'File 1/20 Liveries (Bahrain Agency)'

Content

The file relates to the provision of items of uniform for members of the Menial Establishment of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain. The papers consist of correspondence, invoices, receipts, telegrams, despatch notes, and a personal letter, and cover correspondence with suppliers; correspondence relating to the supply of buttons, coat of arms badges, winter liveries (cold weather uniforms), summer liveries, daggers for uniforms of ferashes, items of uniform for Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Launch crew, cotton piece goods, and cloth; samples of material; correspondence with departments of the Royal Indian Navy concerning the supply of naval stores; arrangements for ensuring the good appearance of members of staff; and papers relating to the shipping of items of uniform, including bills of lading and insurance documents.

The Arabic language content of this file consists of one invoice, and a number of signatures.

The date of the final piece of correspondence in this file is 17 June 1945. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the end of the file.

Extent and format

1 file (260 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 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 250 on the back cover. The sequence appears written pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A-1B; ff. 22A-22B; ff. 59A-59B; ff. 97A-97B; ff. 111, 111A; ff. 127A, 127B, 127C, 127D; ff. 128A, 128B, 128C, 128D. The following number is omitted from the sequence: 89. In addition, the notes at the rear of the file have a second, incomplete foliation sequence, numbered 2-73.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1007

Former external reference(s)

English Office Files: 1/20

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Nov 1932-12 Aug 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Uniforms

People & organisations

Bahrain Political Agency, Menial Establishment

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