'Memorandum by Colonel Cornwallis on the Future Policy of His Majesty's Government with regard to Subsidies to Chiefs of the Arabian Peninsula.'

Content

Printed memorandum issued by the Eastern (Arabia) Department of the Foreign Office and written by Lieutenant-Colonel Kinahan Cornwallis.

The memorandum contains a statement of the policy that should in future be adopted by the British Government in regard to the payment of subsidies to rulers in the Arabian peninsula. The statement was to be submitted to 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. and the Government of India, and then to the Treasury for final sanction. The memorandum considers:

• (a) the present position of 'Arab Chiefs' in the matter of subsidies;
• (b) the obligations to which the British Government are already committed either by treaty, custom or policy;
• (c) after deducting the amount that these obligations represent, the manner in which the balance of the provisional sum of £100,000 can best be divided among the remaining chiefs, taking into consideration their relative importance, their past and present services, and their capacity to injure or benefit British interests in future.

Extent and format

1 file (4 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 4 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the system used to determine the order of pages.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-7 (folios 1-4). These numbers appear in the top centre of each page.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B368

Former external reference(s)

B. 368

History of this record

Date(s)

16 Dec 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

SubsidiesRulersColonial policy

Places

Arabian Peninsula

People & organisations

Sir Kinahan Cornwallis

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