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Bahrain Agency accounts

Title	Bahrain Agency accounts
Author	an agent. in Bahrain
Publication Date:	Apr 1922-Apr 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	595
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1982
Record ID	vdc_100000000282.0x0002cd
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	Apr 1922-Apr 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	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.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	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.

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Bahrain Agency accounts

Author an agent. in Bahrain

Publication Date Apr 1922-Apr 1923 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 595

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1982

Record ID vdc_100000000282.0x0002cd

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 Apr 1922-Apr 1923 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes 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.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme 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.