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File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’ [121r] (219/494)
The record is made up of 1 item (258 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1903-9 Jul 1928. 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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Minute Paper.
Department.
■’ioy may fairly be charged with being wooden and with
having taken up an unintelligent attitude; they
evince rather a fancy for red-tape: hut according to
the strict letter of the contract, it is not they who
are the transgressors.
In the circumstances, it appears that our best
chance of avoiding financial liability is to approach
the Treasury on the general ground of our financial
freedom from responsibility for Arabian affairs - or
at any rate limited responsibility.
The amounts in question are:-
(a) Interpreter
(b) Northern Tour
(c) Savoy Hotel(2nd visit)
(d) Trip to Portsmouth, Cambridge
£136. 10. 0
£343. 10. 91
£4$4. 9. 6
£ 38. 16. 9
Hendon,Southampton
as a matter of practical economy it might be a sound
course if the Secretary of State in Council sanctioned
the payment of I.Ie3sr>3*3ook T s an r1 the Savoy T s bills,
without prejudice, before interest accumulates.
The question of incidence of the cost of deputing
the Officers attached needs consideration.
2 gns. a day while on duty. He is a p^ooai/ioner o±
.the Indian Pol. Depart.ient;and Bahrein, where he was
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.
, is on the cadre or Ihe midian
Political Department. During and since the war there
have been irregularities in posting to Bahrein
(Copt.Bray himself was posted there from military
duty with the LI.B.P. not as from and by the India*
Political Department) but the cost of fae post
<x) (08860) VVt. P813,41 3000 4-19 W T5 & L
(69780) P534/25 5000 7-19
apart
P534/25 5000 7-19
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This part contains correspondence regarding the visit of a Mission (deputation) consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein [Bahrain], Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant, to the United Kingdom and Paris in 1919.
It includes correspondence regarding arrangements for the visit, but most of the correspondence relates to expenditure on the visit, including: the question as to how far the Government Hospitality Fund accepts responsibility for the expenses connected with the visit, including the payment of an interpreter; and the adjustment of the account of Major Norman Napier Bray (Political Officer attached to the Bahrein Mission) in connection with the Bahrein Mission.
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 (‘Political, Baghdad’); the Foreign Office; the Treasury; the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works; Norman Napier Bray; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department; Haji Abdul Majid Belshah, of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution (Interpreter to the Mission from Bahrein); the Accountant General, Bombay; and the Accountant General, (Civil) Baghdad.
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- File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’
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- 12r:107v, 109r:110v, 112r:116v, 118r:125v, 128r:142v, 145r:151v, 152v, 154r:170v, 171v:208v, 210r:216v, 218r:258v
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