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‘Bushire Residency Records: An Alphabetical Index of the subject matter of (i) Old Records, and (ii) “A” Series Bound Volumes compiled in 1945’
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The volume is an index of the records created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency between around 1850 and 1945. The old records (folios 1-6) are a list of files referred to by Tuson (1979) as ‘old records’ or the ‘old system.’ The title and date of each file is listed, alongside its file numb...
The indexes, registers and filing guides contain lists of the subject files created by the Residency in the Persian Gulf between circa 1880 and 1947, including all those created under the auspice of the A and B Series, and Confidential Office. Each index is typewritten, but features numerous hand...
The volume is an index of those files created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency that came under the general heading ‘B Series’. The B Series was created in 1945 from those A Series files (see the A Series index at Z/R/15/1/1) that remained open at the time. New B series files were opened un...
The volume is an index of those files created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency, that came under the general heading ‘B Series’. The B Series was created in 1945 from those A Series files (see the A Series index at Z/R/15/1/1) that remained open at this time. New B series files were opened ...
The volume is an index of those files created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency, that came under the jurisdiction of the Confidential Office of the Residency. Under each subject heading, the subject number, file number and title of the file is listed. A note at the front of the volume (fol...
‘Original list of bound confidential files in the confidential office’
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The volume is an index of the confidential files created by staff in the confidential office of the Persian Gulf Residency. The main lists in the file include columns for the serial number (the confidential subject letter and an incremental number), the file/volume number (derived from the A and...
‘Duplicate list of bound confidential files in the confidential office’
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The volume is a duplicate copy of an index of the confidential files (IOR/Z/R/15/1/5) created by staff in the Confidential Office of the Persian Gulf Residency. The main list in the file (folios 4-78) includes columns for the serial number (the confidential subject letter and an incremental numb...
‘Introductory Guide to the Government of India filing system’
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The introductory guide, of which there are three identical copies in the file, comprises a set of explanatory notes describing the filing system used by the Government of India from the eighteenth century until 1948, followed by a subject index. The notes describe the arrangement and custodial ...
The file is an index of those A series files, originally created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency, that underwent weeding during the process of the transfer of the Bushire files to the Foreign Office in London. There is a top-level index of the subjects included in the main index on folio ...
