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' [169r] (346/418)
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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1 43/f-) 1 Treasury Foreign Office "Santion the
grant to Ihn
Saud,monthly
subsidy of
£5,000 as a
temporary
arrangement for
not more than
6 months in the
first instance*
2 5151 20*12.17*Cox
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.
Suggests payment
of £50,000 p.m.
for 3 months*
/
181
14.1.18*
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.
India*and
Cox.
Proposal of
P.5131 nega tired
"It will suffice
for present to
DOLE OUT money
to Ibn Saud
IN SUCH QUANTEM
as Cox may
think desirable 14
4 decision
€ H.M.GrOTt*
4 1009 9.3.18* Cox
2 months subsidy
advanced to be
considered a
gift.
V
1219
F. 0*
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.
. Foreign Office
approve of 4*
3565 15.8.18*
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.
India and
Baghdad.
/
H.M.CrOVt. agree
with me that
supply of funds
should be
liberal. x
7 3931 7.9.18. Baghdad
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.
Proposed to
increase
subsidy to
£ 10 , 000 .
8 4076 11.9.18. Baghdad
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.
.Will ba-
authorised to?
draw up to
£10 # 0QG p.m.
y
9 4618 17.10. Baghdad
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.
Proposed
monthly
allowance
£10,000 to end
of war.
ii II
U) (68860) Wfc
(69780)
P813 ; 4L 3000 4-19 W 9
P534/25 5000 7-19
telegram was initialled Lord Curzon.
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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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