‘Arabia. Subsidies to rulers.’

IOR/L/PS/18/B376

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Content: Typewritten summary, dated October 1923, listing the subsidies paid by the British Government to rulers on or in the waters around the Arabian littoral. A note underneath the title states that the list excludes loans made at various dates, some of which have been remitted. The list is tabulated, with places listed on the Y-axis as follows: Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrain, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Muscat, Shehr [Ash-Shiḥr], & Mukalla [Al-Mukallā], Sokotra [Suquṭrā], the Aden Protectorate, Yemen, Asīr, Hedjaz [Hejaz], Nejd [Najd], and the regions inhabited by the Anazeh [Anazzah] tribe, and others bordering onto Trans Jordanis [Jordan] and Iraq. Along the X-axis are three columns for pre-war subsidies, post-war subsidies, and remarks. The table includes, where applicable, details of the amounts paid per annum, and the year of first payments.
Extent and format: 1 file (2 folios)
Physical characteristics: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Archival file

Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B376
Former external reference(s): B 376
Date(s): Oct 1923 (CE, Gregorian)

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B376
Title: ‘Arabia. Subsidies to rulers.’
Pages: 1r:2v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence