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1. '[Unnumbered file] Dubai Hospital Building Fund.'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains statements issued by The National Bank of India showing debits and credits to the Dubai Hospital Building Fund (held by the Political Agent, Bahrain) for the period September 1944 to June 1946 inclusive.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
2. 'Formation of XVII Divnfor service in Mesopotamia'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the formation and provisioning of the 17 Indian Division of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War.The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; and the War Office.An index is attached to the inside front cover.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-50; these numbers are written in coloured crayon and pencil. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
3. 'Report on the Persian Army compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant J.A. Douglas 2nd Bengal Lancers'
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- Abstract: This file is a report on the structure of the Persian Army. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant James Archibald Douglas, the report gives the British perspective of the strength and weaknesses of the Persian Army.The report is broken down into: infantry (organization, strength, method of recruiting, armament); semi-regular cavalry (Cossack brigade, Russian officers); irregular cavalry (General Gordon's opinion); artillery (mule batteries, artillery horses); micellaneous bodies (militia, camel artillery, the Austrian corps); recapitulation of strength distribution (breech-loading rifles, Werndl rifles; Berdan rifles, Chassepot rifles, Gobelin rifles, magazine rifles, and breech-loading ammunition); the army's pay; the army's uniforms; the state of the army; fighting campaigns against the Bakhtiaris, Lurs, and Arab tribes.Included is a slip regarding the custody and disposal of secret documents (f 108).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 106, and terminates at f 116, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. '18thDivnfor Mesopotamia'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the formation and provisioning of the 18 Indian Division of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War.The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; and the War Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 83; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-81; these numbers are written in coloured crayon and pencil, but are not circled.
5. 'File 4/4 II Budget estimates'
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- Abstract: The file contains budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial years 1934-35 to 1938-39 inclusive, and associated correspondence.The correspondence is between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi.The budget estimates cover pay of officers, pay of establishment, allowances and honoraria, supplies and services/contingencies, secret expenditure, and grants-in-aid. The correspondence includes statements of savings and excesses, grants, expenditure, and appropriations, and gives details of adjustments and discrepancies.The date range gives the covering dates of the main run of correspondence. The last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 239 dated 14 December 1937.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 240; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-213 and ff 214-239 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled (except for a few circled numbers that have been crossed out), and are located in a similar position to the main sequence.
6. 'File 4/6 III Agency Court Deposit Account.'
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- Abstract: The file consists of the notes to a file concerning the Agency Court Deposit Account of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The correspondence that would originally have accompanied the notes appears not to have been preserved.The papers give some details of the account balance at various dates, and some details of receipts and interest paid.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the final folio with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
7. 'File 4/20 II Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the arrangements for the supply of funds by the Political Agency, Bahrain for expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast.The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and the Air Liaison Officer, RAF Bahrain (Wing Commander Aubrey Robert Maxwell Rickards). There is also some correspondence from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The papers cover: correspondence concerning the consumption of electricity by RAF personnel in Bahrain (e.g. folio 13); monthly bills of expenditure incurred by the Political Agency, Bahrain on behalf of RAF personnel, for the period March 1936 - November 1937 inclusive; correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Residency Agent, Sharjah concerning monthly payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai for hire of a petrol dhow and its guards, and to Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah for pay of guards for a petrol barge, April 1936 - December 1937; receipts from RAF personnel for incidental expenses, and covering letters for payments of expenses issued by Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the need to prevent the Residency Agent Sharjah from being forced to make advances to RAF officers, July 1936; correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Acting Adviser to the Government of Bahrain concerning payment of rent for Bahrain Aerodrome, August 1936; correspondence concerning payment of expenses in connection with the use by RAF personnel of the Bahrain Rest House (e.g. folio 113); sundry expenses incurred by the RAF in Bahrain (e.g. payment of expenses to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in connection with moving a crashed aeroplane, folio 134); and papers relating to the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain (Wing Commander Aubrey Rickards), including correspondence between Rickards and the Political Agent, Bahrain, instructions concerning RAF accounting arrangements at Bahrain (folios 277-279), and correspondence concerning Rickards's death and estate, May - December 1937.The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately sixty-five items of correspondence (all with translations into English) between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and a small number of miscellaneous items.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 358; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-33, ff 296-309, and in the notes between ff 337-351; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
8. 'File 4/20 III Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F. Hinaidi.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the payment by the Political Agency, Bahrain of expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast, particularly payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, and Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah.The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and the Air Liaison Officer, RAF Bahrain. There is also some correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India and the India Office.The papers cover: correspondence and receipts recording monthly payments made by the Political Agency, Bahrain (through the Residency Agent, Sharjah) to the Ruler of Dubai for hire of a petrol dhow and pay for its guards, for the period December 1937 to November 1941, and to the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah for pay of guards on the petrol barge, for the period December 1937 to June 1942; monthly bills of expenditure incurred by the Political Agency, Bahrain on behalf of the RAF, sent to the Command Accountant, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; correspondence concerning payment of sundry expenses incurred by the RAF in Bahrain, (e.g. the use by RAF personnel of the Bahrain Rest House); correspondence concerning accounting arrangements for the payment of expenses incurred by the RAF, including the handover of responsibility for all payments other than those to the rulers of Dubai and Ras al Khaimah to the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain (from September 1939); and correspondence between the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the Political Agent, Bahrain concerning the transfer of responsibility for payments for the guards on the petrol barge at Ras al Khaimah to BOAC, October 1942.The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately eighty items of correspondence (all with translations into English) between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and approximately twenty other items, mostly receipts issued by the Rulers of Dubai and Ras al Khaimah (all with translations into English).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 458; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-432; these numbers are written in a combination of blue crayon and pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
9. 'File 4/24 AGENCY FUNDS ACCOUNTS'
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- Abstract: The file relates to various fund accounts held by the Political Agency, Bahrain.The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda from the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain; correspondence with the Residency Agent, Sharjah (Sayed Abdur Razzaq); some correspondence from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); and sundry receipts and memoranda.The papers include: correspondence and memoranda concerning the share of the Residency Agent, Sharjah in inventory and attendance fees and copying fees, June - November 1936; correspondence from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Political Agent, Bahrain concerning the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain, and the opening of the Victoria Memorial Hospital Fund Account, April 1939 - January 1944; instructions from the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Manager, The Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain, to open three other new accounts, November 1943; and papers relating to various other Bahrain Agency fund accounts.The Arabic language content of the file consists of two letters from the Political Agent to the Residency Agent, Sharjah in both English and Arabic.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 49; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-48; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
10. 'File 4/30 Payments on behalf of Army Department.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns payments made by the Political Agency, Bahrain (to oil companies) on behalf of British Army departments, including a payment of $23,340.23 to the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) for the purchase of transport equipment, cranes and spare parts by Headquarters Force Iraq (Engineers), Baghdad.The papers include correspondence from the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi; California Arabia Standard Oil Company; and the Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
11. 'File 4/54 COURT FEE STAMPS.'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and administrative records relating to the use of court fee stamps by the Political Agency, Bahrain. The stamps were used in the levying of fees and fines in Agency Courts.The correspondence is between the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Political Residency, Persian Gulf; the Foreign Office Finance Department; the British Consulate, Muscat; and the Political Agency, Kuwait.The papers include: the supply of court fee stamps by the Foreign Office Finance Department, and their distribution by the Political Agency, Bahrain to the Agencies at Muscat and Kuwait; advice from the Foreign Office Finance Department on administrative and accounting methods to be employed; statements of court fee stamps, 1949 (folios 16, 23); statement of fees levied by means of stamps for the quarter ended 31 December 1949 (folio 28); and statement of court fees and fines collected in 1949 (folio 33).The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence; the latest addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 46v, dated 20 September [1950].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 47; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. 'File 4/62 Bahrain Govt Share of Court Fees Collected.'
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- Abstract: The file consists of covering letters from the Political Agency, Bahrain to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) for sums of money (cheques and cash) representing the Government of Bahrain's share of net receipts on account of Joint Court fees collected during the months April-December 1950 inclusive. The covering letters give the amount forwarded.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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