‘File 16/55 Haji Khudadad Charitable Fund.’

Title:

‘File 16/55 Haji Khudadad Charitable Fund.’

Date:

1941/1949

Description:

Abstract: Papers relating to the disposal at Bahrain and Sharjah of annual incomes derived from the Haji Khudadad charitable fund. The origin of the fund, named after the late Haji Khudadad bin Mohammed, who was Supply Agent at the British naval station at Bassidu [Bāsa‘īdū], is explained in a note written by staff at the Political Residency (folio 3). The funds were to be spent on Shia charities, but as no Shia charities existed in Bahrain, the annual allocation there of 350 Indian rupees was handed over to Dr Ralph Holmes of the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Manama, where it was to be used to assist poor Shias.The file includes:lists of individuals in Bahrain to whom money was paid (indicated in Indian rupees) from the Haji Khudadad fund;statements of expenditure incurred by the Political Agency in Bahrain from the Haji Khudadad fund;annual letters from Haji bin Ruqiayeh [also spelt Rokeya, Roqiyeh, Ruqieh, Rogya] requesting his inheritance from the estate of Haji Khudadad, followed by annual instructions from the British Residency to issue payment to Haji bin Ruqiayeh of 20 Indian rupees;correspondence concerning the expenditure in Dubai of money from the Haji Khudadad fund on beds for the Dubai hospital.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-47; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Charities
Hospitals
Shīʻah
Al Maktoum Hospital, Dubai
Haji Khudadad bin Mohammed

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00012d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00012d_en
IOR/R/15/2/1566
IOR/R/15/2/1566

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