HC Deb 06 June 1905 vol 147 c866
MR. VINCENT KENNEDY

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is aware that the Amir has seen erroneously described as Siraj-ul-millat-wa-ud-din in a Parliamentary Paper; whether he should have been set out as Siraju-'lmillat wa'd-din; whether he is aware that the name Habibulla is a contraction for Habibu Allah; and will the authorities see that this matter is at once put right to avoid further confusion.

THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. T. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.

I am afraid that the hon. Member rather takes me out of my depth, but I am informed by competent persons that, while the transliteration of the Amir's title suggested by the hon. Gentleman may be somewhat more accurate than that habitually in use, the transliteration of his name is less accurate, and on the whole it is proposed to retain the present title.