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Coll 17/3 'Iraq. Oudh Bequest' [‎4r] (7/60)

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Coll 17/3 'Iraq. Oudh Bequest'

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The record is made up of 1 file (30 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1931-18 Oct 1935. 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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STATEMENTS LAID ON THE TABLE.
Article 2.
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This loan is made in perpetuity , the sovereigns of the Kingdom of Oude shall
never have the power to take it back, nor shall they exercise any interference with its
interest.
Article S.
The British Government guarantees that it will pay for ever the monthly sums
tier eat ter mentioned out of the interest of the above loan, to the persons set down in
this instrument, in the current coin of the place Where they may reside, without any
deduction whatever. v J
Article 4.
The Honourable Company will always - protect the honour of the stipendiaries
who will be paid out of this fund, and it will be the protector of their possessions’
such as houses and gardens (whether bestowed by the King of Oude, or purchased or built
by themselves), from the hands of the sovereigns and their enemies ; and in what
ever city or country they may be, their allowances will be paid to them there.
Article 5.
This Agreement having been settled by His Majesty the King of Oude for him
self and by M. Ricketts, Esq., Resident at the Court of Lucknow, on the part of the
British Government ; the Resident at Lucknow has delivered one copy thereof in Persian
and English, signed and sealed by him, to His Majesty the King of Oude, from whom
he has received a counterpart, also duly executed by His Majesty. The Resident engages
to procure and deliver to His Majesty the King of Oude a copy of the same, under
the seal and signature of the Right Honourable the Governor General in Council, when
that executed by the Resident will be returned.
Interest Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. Five Lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees per annum, by Solar Years.
Twelve months, at per month Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. forty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-six,
ten annas, and eight English pie (Rs. 41,660-10-8).
To the persons attached to the new Imambareh, called Imambareh Nujuf Ushruf,
according to a separate detail, Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. one thousand one hundred and thirty-seven, ten
annas, and eight pie (Rs. 1,137-10-8).
This sum will be paid for ever to the person who will be appointed to the charge
of the Imambareh through the King and its Amlah or officers will be kept or discharged
at the pleasure of the superintendent.
Nabob An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Mobaruk Muhul, Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ten thousand (Rs. 10,000).
This allowance will be paid to the Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. Nabob An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Mobaruk Muhul during her
life-time, and after her demise one-third of the allowances will be paid to any person,
or for any purpose, she may will : the remaining two-thirda and whatever may be the
saving of the one-third agreeably to the will, which will be an addition to the two-
thirds, or in case of her not making a will, the whole allowance is to be divided into
two equal parts, one-half to be given to the Nujuf Ushruf, and the other half for
Kerbulla to the High Priest and Majawurs, or persons who have its charge on the
part of the said King, that His Majesty might thereby derive its benefits.
•Sultan Marium Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. , Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. two thousand five hundred (Rs. 2,500).
To be given during the life-time of Sultan Marium Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. , as to Nabob An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Mobaruk
Muhul, and after her death to be appropriated in the same manner.
Moomtaz Muhul, Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. one thousand one hundred (1,100).
As the foregoing.
Surfraz Muhul, Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. one thousand (Rs. 1,000).
Ditto. Ditto. Ditto.
The servants and dependents of Surfraz Muhul, as per separate list, Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. nine
hundred and twenty-nine (Rs. 929).
163LAD

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Correspondence between the Foreign Secretary of the Government of India, the Office of the High Commissioner for Iraq, and Saiyid Kalbe Abbas Naqvi, Honorary Secretary of the Waqf Section of the All-India Shia Conference. The correspondence concerns the administration of the Oudh Bequest Fund, and the appointment of a mujtahid to the Charitable Committee at Karbala, following the death of the previous incumbent, Mauli Kalb-i-Mahdi.

Details of the composition of the Karbala and Najaf Committees are provided, and the correspondence also provides information on candidates for the mujtahid position. The religious and charitable nature of the bequest is also discussed. At the front of the file are excerpts from the Official Report of the Legislative Assembly Debates, providing details of the terms of the Oudh Bequest.

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The Oudh Bequest was a fund established by the King of Awadh to provide for the annual distribution of funds to improve religious learning and to help poor Shia communities in Iraq. The payments were distributed by selected mujtahids of the holy shrine cities of Karbala and Najaf. Following the annexation of Oudh in the 1850s, administration of the bequest was passed to the Government of India, and was supervised by the Head Clerk of the British 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. in Baghdad, and later by the Protector of Indian Pilgrims, attached to the Secretariat of the High Commissioner in Iraq.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).

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1 file (30 folios)

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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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.

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/12/2847
Title: Coll 17/3 'Iraq. Oudh Bequest'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:13v, 16r:22v, 25r:29v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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