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IOR/L/PS/12/3626
- Record Id:
- 040-000558693
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558616
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000bc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100047715041.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3626
- Title:
- Coll 29/51 'Residency Agent at Sharjah'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns posts and conditions of employment at the Political Agency in the Trucial Coast, at Sharjah.
The file contains correspondence related to:
- entertainment allowance and pay increase for the Agent, 1929
- death of Agent, Khan Bahadur Isa Latif, on 12 September 1935
- appointment of Khan Sahib Husein bin Hassan Amad as officiating Agent, in 1935
- appointment of Khan Sahib Saiyid Abdur Razzaq as Agent, in 1936
- office accommodation and mileage allowance for the Agent
- increase in the pay of the Clerk to the Agent.
The file also includes a folder containing papers closed to public consultation in 1977 (folios 4-11). These papers concern Jassim bin Mohammad Kadmari, employed as Agent in 1947 and not wishing to serve the Government of Pakistan or the Government of India. He was offered direct employment by the Foreign Office.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Viceroy, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent in the Trucial Coast; the Political Agent at Kuwait; the Government of India; the Foreign Office; and the India Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558616
040-000558693 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3551-3708 : Political (External) Collection 29: Persia and Persian Gulf; British Representation and Representatives in Persia and the Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3626 : Coll 29/51 'Residency Agent at Sharjah' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0030]/037-000558616[0077]/040-000558693
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (60 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000bc
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 30 May 1929-12 Dec 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-59; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Coll 29/51
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)