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‘Office Orders. Vol.1 (Closed)’ [‎110r] (225/285)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (132 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1900-11 Sep 1937. It was written in English. 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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rolitical Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Balmain, the 23rd January 1933*
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‘£h£ Engineer should daily in the morning superintend the
cleaning of* the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Compound- by the rrisoners and report to
the nead Mimshi when the work has been completed.
2 * The nead Munshi 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. will then go round to see if everything is
clean end send up a slip to the rolitical agent saying that he
has been round and that all is correct*
3. On Fridays the cleaning of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Compound should- be
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done in the afternoon, and the engineer will report (to 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. direct.
4* raper and similar refuse should be carried daily to the
incinerator and burnt forthwith

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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. .

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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.

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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.

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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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‘Office Orders. Vol.1 (Closed)’ [‎110r] (225/285), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1984, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100027875357.0x00001a> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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