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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.’ [‎125r] (227/494)

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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" the expenses incurred in this country for the
accommodation and entertainment of the Mission,
includijag the cost of the s ervices of the interpreter„
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should be borne by the Iiaparial Exchequer.
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The cost of deputing Captain Bray (and later^on
his falling ill. Captains Caiaptell and Hedg^oook)
would also so fall under .the ruling in White Paper
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Gd: 1515-of 1903. This.amounts in the case of
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Forr^aoondence relating to ilia entertainment) Captain Bray to
of Indian and Colonial guests visiting this )
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of Indian and Colonial guests visiting this I .
country hy invitation of His Majesty’s • j increase of pay from r
22ZZ£B22±5s. . 2/3 full pay plus 2 gns.
i.e.from Ra.425
to Rs,5''^2 3p,ia«
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2/3 full pay plus 2 gns.
a day, while actually attached to the Mission; and in
the oape of Captains Campbell and Hedg^cooh to 2 gns.
a day while so attached, both these officers oeing in
*any ease on full,pay at the tirae, chargeable So
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Mesopotamian HeTenues.
As regards• expenses outside this country Mr«
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liontagu feels some, hesitation, in «jU-l|iiag bhe
'council of India: to accept any share as a charge on
Indian Revenues, as a r-sult of hostilities a- inst
the Turkish iimpire the diredtion of policy in regard
to the Chi.fs of Eastern Arabia has to a considerable
extent been withdrawn frorr. the scope of the
Government of India and centralized with the Chief
Political Officer of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary
Force, later the Civil Commissioner Baghdad: in
affect the division of responsibility advocated hy
His Majesty’s Government in March 1917 as tlwt to
ultimately adopted has to a large extent been
„ ,,-flar force of circumstances
anticipated in practice under roi
Moreover, the primary object of the Bahrein Missl
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His Hjijesty on iM snoooo.fnl (,»«•«»« «*
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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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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.’ [‎125r] (227/494), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/850/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074780347.0x00003d> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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