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'File 19/176 VI Bahrain Finances' [‎113r] (226/253)

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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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CONFIDENTIAL
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PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
BAHRAI N,
the 26th November 1947•
Please refer to your demi-official letter
No.C/10&3 dated the 9th November, 1947, on the subject of
the Bahrain Civil List,
2. I enclose herewith a copy of a very useful
note which has been prepared by Croning,
3# I feel that before asking His Majesty's Govern
ment for authority to inform the Shaikh on the lines proposed
in paragraph 6 of Jackson^ letter you or I or both of us
must endeavour to persuade him in a personal interview to
meet all or part of the cost of the Civil List dearness
allowance from his share of the oil royalties and that before
we do this we must be very sure of our facts. Fcrjinstance
Belgrave in his demi-official letter No«1760-9A dated the
16th August, 194C, tries to make out that the Shaikh really
cannot afford to pay the allowance from this source. Can we
counter Belgrave^ arguments ?
4. My view at present is that the grant of dearness
allowance at 60% on Civil List salaries is reasonable under
present conditions and that it is only the source from which
it should be paid that is in issue. If you do not agree
with this view you will no doubt let me know.
C.J. Pelly. Esquire, O.B.E.,
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. ,
PAHfiAIN

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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)
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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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