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Eahrain under a 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. .
Huscat -do-
Kuwait -do-
Khorramshahr under a Consul.
Kerman -do-
Bandar A^as -do-
Under the jurisdiction of some of these sub-offices
tL are smaller offices ? e.g.,
UKQEE EAimBI .
.-'olitical Officer, Trueial Coast ■ n Headquarters
ard in his absence Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent "5 at Sharjah.
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British Agent, G-wadur.
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British Agent, Jask.
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Consular Agent, Lingah.
25. . In Khorasan there is a Consulate-General wit^ its head
quarters at Meshed, and under him there are the fold ing sul)-
offices:-
C ons ul, Zahidan.
Vice-Consul, Eirjand, Za"bul
hut only in matters of clerical postings is the Consulate-General
for .Fars in Bushire directly concerned with the Consulate-General fc
Khorasan in . eshed, in all other matters the lie shed Consulate-General is
independent. Most of the correspondence from Lushire is with the
External Affairs Department of the Government of India, the Accoun
tant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi, the six suh-offices at .
r Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Khorramshahr, Kerman and Bandar Ahhas,
Xiin-'-Rh and Sharjah; with the 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. and the foreign C'ffice,
- jc ; with the Embassies at Baghdad and r . hran, the Consulate-
Ge iexal at Basra and the Consulate at Shirr.z; und also with the ■
commercial firms in India with whom frequent orders have to be
placed for stores for the_office. All our correspondence for
the suh-offices, Lingah, External Affairs Jep atment, Accountant
General ■ antral Revenues, 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. , Boraigh Office, etc.,
is sen under cover of a .way "bill. Separate way "bill hooks
are maintained for each office. The way hills are nu. ered
and give particulars of the date and the route 1)3% whic, the
letters are sent, the numbers of the various letters, etc., etc.
The way hills are generally prepared in triplicate; two are
sent with the letters, enclosed in the same cover or hag, to the
addressee, one of which is returned duly receipted. some
cases e.g. in the case of Tehran and other inlauu. posts and
Basra, the original way "bill is sent in the first i ice; hy
the next mail is sent the duplicate, so that even ii _ e original
cover is lost in transmission, the contents of the cover may he
known from the duplicate way "bill. If correctly received, the
original way hill is returned duly receipted.
26. Letters (non-confidential) to Shiraz, Tehran, Kerman and
East Iran are sent hy Registered Persian Post; letters for the
Government of India, the Accountant General, Central Revenues,
various firms and private individuals in India and mails for
England, are sent hy Registered Air Mail via Bahrain. These
are sent under cover of a separate way "bill to the Political
Agunt, Bahrain, for posting. The charges incurred are debited
to the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Account. ' Iiails for Lingah and Bandar
Ahhas r,re also sent to Bahrain for onward transmission. The
former is addressed C/o the Political Officer, Trueial Coast
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