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'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.' [33r] (71/80)
The record is made up of 1 volume (40 folios). It was created in 22 Oct 1925-9 Mar 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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special agreement between the parties, "be paid either in
gold or in Arab dollars; the Turkish dollars figuring in
the account being converted at the rate prevailing when the
debt was contracted, i.e. one hundred and twelve piastres
Miri to one gold pound.
Article 7 . Foreign silver coins, Turkish or Maria Theresa
dollars imported into the country shall be treated as specie
and be liable to customs duty.
Article 8. Government departments shall accept Arab silver
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coins and the Arabic nickel coins "Kalal" at the rates
fixed in Article 4 and shall pay gold against them on demand
Article 9. The Finance department shall be prepared at all
times to exchange coins (silver and nickel) against gold
pounds and vice versa on demand.
Article 10 . The Director General of Finance shall take
the necessary measures to open a special department in the
Finance Office for the exchange of silver and nickel coins
against gold and vice versa.
Article 11 . Any person found guilty of counterfeiting or
aiding in the counterfeiting of the Arab coins (silver or
nickel) will be liable to a minimum fine of one hundred
pounds gold with three months imprisorment.
Article 1 2. Any person importing into the country Arab
coins (silver or nickel) counterfeited abroad or aiding and
abetting such import will also be liable to the above
mentioned minimum penalty.
A rticle 15 . Any person found guilty of circulating counter
feit coins or of attempting to do so or assisting in doing
so will be liable in the same way to the same penalty.
Article 14 , Any person suspecting an Arab coin to be
spurious should forward it to the nearest Finance Department
giving
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams and reports concerning events in the Hejaz. The correspondence is between the Colonial Office, 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 Foreign Office, the Political 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. in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the British Consulate in Jeddah, and the Government of India.
The subjects covered in the volume are two Indian Muslim delegations that travel to the Hejaz for talks with Ibn Sa'ud, the abdication of 'Ali, Hussein's arrival in Iraq, and new coinage introduced in Najd-Hejaz.
Included is a report by S. R. Jordan, the acting Agent in Jeddah, on the activities of one of the Indian delegations (folio 18), and a copy of the regulation for the new coinage (folios 31-34).
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- 1 volume (40 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio, begins with 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, and then proceeds as normal from 2 through to 37 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. It should be noted that there is no f 19, the number 19 is written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of f 18.
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- IOR/R/15/1/566
- Title
- 'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:18v, 20r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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