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File 4006/1919 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Visit of the sons of the Sheikh of Koweit + Amir of Nejd to England.’ [270r] (543/863)
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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4. If it is thought that the above principle would involve a possibly serious
burden upon the British Treasury, we would submit that the following three
considerations should be borne in mind :—
(1) That the occasions upon which His Majesty’s Government will be
called upon to dispense hospitality of the nature referred to must,
in the nature of things, be exceedingly rare ;
(2) That His Majesty’s Government will always have it in their power
to regulate their total sumptuary outlay by limiting the number
of invited guests ; and
(3) That the Indian chiefs and nobles who belong to the category of
possible guests are in the habit of making donations and con
tributions towards public objects, both in India and while in
England, greatly in excess of those that may be anticipated from
any other class of guests ; and that exceptional treatment may
therefore be held to be justified by exceptional deserts.
5. For all these reasons we should greatly regret any attempt to discrimi
nate in principle between Indian and non-Indian guests of Great Britain ; and
we should prefer, in the event of any individual case or group of cases appearing
to demand exceptional treatment, that the case should be considered on its
merits as it arises. We presume that if the above general principle is accepted,
the Government of India of the day would be given an opportunity of expressing
their views before any departure from it should be decided upon.
6. We observe that Your Lordship’s suggestion for the appointment of an
inter-departmental Committee referred only to the incidence of expenditure in
respect of any Indian guests who may visit the United Kingdom, and w r e have
so far confined our remarks to the case of such guests. We think, however, that
the opportunity might be taken with advantage to determine the principles
which should govern the entertainment of other Asiatic guests, such for instance
as the Persian Envoy. We think it inequitable that India should be called
upon to contribute to the cost of entertaining any non-Indian guests who may
proceed to England on the invitation of His Majesty’s Government; and we
should be glad if this point also could be examined by the inter-departmental
Committee, and if favourable consideration could be given to our views.
MY have, &c.,
(Signed)
CURZOK.
A. P. PALMER.
T. RALEIGH.
E. F.-G. LAM r .
E. R. ELLES.
A. T. ARITKDEL.
DEYZIL IB BETS OH.
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Letter from the India
No. 7.
Office to the Treasury ) No, 1. 7589, dated
21st January, 1903.
With reference to previous correspondence relating to the appointment of
a Committee to consider the procedure to be adopted, and the incidence of
expenditure, in respect of Indian guests who may visit this country in future
by invitation of His Majesty’s Government, I am directed to inform you that
the Secretary of State for India in Council has now received the Committees
report, of which a copy is enclosed.
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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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- 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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