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IOR/R/15/2/1888
- Record Id:
- 040-000230239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00026f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030267155.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1888
- Title:
- File C/3 Travelling allowance bills
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains numerous travelling allowance bills (certificates) submitted by staff either working for the Bahrain Political Agency or staff subordinate to it. The bills include particulars of journeys made and include information on the trips taken, their purpose, their cost, and the method of transport used. Invoices and receipts are also sometimes included with the bills, which are primarily from the British Overseas Airways Corporation; Cox and Kings Limited; and Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited. The file also contains internal Agency notes on the matter.
The travelling allowance bills are divided into two groups:
- those submitted by Gazetted Government Servants — the Political Agent, the Assistant Political Agent, the Quarantine and Medical Officer, the Indian Assistant, and the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast;
- those submitted by Non-Gazetted Government Servants — the Head Clerk, the Second Clerk, the Third Clerk, the Head Munshi, the Third Munshi, the Treasury Clerk, the Confidential Clerk, the Confidential Stenographer, and the Superintendent.
- 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
037-000230174
040-000230239 - 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/15/2/1824-1980 : Bahrain Agency, Vernacular Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1888 : File C/3 Travelling allowance bills - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0009]/037-000230174[0065]/040-000230239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (194 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00026f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- Mar 1943-Mar 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 196; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Vernacular Office Files: File C/3
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged very loosely in reverse chronological order from November 1944 to March 1943 for most of the file. However from folio 156 the papers jump back to October 1944 and then proceed loosely in chronological order up to March 1945 at the end of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)