File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [61r] (132/382)
The record is made up of 1 volume (187 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1924-11 Sep 1931. 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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Of tneir sovereignty over Bahrain.
Al-Ihran" Cairo, 3ist August 19 30 .
One who does not know Bahrain will truly
relieve that Shaikh Earned bin Isa, the Shaikh
of Bahrain, is the person who grants conces
sions and does things which suits him. The
■ ■ ct is that the Shaikh cannot do anything,
not even can he visit his father, without
asking the advice of tne British. The rule
in Bahrain is in tne nands of tne British.
Tne British adviser is the person who rules
over Bahrain and levies taxes. He collects
ui " e revenues and the Customs duties of the
country, he orders and he executes, and the
Shaikh puts his honoured signature on all
papers which the British ikiviser submits to
him, without giving any opinion of his own.
In return for this (the signature) the Shaikh
gets from the Britisn (Eastern)- Bank in
Bahrain, on the first of every Arabic month,
the allowance which was fixed for him by
the British Government namely Rs. 10,000/-
or$£ 700/-.
Tlie Shaikh of Bahrain is therefore the ruler
in name whereas all the power is in the hand
of the British adviser who was appointed by
the Colonial Office, London. The Shaikh
visits the Government offices for half an
hour every fortnight. Erom this it will
appear that the concession which the British
Oil Company obtained in Bahrain was granted
by the British and not by the Shaikh, and
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Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda relating to the finances of the Bahrain state. The papers cover a number of matters, including the appointment and retention of Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave as Financial Adviser in Bahrain, annual budgets and reports, and the economic situation in the country more generally. Correspondence is between officials at the Political 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Belgrave himself.
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The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 183; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-72, and between ff 93-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget'
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- 177r:182v, 160r:160v, 128r:146v, 95r:122v, 86r:87v, 8r:72v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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