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IOR/R/15/2/963
- Record Id:
- 040-000229281
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001d2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023825184.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/963
- Title:
- File 1/1 Political Agents, Bahrain: Appointments, Transfers, Expenses, Leave
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns changes of incumbent as Political Agent, Bahrain and covers the service of six different Political Agents and one Indian Assistant who took temporary charge of the Agency. The papers consist of correspondence and forms, and include charge certificates recording apointments as Political Agent; last pay certificates; papers concerning salary; papers concerning travel arrangements and expenses; correspondence concerning mess charges for journeys by ship; papers relating to the provision of motor cars for Political Agents; receipts issued when Agents received charge of the Treasury at Bahrain; covering letters for specimen signatures and seals; and correspondence from banks and Gulf rulers relating to changes of Political Agents.
The file also includes a draft transcript of a speech by Lieutenant Colonel Percy Gordon Loch on his arrival in Bahrain as the new Political Agent, 4 December 1932, and correspondence in Arabic between Loch and Captain Everard Huddlestone Gastrell and various Gulf rulers relating to their appointment to and departure from the post of Political Agent, Bahrain, dated 1932 to 1933.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229279
038-000229280
040-000229281 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/963-1048 : File 1: Establishment
IOR/R/15/2/963 : File 1/1 Political Agents, Bahrain: Appointments, Transfers, Expenses, Leave - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0001]/040-000229281
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (302 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001d2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 19 May 1926-13 Jan 1934
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation system in use starts with f. 4, the first of the file after the front cover and continues to the last folio before the back cover (f. 290). The foliation is in pencil and appears in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 13, 13A; 43, 43A, 43B; 76, 76A, 76B; 112, 112A; 174, 174A; 207, 207A, 207B; 222, 222A; 223, 223A, 223B; 225, 225A; 226, 226A; 232, 232A; 233, 233A; 234, 234A; 235, 235A; 270, 270A; 272, 272A; 274, 274A; 276, 276A; 278, 278A. The following folio number does not exist: 28. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 11, 12, 13, 38, 68. A second foliation starts with 225 on f. 224: this sequence is later crossed out.
- Former External References:
- English Office files: 1/1
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)