‘Miscellaneous:– Payments of Military Pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and their Correspondence regarding’

Content

Memoranda, statements, forms and other papers relating to military pension payments made from the Bahrain Treasury. The principal correspondents are: the 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. in Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Captain Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the Controller (or Deputy Controller) of Military Pension Accounts (CMPA) in the Lahore Cantonment. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/23 [I] Miscellaneous. Payment of Military pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and other correspondence regarding.’ (IOR/R/15/2/1518).

Papers in the file include:

• copies of statements (submitted by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ) of the names of pensioners transferred from the Bahrain Treasury to other Pension Disbursing Offices, and lists of pensions brought on the Check register of the Bahrain Treasury, for months covering period January 1935 to July 1938. Most statements and lists are marked ‘nil’;
• circular memoranda from the Lahore CMPA concerning various aspects of pension payments, such as procedure, policy, overpayments, fraud, pay increases;
• CMPA objection statements detailing the particulars of the CMPA objections over pension payments, audit remarks, replies, and audit decisions. The forms are printed with instructions;
• correspondence relating to checks on the identity of individuals claiming pensions, including depositions and supporting statements recorded at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ;
• correspondence relating to the transfer of pension payments.

The file includes a number of items written in Persian and Arabic.

Extent and format

1 file (239 folios)

Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 228-240) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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 241; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-225, and ff 229-238; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic 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/15/2/1519

Former external reference(s)

English Office: 16/23 II

History of this record

Date(s)

Jan 1935-11 Apr 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military pensionsColonial administration

People & organisations

Indian ArmyController of Military Pension Accounts, Lahore

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‘Miscellaneous:– Payments of Military Pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and their Correspondence regarding’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1519, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000fe> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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