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File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’ [107r] (218/863)
The record is made up of 1 volume (428 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1919-28 Mar 1924. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Advanced ’ey Captain Bray out of
lus own pocket in June 1919 ... Rs. 147-3-0
Interest or, account nith Baric. £.5-4-7.
Receiyed from the h.L.Q.
seHies Francs. 210/-
ximn.ced by Cartain Bray in
Beptember IS 19 ........... C 'o
o,i Rs. 15.000/- refer^
red to above, as
well as out of the
175-65. marginally noted
receipus. Xt also a'?.eludes the cost of 5 first
class passages from Bombay to Suez by the H.T.
"Egra" at r.s.930 each as well as the cost of passages
anou:'tinn to Bs.704/- from Bombay to Bahrein. The Controller
of Marine Accounts Bombay, has communicated the former
figure to tils office, but lie has reported that : o claims
on this account are traceable in his registers nor have
any debits on account of cost of passages been raised
against this office as yet. The debit for the latter sum
has been raised by the Accountant General, Bombay.
3. I may also explain that the account rendered by
Captain Bray is in different kinds of currency, because
out of the sum of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
15.000/- advanced to him by the
Accountant General, Bombay, he purchased foreign coins to
meet the demands of the mission in Foreign countries.
S
Thus, in June 1919 he exchanged Rs.700/- for 51 •60’ Egyp
tian piastars, out of which, lie again exchanged 7-20 piastars
(shown as equivalent to Rs.102/14 for £7-3-2) in British
Currency, in Judy 1219 and September 1919 he exchanged
Rs.50Q/- and £30/- for 963-50 and 885 francs respectively,
while in June and July 1919 he received £1107-9-5 in
exchar re '!or Rs. 13.291-13-6. In the absence of any in
formation as to the rate of exchange prevailing on the dates
the payments were made in foreign coins, I am not in a
position no work our the exact rupee equivalents of these
payments and have therefore calculated the rupee
equivalents on the basis of the average value of the
foreign coins purchased out of Indian coins. On this
basis, the average value of each foreign coin works up ifco
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The volume contains papers mostly relating to the visit, as state guests, of a deputation (Mission) from Koweit [Kuwait], including Sheikh Ahmad bin Jabar [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], the heir to the Emir of Koweit [Kuwait], and a deputation (Mission) from Najd (Nejd), including Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], the son of the Emir of Najd, Ibn Saud, to England, Scotland and Wales in October and November 1919, and of the Koweit Mission to Ireland, and of the Najd Mission to various battlefields in France and Belgium in November and December 1919.
It includes correspondence concerning arrangements for the visit, including criticism by 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. of the arrangements made for the accommodation of the party by the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works, the perceived unsatisfactory nature of which was reported on in articles in the Daily Graphic and The Times newspapers.
The volume also includes correspondence regarding expenditure incurred in relation to the visits of the Koweit and Najd Missions, of another Mission from Bahrein in 1919, and of a mission sent by Ibn Saud to the Hedjaz in 1920, and the division of the costs of these visits between Indian and Imperial Revenues, and between different British Government departments.
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; the Foreign Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works; Captain Daniel Vincent McCollum, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait; the Treasury; and the Colonial Office.
The volume includes the following letters in Arabic: from Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud to King George V, 1 August 1919 (folios 287 to 288); from Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ to King George V, 30 October 1919 (folios 284 to 285); and from Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud to the Secretary of State for India (folios 183 and 162). The file includes English translations of all of these letters, except folio 183.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (428 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 4006 (Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/843.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; 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 4-427; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’
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- front, back , spine , edge , head , tail, front-i, 2r:152v, 154v:161v, 166r:182v, 184r:256r, 257r:280v, 283r:283v, 289r:291v, 296r:297v, 303r:303v, 305r:331v, 333r:338v, 340r:340v, 342r:356v, 357v:368v, 369v:375v, 376v:400v, 401v:404v, 405v:429v, back-i
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