‘Office Orders. Vol.1 (Closed)’ [‎101v] (208/285)

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The volume comprises orders made 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. at Bahrain, pertaining to the administration of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and in some cases to the administration of the Victoria Memorial Hospital. Orders are numbered, dated, and signed 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 volume includes:

• orders registering the appointment, discharge, dismissal, resignation, and leave of various individuals employed in the ‘menial establishment’ of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , including sweepers, peons, doorkeepers, khalasis Used by the British officials to refer to a non-European labourer, especially one employed on a ship. (dock workers) and tindals Non-European boatswain or head of a group of labourers. , and of other employees, including clerks, munshis A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. , accountants, passport writers, and those associated with the Agency’s motor launch;
• orders relating to the salaries of Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff, and terms of sick leave;
• orders relating to fines charged against Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff for unauthorised absence, neglect of duty, and disobedience;
• orders relating to the operation of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , including changes to Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. opening hours, definition of the duties and interactions of staff (including interpreters, Vernacular Office clerks, head clerk, medical officers), security arrangements covering the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. buildings and other Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. property, including case files, financial arrangements, judicial procedure;
• two orders, both dated 1936, detailing how correspondence between the 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 at Sharjah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain should be handled (f 121, f 125);
• two orders, dated 1936 and 1937, outlining the distribution of work for individuals employed in the Agency’s English Office (f 122, f 130);

Gaps in the dates of the orders suggest that the order book was, at certain times, used intermittently. For example, a note written by the new 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. Major Arthur Prescott Trevor in December 1912 states that the previous 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. (Captain David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer) did not use the order book (f 43). The order book was also used only sporadically during the period 1917-1921.

Extent and format

1 volume (132 folios)

Arrangement

The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. As a result of certain folios being bound in the incorrect order, the arrangement of this volume proceeds in a chronological order until folio 128, after which office order numbers 1-10 for 1937 proceed backwards (beginning on folio 135 and ending on folio 129) while office order numbers 119-121 for 1936 are also mixed in with some of the 1937 order numbers.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 139; 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains a handwritten pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script

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