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IOR/R/15/2/1009
- Record Id:
- 040-000229327
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000218
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023546978.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1009
- Title:
- File 1/24 I Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain
- Scope & Content:
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The file relates to the appointment and service of holders of the post of Assistant Political Agent at the Political Agency, Bahrain.
The papers consist of correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, certificates, claims for payment of overseas pay in England, last pay certificates, other forms, transcripts of telephone messages, charge certificates (recording appointments and transfers), and office orders.
The file covers the following topics: appointment, including advice on moving to, and living in Bahrain, April 1934; accommodation in Bahrain; travel arrangements, expenditure, and allowances; travel arrangements for servants; uniform, May and December 1934; correspondence concerning last pay certificates; appointment of sweeper; pay and allowances; leave salary; leave; Indian Civil Service Provident Fund; transport and insurance of personal effects; life insurance; transport of car from Karachi to Bahrain, July 1934; transport of refrigerator, August 1934; personal letters; certificates proving bearer was a Government servant; domestic bills; office order listing main duties of Assistant Political Agent, April 1935; and papers concerning training for the exercise of criminal powers, July 1935.
The Arabic language content of this file consists of two items of bilingual correspondence relating to the official visit of the new Assistant Political Agent to the Ruler of Bahrain, March 1935.
- 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
040-000229327 - 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/15/2/1009 : File 1/24 I Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0047]/040-000229327
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (217 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000218
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1935
- Date Range:
- 28 Mar 1934-31 Aug 1935
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 211 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil and appears in either the top right or top centre portion of the recto page of each folio. The folio numbers are sometimes underlined or circled, but there is no consistency. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1, 1A; ff. 53, 53A; ff. 88, 88A; ff. 112, 112A, 112B; ff. 132, 132A; ff. 171, 171A. The following numbers do not appear in the sequence: 83, 177. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: 217. A second foliation sequence numbered 1-22 is present in the notes at the rear of the file, between ff. 189-210. These numbers are also written in pencil and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each of the folios concerned.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 1/24 I
- 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)