'File 1/6C Gazetted Officers: Next of Kin'
IOR/R/15/2/988
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The record is made up of 1 file (48 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1940-12 Jan 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Lists of next of kin of officers of the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. and Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeons serving under the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, (including the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , 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 An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. (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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (48 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/988
- Former external reference(s)
- English Office files: 1/6C
- Date(s)
- 11 Dec 1940-12 Jan 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Political Agent, Trucial Coast
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- IOR/R/15/2/988
- Title
- 'File 1/6C Gazetted Officers: Next of Kin'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:47v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence