Author
an agent.
Publication Date
11 Nov 1930-3 Nov 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
89
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1008
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x000217
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
11 Nov 1930-3 Nov 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains records of valuables kept on deposit [some as a result of legal cases], and firearms, ammunition, documents, and other items stored securely at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain.
The papers include statements, lists, notes, receipts, and a small amount of correspondence, and consist of: statements showing valuables on deposit, 1930-48; statements showing cash balances and local funds account, 1933; statements of Government property, 1933-39; lists of Bahrain
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
property, 1941 to 1948; lists of Toshakhana articles [securely stored valuables and firearms], 1933 to 1948; list of articles handed over to
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
for sale, July 1944; list of condemned ammunition dumped in the sea, 1947; miscellaneous lists; and receipts for items sold or held in safekeeping. The statements and lists are signed by the relieving and relieved Clerks, and countersigned 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 file includes some receipts in Arabic.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Files: 1/22
