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File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority' [165v] (339/418)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 6 Oct 1916-5 Apr 1922. 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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Treasury, it seems desirable that they should be in possession
of full and exact figures under all heads. These are
doubtless ascertainable from Baghdad or Delhi,
b- For the failure to obtain renewed Treasury sanction,
this Office must, I think, be held primarily responsible. The
Government of India in their telegram of 7th December 1916
asked for sanction to grant Emir Bin Baud a subsidy of £5000
per mensem, without suggesting any particular period for its
duration. Then comes the Treasury Order of 1st January
1917, granting the subsidy for six months; but this Office’s
telegram of 4th January 1917 to the Government of India runs
“Your proposal approved”, without mentioning the limitations to
six months. It is clear from the sequel that the Government
of India took this as an authority to continue payment until
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receipt of orders to stop payment - which orders they have not
yet received.
1. It is worth noting (1) that the actual Treasury
sanction was communicated (by post) to the Government of India,
though without special instructions (2) that a copy of this
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Office telegram to the Government of India was communicated
to the Foreign Office. Either thejflE communications were
not noticed (being treated as mere routine) or their
implications were overlooked. In any case, I hardly think
that either circumstance is enough to clear this Office of
primary responsibility.
The Financial Department does not appear to have seen
the telegram of 4th January 191J at the time of its despatch.
(Papers (1) (2) (3) and (4)).
^ The financial aspect of His Majesty’s Government’s
relations with Bin Baud came up again in January 1918,
culminating in a telegram addressed by this Office to the
Viceroy on 14th January 1910 to the effect that it will suffice
for the present to dole out such small sums of money to Bin
Baud as are thought desirable. Lord Hardinge has initialled
* (on
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The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and 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. Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following:
- The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost of which would be borne by Imperial Revenues.
- The enquiry into the authority given for the continuance of the payment by the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, of the £5,000 monthly subsidy to Ibn Saud beyond the period of six months originally sanctioned by the Treasury.
- The proposal to debit Ibn Saud’s subsidy against the surplus revenues of Mesopotamia [Iraq].
- The request 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. from the War Office for a refund of £69,068.
The main correspondents are: 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 and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Treasury; the Civil Commissioner Baghdad; Sir Percy Zachariah Cox; and Harry St John Bridger Philby.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (202 folios)
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The subject 4931 (Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority) consists of one volume.
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 202; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 59-178; these numbers are written in crayon.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:73v, 75r:76v, 78r:124v, 126v:129v, 135r:135v, 138r:202v, ii-r:iii-v, back
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