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'File 1/22 Handing Over and Taking Over by the Head Clerks on Transfer: Correspondence re' [25r] (55/178)
The record is made up of 1 file (89 folios). It was created in 11 Nov 1930-3 Nov 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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Statement of Government Property in the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bfehrain
in charge of the Head Cl«rk, on the 6th April 1936.
^ IN STRONG ROpy
1. One safe (without keys) unserviceable.
2. One wooden "box with one Chubt^s lock and key( T.K*)
IN OFFTOE;-
lc Two iron safes with four keys.
2. One Chubb's lock and key in charge of the Guard Commandant.
3. One tin safe with keys.
4. One despatch box with Chubb's lock and key (with Acctt;)
5. One nickel pocket watch (Swiss made) probably used.
6. One carpet.
7. One die for crested papers (in Arabic) and one seal (brass)
8. Pension papers of
1.
Havaldar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
Abdul Karim
2. L/Naik Piran Ditta.
3. Isa bin Ahmed Koor
5. Descriptive Roll of
Havaldar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
Nadir Khan,
9. Toshakhana articles of Bushire and Bahrain as per book.
Relieving Head Clerk,
Relieved Head Clerk
CODNTHflsiG ^ED.
ZT^ vv L
-^leut-Colonel,
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.
, Bahrain.
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- Content
The file contains records of valuables kept on deposit [some as a result of legal cases], and firearms, ammunition, documents, and other items stored securely at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain.
The papers include statements, lists, notes, receipts, and a small amount of correspondence, and consist of: statements showing valuables on deposit, 1930-48; statements showing cash balances and local funds account, 1933; statements of Government property, 1933-39; lists of Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. property, 1941 to 1948; lists of Toshakhana articles [securely stored valuables and firearms], 1933 to 1948; list of articles handed over to broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. for sale, July 1944; list of condemned ammunition dumped in the sea, 1947; miscellaneous lists; and receipts for items sold or held in safekeeping. The statements and lists are signed by the relieving and relieved Clerks, and countersigned by 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. . The file includes some receipts in Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (89 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 83 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, and appears 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. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B; ff. 12A, 12B, 12C; ff. 44A, 44B; ff. 56A, 56B, 56C.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1008
- Title
- 'File 1/22 Handing Over and Taking Over by the Head Clerks on Transfer: Correspondence re'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:11v, 12ar:12cv, 13r:43v, 44ar:44bv, 45r:55v, 56ar:56cv, 57r:82v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence