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File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’ [40r] (57/494)
The record is made up of 1 item (258 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1903-9 Jul 1928. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Hs: 1327 . 6 . 0 .
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Accountant General, Bagdad. I would request, therefore,
that a copy of this letter he forwarded to the above.
Dealing with letter Do:246 dated 22-5-24
Iro.n the Deputy Secretary to the Governmentof India,
attached * to your letter Do;239/25 of 27-2-25:-
According to this letter the Bank state that
the sum of hs.13.8. is no longer available. I would suggest
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that the Bank be asked to whom they paid this balance, and
when or by what means it was disposed of.
I forwarded with my original accounts the
cheque book and the pass book, and the ‘above balance as
was clearly shown was still standing to the account. I
have not been to India since, nor have I had the means to
dispose of this small sum. The amount will certainly be
shown in the Bank T s books of that date, and its disposal
equally accounted for.
I request that the Bank be addressed in
this sense, and be asked v/hether or not a balance of
Rs:13.8 was standing to the credit of the account in June
1919, and if so to whom it was paid and when ?
I stated that there was to the credit of
ray private account at Bagdad the sum of Hs:1,327.6.0
made up as follows
a) Hefund to be paid for clothing
supplied to clerks... ... ••• Bs:117.6.0
b) Hefund price of saddlery being
Government property.. ... ••• -^8:280.0.0 .
c) Sation money drawn but_after- *
wards deducted as an illegal
charge...
Bs:930.0.0
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This part contains correspondence regarding the visit of a Mission (deputation) consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein [Bahrain], Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant, to the United Kingdom and Paris in 1919.
It includes correspondence regarding arrangements for the visit, but most of the correspondence relates to expenditure on the visit, including: the question as to how far the Government Hospitality Fund accepts responsibility for the expenses connected with the visit, including the payment of an interpreter; and the adjustment of the account of Major Norman Napier Bray (Political Officer attached to the Bahrein Mission) in connection with the Bahrein Mission.
The main correspondents include: the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (‘Political, Baghdad’); the Foreign Office; the Treasury; the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works; Norman Napier Bray; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department; Haji Abdul Majid Belshah, of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution (Interpreter to the Mission from Bahrein); the Accountant General, Bombay; and the Accountant General, (Civil) Baghdad.
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- File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’
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- 12r:107v, 109r:110v, 112r:116v, 118r:125v, 128r:142v, 145r:151v, 152v, 154r:170v, 171v:208v, 210r:216v, 218r:258v
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