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'File 19/176 VI Bahrain Finances' [‎15r] (29/253)

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The record is made up of 1 file (125 folios). It was created in 17 Oct 1941-6 Apr 1948. 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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i^l Fhalifah ^llovvanceo
During the later years of his rule Shaikh Hamad took
for his Privy Purse one-third of the Oil Royalties while the
remaining two-thirds was paid into the Bahrain Government
Treasury. Since Shaikh Salman became ^uler the <j±1 Royalties
have continued to be apportioned in the same manner.
2. Those members of the A1 Kha1ifah who have official
appointments under the Bahrain Government draw the salaries
shown in the annexure to this note. Other sources of revenue
to the A1 Khalifah are
(i) Civil List Payments and
(ii) Allowances given by His Highness the Shaikh from his
Privy Purse.
3. Civil List Payments during the last six years have been
as follows :«
These payments represent monthly allowances to members of the
A1 Khalifah and to certain old servants and dependents. As
will be seen from the figures given above there is no tendency
for payments from the Civil List to increase.
_ 4. From his Privy Purse His Highness ihaikh Salman gives
allowances aggregating Ks« 11,139/- monthly to various members
and dependents of his family. In addition to these monthly
allowances His Highness makes special payments twice a year when
Oil Royalties are received, on these six-»monthly ocGasions he
gives each of his two uncles :s. 20,000/- and to other members
Q- . amily a sum equal to their normal monthly allowance.
Occasionally His Highness has given members of his family sums
of money equal to two months 1 allowance but this is the exception
rather than the rule.
5. During recent months there has been a phenomenal rise
in the cost of living in ^ahrain^and members of the A1 Khalifah
have found difficulty in maintaining themselves and their house-
holdi- ^i^ highness has^invariably given financial assistance,
when he thought it Justified, from his . rivy i^urse^and has
never suggested either to the Adviser or myself that additional
payments should be made to the A1 Khalifah from State funds.
His Highness is careful in financial matters and deliberately
keeps the purse strings tight in order to make the members of
his family continually aware of their dependence on him.
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This file contains Bahrain government budget reports and other detailed financial records for the years 1941 to 1948. The documents in the file include details of goverment revenue and expenditure and discussion related to the size of the allowances received by the Al Khalifa family.

Of note are folios 41 and 42, on which financial details from 1943/44 have been printed on the reverse of two unrelated posters - presumably due to a paper shortage during war time.

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1 file (125 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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Previously a bound correspondence file but the sheets have now been unbound and are loose. Foliation in small encircled numbers in pencil in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Starts on front cover and continues to last letter page. Folios 41 and 42 are in an envelope. Additional inconsistent system of pagination starts with 3 on f.2. This is partly in larger uncircled numbers and partly in smaller numbers prefaced with 'p.'. Occasional pages also have large encircled numbers in red or blue crayon.

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