Bahrain Agency accounts [‎20r] (39/1007)

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The file comprises papers (bills, receipts, vouchers) relating to the accounts of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, for the months April 1922 to April 1923. Papers included for each month, or most months, include:

• statements of the cash account for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, including a list of receipts and payments received;
• lists of foreign bills issued, with details of to whom they were granted, to whom payable, and amounts drawn;
• salary bills for 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. (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) and others employed in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ;
• detailed pay bills for permanent staff in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , including clerks and 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. ;
• acquittance (payment) rolls for staff at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ;
• travel allowance bills;
• papers relating to postage and telegram charges, including approximately two-hundred Indo-European telegraph ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. section) receipts for individual telegrams sent;
• vouchers for office expenditure, steam launch costs, annual and special repairs, sanitary expenditure;
• papers relating to salary bills and supplies for the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain.

Other papers included in the file include receipts and bills from commercial companies (some in Arabic), correspondence and file notes relating to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. accounts, and a detailed bill showing the cost of food and lodging for slaves seeking redress at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. (ff 250-254).

All monetary values quoted in the file are in Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , annas and pies.

Extent and format

1 file (595 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged by month, as follows: April 1922 (ff 2-38); May 1922 (ff 39-72); June 1922 (ff 73-96); July 1922 (ff 97-121); October 1922 (ff 122-143); September 1922 (ff 144-163); August 1922 (ff 164-199); November 1922 (ff 200-219); December 1922 (ff 220-241); January 1923 through to April 1923 (ff 242-382). Accounts for the months April 1922 through to December 1922 are preceded by a cover sheet. Accounts for the months January 1923 to April 1923 do not have a cover sheet, but broadly retain the same arrangements as previous months.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 383; 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.

The following foliation anomalies occur in the file: ff 30a-m; ff 31a-l; ff 32a-d; ff 65 a-k; ff 66 a-i; ff 83 a-b; ff 85 a-l; f 86a; ff 118 a-n; ff 139a-b; f 143a; f 162a; ff 173a-d; ff 188a-q, ff 188s-t; ff 189a-q, f 189s; ff 190a-h; ff 210a-h; ff 211a-l; ff 235a-k; f 238a; f 242a; ff 256a-o; f 267a; ff 276a-q, f 276s; ff 297a-p.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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