'File 18/66 (B Series 18/10) Annual Reports on the Working of the Mascat Order in Council 1915'

Content

Annual Reports of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate, Muscat (later Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat), on the working of the Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1915 , for the years 1916-1947 inclusive. The reports provide lists of officers appointed as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. for the period in question, statistical information on numbers of civil suits, criminal cases, estate proceedings, insolvency proceedings, court fees, and registration of British subjects and British protected persons, and related information.

Extent and format

1 file (93 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation system in use starts at the front cover and continues to the back cover. The foliation sequence appears in pencil, enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Folios 45-48 need to be folded out to be read. A second, incomplete foliation system also appears, written in pencil and not circled, starting at 4 on folio 3 and continuing to 178 on folio 88.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/302

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 18/66 B Series: 18/10

History of this record

Date(s)

29 Jan 1917-11 Jan 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Judicial StatisticsMuscat Order in CouncilLegislation

Places

Būshehr

People & organisations

Muscat Political Agency and ConsulateJames OrtonFrancis Warden

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