Author
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date
Jan 1935-11 Apr 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
239
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1519
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0000fe
Library Location
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.
Date
Jan 1935-11 Apr 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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 (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Captain Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the Controller (or Deputy Controller) of Military Pension Accounts (CMPA) in the Lahore Cantonment. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/23 [I] Miscellaneous. Payment of Military pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and other correspondence regarding.’ (IOR/R/15/2/1518).
Papers in the file include:
copies of 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 January 1935 to July 1938. Most statements and lists are marked ‘nil’;
circular memoranda from the Lahore CMPA concerning various aspects of pension payments, such as procedure, policy, overpayments, fraud, pay increases;
CMPA objection statements detailing the particulars of the CMPA objections over pension payments, audit remarks, replies, and audit decisions. The forms are printed with instructions;
correspondence relating to checks on the identity of individuals claiming pensions, including depositions and supporting statements recorded at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
;
correspondence relating to the transfer of pension payments.
The file includes a number of items written in Persian and Arabic.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
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 228-240) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: 16/23 II
