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Family reoeived the huge aura of
Rs*l8,94,634/~ from the State* The

&1 Subah of Kuwait who aro a family
ae noble aa the al Khalifa and as
numoroue do not receive a quarter of

this sum* While in Bagdad 1 enquired
the omounto received by the Royal
Family there and Hie Excellency the
Ambaaeador told me that the late King
Ohasl uaed to receive £ 20,000/- a
year, about Rb*13 lokhB, and the

Regent now receivee only £ 12,000/-
or Rs*7,80,000/-* In other uordu
Your Highness receiveb as much as the
King of a country with thirty five
times the population of Bahrain, and

yet thio ie not enough* la the money
poured into the aea 7 1 knew Bahrain
before all this wealth oame and apart
from a few more motor care, and a few
more gold ewords and eome new houses

I cannot understand where it all goes*
The al Khalifa are not more numerous,
they pay no taxee, they do not even
pay for thoir eons' education, and

thooe who work receive on additional
28,440/- rupees for their trouble*
4* It will be seen from the
attached memorandum that the payments
to the Family for the last 5 years

/ have

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