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File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’ [54r] (85/494)
The record is made up of 1 item (258 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1903-9 Jul 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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Prom
To
No. 246-X.
2528 i
i i C O A
The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Denartrent,
L.D.Wakely, Esquire, ^ \
Secretary, Political Derartnent,
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.
, LONDON.
L
Dated Simla, the 22^ Hay 1924.
Sxnenditure on account of the visit of certain Arab
Shaikhs to England.
Sir,
yt
I am directed to refer to pararzraoh 3 of Mr. Bray’s
letter No.246-X, dated 9th August 1923, repardiny the
adjustment of the balance in hand with Major il.N.S.Bray
on account of the Bahrein Mission.
2. Out of the advances drawn by him Major Bray held the
following balances
In Sterling • • • £ 20u " 3_6
In Indian Currency . . • ^ 3 * 13-12-6.
The equivalent of a pound in Indian Currency at the time was
approximately Rs. 12. At this rate the sterling balance
amounted to Rs.2,404-9-7, and addins to this the balance
_ : rjWj.of Rs.13-12-6 Major Bray had altogether Rs. 2,418-6-1 in
’ . i 1 S '.>h'and. He subsequently (li&a his letter to you, dated
,1' " ^ 26th July 1322) rendered a supplementary account of Rs.
593 - 3-6 and wanted this amount to be taxen m part
p Mj-Li adjustment of the balance in hand, but for the reasons
explained in the enclosed _co L y_of_a_letter addressed to
Prom" the _ Accountan t'oenerahCentral Revenues , No. j Major Bray, a
T.A/2, dated 5th april 13<^. sum of Rs.
146-2-11 was not adjusted oy the
Accountant General, Central
Revenues,
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This part contains correspondence regarding the visit of a Mission (deputation) consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein [Bahrain], Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant, to the United Kingdom and Paris in 1919.
It includes correspondence regarding arrangements for the visit, but most of the correspondence relates to expenditure on the visit, including: the question as to how far the Government Hospitality Fund accepts responsibility for the expenses connected with the visit, including the payment of an interpreter; and the adjustment of the account of Major Norman Napier Bray (Political Officer attached to the Bahrein Mission) in connection with the Bahrein Mission.
The main correspondents include: 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 Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (‘Political, Baghdad’); the Foreign Office; the Treasury; the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works; Norman Napier Bray; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department; Haji Abdul Majid Belshah, of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution (Interpreter to the Mission from Bahrein); the Accountant General, Bombay; and the Accountant General, (Civil) Baghdad.
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