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IOR/R/15/5/396
- Record Id:
- 040-000242467
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000217
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100073936314.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/396
- Title:
- Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India
- Scope & Content:
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The volume is the second edition of Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India, printed by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924. The volume begins with extracts from the proclamations and speeches of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V that relate to India (folio 9), followed by an introduction containing general instructions (folios 10-11). The volume is then divided into twelve chapters (I-XII) plus appendices, as follows:
I. Official Correspondence, etc.
II. Financial, Railway and Industrial Arrangements in Indian States
III. Telegraphs and Telephones
IV. Decorations, Honours, Salutes and Ceremonial
V. Tours and Visits of Ruling Princes and Chiefs
VI. Successions and Miscellaneous Matters Affecting Indian States
VII. Extradition
VIII. Certain Matters Affecting the Administration of Justice
IX. The Armed Forces of Indian States
X. Certain Matters Affecting the Army in India
XI. Appointment, Leave, etc., of Political Officers; Use of State Houses, Conveyances, etc.
XII. Miscellaneous
Throughout the volume are manuscript notes and printed corrigenda and addenda affixed with glue at the appropriate pages.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000242372
038-000242411
040-000242467 - 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/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/328-398 : Kuwait Agency, Official publications and printed material
IOR/R/15/5/365-398 : Miscellaneous official and non-official printed material
IOR/R/15/5/396 : Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0004]/037-000242372[0002]/038-000242411[0056]/040-000242467
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (202 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000217
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1924
- End Date:
- 1924
- Date Range:
- 1924
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- At the beginning of the volume is a list of contents (folios 5-8A). At the rear of the volume is an index (folios 187-198), arranged in alphabetical order. Both refer to the original pagination.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)