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‘16/23-III Miscellaneous – Payments of Military Pension from the Bahrain Treasury and other Correspondence regarding’ [286r] (571/736)
The record is made up of 1 file (366 folios). It was created in 13 Aug 1938-19 Mar 1945. It was written in English, Persian, Hindi, Punjabi and Tamil. 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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"'* r% * ** Article 970, C. S. R.
f 9
I. A. F. A-375.
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0fficc of th^/Controiler of
Pensions.
Dist rict.
Station ^^QTAdated 7— 9- 1926 .
Warrant No. s of 19 . ‘ *
To
The Poli tical Agent ,
Bahrain.
(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
)
H av ilda r Abdu l K arim M.O.No. 19422 /41199
is permitted to reside and draw his
pension from the Po lit ical A.^ent t . commencing from 1~12-1932
Bahrain (Persia] Gulf)
at the following rate :—
Pension is debitable as follows
Military Estimates
Central (Civil) Estimates
Provincial Government of^
Rs. 12/- p.m. (Twelve
only)
Rs.
Rs.
The payment of pension is subject to the minimum rate of ls.9d in the
rupee from the date the pensioner left India.
Signature of payee (to be entered in Original only).
r<
By. As o£. Controller of Military Accounts,
Pensions.
va l District.
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This certificate will be retained by—the Foltic'1 A,a nl l will be given up to the
Bahrain pPersian GullJ r
Account Office in India on his re turn to India. Each payment will be recorded on the reverse,
certified by the paying officer and receipted by the payee.
Note 1.—Ordinarily, a pensioner who has been residing in India or other country in which the Indian Government rupee is legal
tender, and who proceeds to a country in which the rupee is not legal tender, is entitled to draw his pension from or through the Home
treasury at the minimum rate of Is. 9<7. the rupee from the date only when he quitted the former country. But a pensioner who leaves
India w’ithin six months of his retirement, and proceeds to a country in which the rupee is not legal tender, is entitled to draw his pension
from or through the Home treasury at the minimum rate of U. 9rf. the rupee from the date to which it has been paid in India, or, if no
iiayjuaent has been made there, from the date of its commencement.
Note 2. —A pensioner who has been drawing his pension at the minimum rate of \s. 9c?. the rupee, if he proceeds to a country in
which the rupee is legal tender and continuing to draw his pension from the Home treasury, is allowed the benefit of that minimum rate for
six months from the date of his arrival in such country.
Note 3.—On warrants issued to persons drawing pensions stated in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
it should be noted whether payment is subject to the
minimum rate of 1.?. 9c?. the rupee. '
Note 4.—The following information should invariably be furnished in the letter forwarding the duplicate warrant to the Secretary
of State
(i) Whether the pensioner is already on leave in the colony.
(ii) Date of retirement.
(iii) Date of leaving India.
(iv) Date of birth.
Address
c/o State Police,
Bahrain
(Persian
hilf)
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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; the Controller (or Deputy Controller) of Military Pension Accounts [CMPA] in the Lahore Cantonment. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘Miscellaneous:– Payments of Military Pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and their Correspondence regarding’ (IOR/R/15/2/1519).
Papers in the file include:
- copies of monthly 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 August 1938 to May 1944. Most statements and lists are marked ‘nil’;
- monthly statements of casualties amongst members of OBI, IOM, VC and MC (Order of British India, Indian Order of Merit, Victoria Cross, Military Cross) on the Pension Establishment in the payment of the Bahrain Treasury. Statements are marked ‘nil’;
- circular memoranda from the CMPA and other Government administrations, concerning various aspects of pension payments, such as procedure, policy, overpayments, fraud, pay increases, cases of Indian military pensioners convicted in criminal courts;
- correspondence relating to checks on the identity of individuals claiming pensions, including depositions made by pensioners and supporting statements (recorded at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ) and certificates of verification, issued 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. ;
- papers relating to the transfer of pension payments.
The file also includes: fragments of a pension certificate (ff 131-134) and two complete pension certificates, dated 1933 (ff 283-285) and 1925 (ff 304-305) respectively, the former with an accompanying pension warrant and record of payments (f 286). The pension certificates include terms and conditions printed in English, as well as in a number of other languages used on the Indian subcontinent, including Punjabi, Hindi and Tamil.
An invoice is included in the file, dated 19 May 1932 (f 339), which has no obvious relation to surrounding correspondence, and was presumably included in the file in error.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (366 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 347-367) 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 368; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-346; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- ‘16/23-III Miscellaneous – Payments of Military Pension from the Bahrain Treasury and other Correspondence regarding’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:26v, 29r:32v, 34r:97v, 99r:102v, 104r:105v, 108r:139v, 141r:146v, 148r:160v, 162r:175v, 177r:201v, 203r:242v, 245r:257v, 259r:260v, 262r:302v, 304r:338v, 340r:367v, back-i, back
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