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IOR/R/15/2/1036
- Record Id:
- 040-000229354
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000253
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023515060.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1036
- Title:
- File 1/43 Personal File: Captain Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast
- Scope & Content:
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The file relates to the service of Captain (later Major) R C Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast, who reported to the Political Agent, Bahrain.
The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, forms, certificates, and notifications, cover the following topics: pay and allowances; leave; travel arrangments; appointment and transfer; correspondence with banks; papers concerning Murphy's request to purchase rifles and ammunition from the Political Residency, Bushire, November 1945 to January 1946; Murphy's confirmation in the Indian Political Service, March 1946; payment of bill from the Officers' mess, RAF Sharjah, July 1946; transfer and insurance of personal effects; and papers concerning an incident in which items of cargo, including five packages of personal effects belonging to Murphy, together with some Bahrain Agency office equipment, had been jettisoned by the Nakhuda of the Agency launch during a storm, with subsequent correspondence, July 1946 to May 1947.
The Arabic language content of this file consists of a letter, with separate English translation, from the Nakhuda of the Bahrain Agency launch, 29 May 1947; and a signature and letterhead.
The correspondence in this file dates from 12 June 1945 - 22 June 1948. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
- 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
040-000229354 - 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/15/2/1036 : File 1/43 Personal File: Captain Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0074]/040-000229354
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (131 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000253
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 12 Jun 1945-5 Jul 1948
- 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 131 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second, incomplete foliation sequence begins at the first document after the front cover. This is also written in pencil, but is uncircled, and appears in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 1/43
- 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)