'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [‎175r] (360/426)

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The Politico 1 A^eacy,
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PersiiOi Gulf.
8/12/24.
^o xlit; ^OKO-L«.The Political Residejit ii- the Persia* Gulf.
ciuiii . Shaik JJaa^ allow-mces, r t/i7 "
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ijfi. reply to your telegram L : o 1168 I regueot that you will be so
good as to refer to this office letter ITo 107/0 of 22/8/23 & to
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. L'o 468/S dated 25/8/23 iM which the situation as rtgivU
Shaik Isa's allowance v/as described. Also ple-se see lay L T o. I57/l//
of 7/7/24 in which the satie subject is alluded to.
Froin the date of ;Lis abdicatioit onaik Isa has resolutely refused
to oaj.vd txxS allowance mao,e him ii-i spite of the repeated requests
of Shaiks Hamad & Abdulla. He is led to adopt this attitude by hi£
wife who is under the imptession that by refusing iia any \ ay to
agree to the aew regime he wixl eventually be reinstated.
Shaik Isa refused to have an account at the Eastern Bank or to
take any allowance.He was asked if he would prefer to draw it in
cash direct or to have it paid to his nominees bit declined to
takt it at all. For several months the money was paid into a
- special fund ( not a personal account because he refused to open
one or to operate on one) in the Eastern ]3 ~.nk in the name of Shaifc
Isa. When a sum of about Rs 32,000 had accumulated & Shaik AbdulUk
reported that as loag as he lived Shaik Isa v/ould be unlikely to
accept any allowance",& that the means he had were really sufficient
for his needs,the sum was reabsorbed into the Consolidated Fund
of the state 8c utilised for state expenditure. The fact that
Shaik Isa has not actually received his allowance is therefore
entirely due to his own attitude.
As regards the statement that he h ,s no st^te lands,please
see my ITO.I07/G referred to above, in which I estimated the Revenue
from his properties at not less than Rs 2000 per mensem ,
Shaik Hamad has now supplied me with the following information
regarding x^roperties possessed by Shaik Isa, the rents of which he
enjoys.Probably Shaik Isa prefers to call these properties
privately owned by him.They were of course,as was the case with
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all the property ol a 1 Kha^ifeh acquired by purchase ***.[ the