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File 488/1920 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- General question of subsidies to Arab Rulers.’ [28r] (52/163)
The record is made up of 1 item (99 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1920-6 Apr 1925. 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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A letter should he drafted forthwith to the
Treasury stating that I cannot agree to the reduction of
Bin Saud T s salary as proposed during the present year,
and making out a strong case showing the danger to which
our whole process of contraction in Mesopotamia will be
exposed if this r penny wise, pound foolish’ policy is
persisted in.
The whole question of the subsidies must be
PQ-yisod a,s part of the general niStimates, buo until I am
in a position to decide on the policy to be pursued in
Mesopotamia there can be no reduction either in the case
Lttjt c p t i-i i ± i
of Bin Baud -or M / v -V f v 1 * ' f 4 * - <
Let me see the draft which you will prepare
on this subject.
7 / 2 / 21 .
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This part contains papers relating to the question of subsidies paid to Arab rulers, including Ibn Saud, the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], and the King of the Hedjaz.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Treasury; the Foreign Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department.
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- File 488/1920 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- General question of subsidies to Arab Rulers.’
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- 3r:3v, 5r:17r, 17ar, 17v:83v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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