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IOR/L/PS/12/2156
- Record Id:
- 040-000557176
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557080
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002b6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055622913.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2156
- Title:
- Coll 6/83 'Saudi Arabia: Exemption of Saudi nationals from Koshan tax.'
- Scope & Content:
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This file documents the British response to a recent Saudi royal command exempting Saudi nationals from paying a tax known as koshan (a tax levied on journeys from Jedda to Mecca or Medina) during the off-season, i.e. the four-month period of the year when pilgrims are not travelling to or returning from Mecca or Medina.
The correspondence discusses British concerns that British subjects in Saudi Arabia (who along with other foreigners would still have to pay the tax) are being discriminated against; it also records the outcome of a request made to the Saudi Government by His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard) for the tax exemption to be extended to foreign residents.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000557080
040-000557176 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/2061-2170 : Political (External) Collection 6: Arabia
IOR/L/PS/12/2156 : Coll 6/83 'Saudi Arabia: Exemption of Saudi nationals from Koshan tax.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0007]/037-000557080[0096]/040-000557176
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (15 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002b6
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1 Jun 1937-12 May 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 6/83
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)