Abstract: Lists of next of kin of officers of the Indian Political Service and Agency Surgeons serving under the Political Agency, Bahrain, (including the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah) with associated correspondence stating that this information was required each year by the Government of India. The file also includes a list of names and addresses of next of kin of the ministerial staff of the Agency (including staff of the English Section, Vernacular Section, Temporary War Establishment and Publicity Office, December 1940), and Government of India instructions for the recording of particulars of next of kin, October 1943.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 48 on the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand corner of the recto page each folio. The following folio has to be folded out to be read: f. 42. A second sequence commences at 194 on f. 2 and continues through (with gaps) to 256 on f. 15. A third sequence commences at 1 on f. 6 and continues through to 36 on f. 41. Both these sequences are written in pencil and appear in the same area of the relevant folios as the system in use.
Abstract: The file relates to the recess (that is the suspension of official duties, including court business, usually through grant of leave of one form or another) of Gazetted Officers [of the Government of India]. The papers fall into two categories:correspondence and related papers concerning the recess of Gazetted Officers of the Political Agency, Bahrain (including holders of the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast), including addresses of officers while on recess; arrangements for covering the absences of officers; travel arrangements; and travel allowancescirculars recording the absences on recess of the Political Agent, Bahrain and other senior British officials in the Persian Gulf (including the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 75 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second foliation system, numbered 2-66 and containing some anomalies, runs between ff. 3-66. This sequence is also written in pencil, but is not enclosed in a circle, and appears in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file relates to the appointment and service of the holders of the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, who reported to the Political Agent, Bahrain.The papers consist of correspondence, charge certificates (recording the handover of duties between Political Officers), telegrams, draft gazette notifications, claims for payment of overseas pay in England, other forms, memoranda, last pay certificates, personal letters, bills of lading, and sanction orders.The papers cover the following topics: correspondence concerning charge certificates, notifications, last pay certificates, and charge reports; pay and allowances; leave and leave salary; appointments, transfer, and termination of appointment; travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; accommodation and servants; letter recording reward for obtaining second class interpretership in Arabic, October 1939; correspondence concerning arrangements for meetings with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; letter containing a definition of the term 'Trucial Coast', and stating the location of the headquarters of the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, for the information of the Government of India, October 1939; banking arrangements; income tax; transport of personal effects; transport of packages; Indian Military Widows and Orphans Fund; return of papers issued in error, August 1940; accounting matters; permission for Political Officer, Trucial Coast to take charge at Bahrain, not Sharjah, for administrative reasons, December 1940 to February 1941; certificate concerning the need to possess a motor car; General Provident Fund; death of Political Officer's brother while on active service, April 1943; and certificates of status as Political Officer and Government servant.The Arabic language content of this file consists of correspondence, with English translation, between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Ruler of Qatar concerning transport arrangements for a visit by the Political Officer to Bahrain via Dohah [Doha] and Zekrit, December 1940, and arrangements (subsequently cancelled) for the Political Officer to travel overland through Qatar, March to April 1942.The main covering dates of the papers in this file are 8 October 1939 to 9 December 1944; there is, however, one item at the rear of the file (a transcript of a telegram) dated 26 February 1950.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 365 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 89A, 89B. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 231 and 312-314. A second foliation sequence is also present throughout much of the file: these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file records the appointment and service of those holding the position of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Officer and the Political Agent, Bahrain (under whose authority the Political Officer lay).The papers include papers relating to travel arrangements, travel expenses, and leave; charge certificates certifying the handing over of duties from one Political Officer to another as a result of appointments, transfers, and leave, with associated memoranda; papers relating to domestic arrangements arising from posting to Sharjah (including the need for one new Political Officer to bring bed linen, clothes, food and servants amongst other items from India, as it was 'impossible to purchase very much in Bahrain or on the Trucial Coast' - letter from Political Agent, Bahrain, February 1945); certificates confirming that the holder was a Government servant; last pay certificates and related correspondence; papers relating to pay and allowances; papers relating to attendance at summer school and Arab Centre lectures, May 1945; papers relating to shipping of car, May 1945; papers relating to payment of war allowance, January to July 1945; requests for advances of salary; copies of Government of India notifications of appointments/postings/leave; papers relating to the transport of personal effects; schedule of tours of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, November 1947 to March 1948, listing date, departure, arrival, transport used, and purpose; sanction orders relating to travel and allowances; receipted bills for travel from agents; letter from the Political Officer reporting the mistaken impression of an official of the Foreign Office that the Political Officer, Trucial Coast was a Political Agent on a par with those of Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, March 1949; correspondence relating to the shipment of seven cases of wine, March 1950; correspondence concerning a letter by the Political Officer to the Political Agent, Bahrain stating that the administrative departments of the Foreign Office were incorrectly referring to the 'Political Agency Sharjah' instead 'British Agency' Sharjah, and pointing out the need to indicate to them that Sharjah was a subordinate post to Bahrain, September to October 1950; and various Agency accounts, November 1950.The date of the final piece of correspondence in this file is 20 November 1950. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 371 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second foliation sequence, also written in pencil, but not enclosed within a circle, and appearing in the same portion of the relevant folios, is numbered 1-218 and runs between ff. 2-229.
Abstract: The file relates to the service of Captain (later Major) R C Murphy, Political Officer, Trucial Coast, who reported to the Political Agent, Bahrain.The papers, which consist of correspondence, telegrams, forms, certificates, and notifications, cover the following topics: pay and allowances; leave; travel arrangments; appointment and transfer; correspondence with banks; papers concerning Murphy's request to purchase rifles and ammunition from the Political Residency, Bushire, November 1945 to January 1946; Murphy's confirmation in the Indian Political Service, March 1946; payment of bill from the Officers' mess, RAF Sharjah, July 1946; transfer and insurance of personal effects; and papers concerning an incident in which items of cargo, including five packages of personal effects belonging to Murphy, together with some Bahrain Agency office equipment, had been jettisoned by the Nakhuda of the Agency launch during a storm, with subsequent correspondence, July 1946 to May 1947.The Arabic language content of this file consists of a letter, with separate English translation, from the Nakhuda of the Bahrain Agency launch, 29 May 1947; and a signature and letterhead.The correspondence in this file dates from 12 June 1945 - 22 June 1948. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 131 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second, incomplete foliation sequence begins at the first document after the front cover. This is also written in pencil, but is uncircled, and appears in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains numerous travelling allowance bills (certificates) submitted by staff either working for the Bahrain Political Agency or staff subordinate to it. The bills include particulars of journeys made and include information on the trips taken, their purpose, their cost, and the method of transport used. Invoices and receipts are also sometimes included with the bills, which are primarily from the British Overseas Airways Corporation; Cox and Kings Limited; and Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited. The file also contains internal Agency notes on the matter.The travelling allowance bills are divided into two groups:those submitted by Gazetted Government Servants — the Political Agent, the Assistant Political Agent, the Quarantine and Medical Officer, the Indian Assistant, and the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast;those submitted by Non-Gazetted Government Servants — the Head Clerk, the Second Clerk, the Third Clerk, the Head Munshi, the Third Munshi, the Treasury Clerk, the Confidential Clerk, the Confidential Stenographer, and the Superintendent.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 196; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file comprises papers relating to the accounts (actual expenditure and estimated budget) of the Political Agencies at Bahrain and Sharjah:a copy of a circular written by Ernest Bevin, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 18 July 1946, requesting returns from overseas agencies of their expenditure for the period April to September 1946, and enclosing specimen forms (ff 3-7, with duplicates at ff 10-14);a copy of a second circular from Bevin, dated 30 April 1948, acknowledging the difficulties and delays in receiving accounts of expenditure for 1946, and stressing the need for accurate and prompt accounts for the period 1948-1949, with a revised form for returns enclosed (ff 8-9);compiled budget estimates for the Political Agency at Bahrain, and for the Sharjah and Dubai Agencies, for the financial year 1949-50 (ff 16-26);further specimen forms for annual returns of expenditure, listed under various subheadings (public information services, consular establishments, diplomatic establishments, commercial diplomatic establishments) (ff 31-37);the annual return of expenditure and receipts for the Political Agency in Bahrain for the period 1 April to 30 September 1948, with financial estimates for the subsequent eighteen months (ff 39-50).Financial figures are given in a mixture of British sterling and Indian rupees, with conversion rates indicated (for example, 1 pound sterling being equivalent to 13.26 rupees, f 39).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence 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.Condition: Water damage to the file notes (f 51) has obliterated a large portion of the handwritten notes on this folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence from the External Affairs Department, New Delhi, to the Counsellor, British Legation, concerning the Persian system of state monopoly, control of distribution, exchange control and proposed responses, including the export of cotton goods from India and supervision from the Political Officer, Trucial Coast.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains papers relating to special measures, mainly consisting of the recruitment of extra staff, taken by British authorities in the Persian Gulf in the event of war and during the Second World War. These special measures included the appointment of a Political Officer for the Trucial Coast and an increase in the staff of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the expenditure involved being divisible between the Indian and Imperial Revenues.The file also includes correspondence dated from after the end of the Second World War, regarding: the request of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf that the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, be raised to that of Political Agent, Trucial Coast; and the retention of the services of officers and staff currently in post.Papers in the folder labelled ‘Censorship Arrangements’ relate to: emergency legislation in the event of war giving the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agents at Bahrain and Muscat powers of censorship of post and telegrams, in the territories of the Shaikh of Bahrain and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; and the employment of one additional clerk each at Kuwait, Bahrain, and Muscat, for censorship work in the event of war.The papers mostly consist of correspondence, but the file also includes India Office External Department minute papers, India Office internal notes, and the following pamphlets: ‘Statements Comparing the Expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Iran in the year 1939-40 with that in the previous year’; and ‘Statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency during the year 1939-40’.The correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Government of India External Affairs Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Foreign Office; and the Treasury.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 153; 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.