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84                        Records of Bahrain
                                The Agoney.
             mflduntial.
                                 Bahrain.?orsian Oulf.
                        pf  o          22/8/23
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                        The Hon'ble tko Political ’teoiAon t
                                 Bushlro,
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             lu 10 randan'
                                  Allowancen-Al Kkalifeh jhaily,.

              3killc Hamad informs no that ho has good grounds for bollering tka't ' A'x'
             liilk Basatat tko instigation of his wifb, kaV written to Bin send'eiem-
             pltining of kis financial peoitiontwith a viow to his into reeding with
             ifremnnnt. i think it io unlikely that hoxwill do ao.aa tkoro are roally
             ti grounds onwkiok ke oould interfere in suek a'natter *'The Xao ts as

              ilready roported art— Shaik Bus* kaa an allowaneeef Ra^OOOpor mensem,
              i* addition ko wae givon an extra sum of H030OO          any pots ible
              ^xpinaos of hio: summer move to Mam nek, though it la diffieult to' see*
              tar. tke oxpon8t oould oxoood: a few hnndrod 'rupoea.and ba'ek debts of kia,
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              .Xf tko tune of something likr. a lakk are being pai'dSff for kinVHe kaa
              .bew relieved of ‘every expense except purely personal expenditure;
              All allowance8 ^pensions etc-being paid by tko; state;Ho';kko also boon
              iliXt in possession of nuok atate property,fron wkiok ko goto an ineoneC':
              •X at loaot Ha 2000 per mensem,and prob* ly nearly Ha <“4000- A pre#f*;tf; \
              l/tho faot tkat ke is well offtio tko fm t tkat ,through a mistaken idea'.
              tlu^t it will foroo r.kuiic Hamad*a hand.kt kaa doollned to draw klo

              allowance from tko Bank, where a sum of Ha 16000 kaa aecumulated in kia
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              ~'Mtount,& kaa petulantly rofuaod to move ever to Uamanck as is kis, -f'p
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               •UBtom in tke ket v/oatkor#and te draw tke money for tke move .Ho has,:. til
               been paying kis way & kaa not borrowed money.In faet kis receipts
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                Xroa kia property aro probably quito suffioiont for him te live on &
                It ia pure oonile potulanoo wkiek prevents kia from bonifitting from,>\v

                klo allowance* His wife kaa led kirn to believe tkat ko should oxpeetf
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                *t leatt Ba 30000 per mensem,which aomeeno kaa told kor is the allow?,.#
                                                                     *'    • S?- r.!v'v:w$
                *nee uado to tko Sultan of Hu seat. Shaik Hamad io of opinion
                akuil £*oa is oomfortmbly eff.altkoagk ke kas had to-atop ooatt^xl^|0|
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               '^rgoose to bundroda of beduins as in tko past was kis kabit^VfkVfevi^
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