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IOR/R/15/2/1982
- Record Id:
- 040-000230334
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002cd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100034923247.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1982
- Title:
- Bahrain Agency accounts
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises papers (bills, receipts, vouchers) relating to the accounts of the Political Agency in Bahrain, for the months April 1922 to April 1923. Papers included for each month, or most months, include:
- statements of the cash account for the Political Agency in Bahrain, including a list of receipts and payments received;
- lists of foreign bills issued, with details of to whom they were granted, to whom payable, and amounts drawn;
- salary bills for the Political Agent (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) and others employed in the Political Agency;
- detailed pay bills for permanent staff in the Political Agency, including clerks and munshis;
- acquittance (payment) rolls for staff at the Political Agency;
- travel allowance bills;
- papers relating to postage and telegram charges, including approximately two-hundred Indo-European telegraph (Persian Gulf section) receipts for individual telegrams sent;
- vouchers for office expenditure, steam launch costs, annual and special repairs, sanitary expenditure;
- papers relating to salary bills and supplies for the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain.
Other papers included in the file include receipts and bills from commercial companies (some in Arabic), correspondence and file notes relating to the Agency accounts, and a detailed bill showing the cost of food and lodging for slaves seeking redress at the Political Agency (ff 250-254).
All monetary values quoted in the file are in Indian rupees, annas and pies.
- 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
037-000230332
040-000230334 - 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/15/2/1981-1989 : Bahrain Agency, Miscellaneous unnumbered accounts and papers
IOR/R/15/2/1982 : Bahrain Agency accounts - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0010]/037-000230332[0002]/040-000230334
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (595 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002cd
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1923
- Date Range:
- Apr 1922-Apr 1923
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 383; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The following foliation anomalies occur in the file: ff 30a-m; ff 31a-l; ff 32a-d; ff 65 a-k; ff 66 a-i; ff 83 a-b; ff 85 a-l; f 86a; ff 118 a-n; ff 139a-b; f 143a; f 162a; ff 173a-d; ff 188a-q, ff 188s-t; ff 189a-q, f 189s; ff 190a-h; ff 210a-h; ff 211a-l; ff 235a-k; f 238a; f 242a; ff 256a-o; f 267a; ff 276a-q, f 276s; ff 297a-p.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged by month, as follows: April 1922 (ff 2-38); May 1922 (ff 39-72); June 1922 (ff 73-96); July 1922 (ff 97-121); October 1922 (ff 122-143); September 1922 (ff 144-163); August 1922 (ff 164-199); November 1922 (ff 200-219); December 1922 (ff 220-241); January 1923 through to April 1923 (ff 242-382). Accounts for the months April 1922 through to December 1922 are preceded by a cover sheet. Accounts for the months January 1923 to April 1923 do not have a cover sheet, but broadly retain the same arrangements as previous months.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)