'File 19/176 VI Bahrain Finances' [125r] (250/253)
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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D.O.No.C/350.
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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BAHRAIN,
Dated 6th April, 194§^
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I took up the/sratter of the Civil List referred to
in your d.o. N0.638-S, dated the 23rd March, 1948, with
the Shaikh yesterday.
2. I tried to make the point that it is not the
Shaikh's expenditure on his family that we are questioning,
but the incidence of that expenditure on the State Budget.
As usual, the Shaikh avoided the real issue by saying that
he had to increase the allowances because prices have gone
much higher - a proposition which it was impossible to
contradict. He went over (for about an hour) more or less
the points he made to Belgrave, though he did not say that
the increases were made with the knowledge of Galloway.
When he mentioned Kuwait, I said that Kuwait ought to take
Bahrain as an example, and he should not argue that Bahrain
should follow Kuwait's example - he avoided this argument.
I then told him that the light of publicity^shone upon
Bahrain and there was bound to be public criticism if a dis
proportionate amount ofthe State's income is spent on the
Al -Khalifah. He said that he only disposed of one-third
of the royalties and that the other two-thirds are devoted
to State purposes. This is important. He did not argue
that one-third of the royalties should be paid to the Ruler
and one-third to the Ruling Family. I hope that if he
contemplates a further move of this kind that he will refer
to us in future; and at this late stage that is all we
can hope for. ,
The Hon'ble Sir Rupert Hay, KCIE, CSI,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
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Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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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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- Title
- 'File 19/176 VI Bahrain Finances'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 5v, 9v:10v, 13v:17v, 19v:20v, 22v:38v, 46v, 52v:58v, 61v:62v, 64v, 67v, 70v:89v, 90v, 91v, 93v:103v, 104v, 107r:108v, 109v:122v, 123v:125v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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