities in relation to the Oudh Bequest were summed up
to the l^er on the subject, addressed to tLe Government of India
anndi 1336 " 1 m Se l )teniber in tlie following paragraph
September
Of coUiBe the original idea of the distribution was that the money should be
devoted more to the really poor and less to the distributors, who from the very earliest
times appear to have appropriated as much as they could for themselves and their
relatives. The appointment of a supervisor from time to time to check these distribu-
tions has only produced friction between the distributor and bimjelf, endless complaints,
and counter complaints, tben a new supervisor or may be a new distributor, and then
the same story over again. In many cases, and specially of late years, the supervisor
appears to have been worse than the supervised.
The idea of the distribution is benevolent, hut I am satisfied that it is practically
impossible to supervise it effectually, and I therefore think that it should be abolished.
It seems to me that the only distribution with which the Government of India
or its officers are concerned is the distribution of the Bequest among the Mujtahids,
and I am ol opinion that if you go beyond that distribution, we are travelling outside
the limits of the Bequest and undertaking duties and responsibilities which are
unnecessary, undesirable, and impossible.
His chief proposals which he had reason to expect would be accept-
able to the Government of India, were ::—
(1) That a list of Mujtahids who are permanent residents at Karbala and
^a]at should bo prepared and revised from time to time, including any
Mujtahid who may have added himself to the number, and striding off
any who ma^ have ceased to reside at those places or who may have ceased
to deserve the title of Mujtahid.