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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.’ [‎125v] (228/494)

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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as a corollary to the hostilities against rurkey f the
cost of which is an Imperial liability^ In that ot
the cost of sea transport for the mission, rail Sj
transport from Maresilles ( vide the attached copy of J
correspondence received from the *ar Of .ice), the coat
of the visit to Paris, and any other
expenses met from the Btua advinaad to
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27th October 1919
( enclosures*
Captain Bray at Bombay would all fall to be borne by
Imperial Revenues*
The Bahrein agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. however has not yet been transferred
from the cadre of the Indian Political Department, and
the Government of India still remain co-partners in
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uio responsibility for the^/affairs and expenditure in
the lorsi m Gulf; and for this reason the Secretary of
State in Council is prepared to accept as a charge on
Indian Revenues a moiety Of the expenditure incurred on
the Bahrein Hiss!on outside this country, mkfr
(if (A tji ++ •
oanJ1 ■'ontrr’ bfta<T)Their Lordships accept the
laeaaAning-half A ’as a charge on Iinperial Revenues*
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APPROVED CG
2 JAN 1920
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-INANOE DOMMiTTEE APPROX
29 DEC 19W

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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.’ [‎125v] (228/494), 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_100074780347.0x00003e> [accessed 10 May 2024]

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