'File C/3 Travelling allowance bills'

Content

The file contains numerous travelling allowance bills (certificates) submitted by staff either working for the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 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 An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. notes on the matter.

The travelling allowance bills are divided into two groups:

• those submitted by Gazetted Government Servants — 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. , the Assistant 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. , the Quarantine and Medical Officer, the Indian Assistant, and the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
• those submitted by Non-Gazetted Government Servants — the Head Clerk, the Second Clerk, the Third Clerk, the Head Munshi 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. , the Third Munshi 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. , the Treasury Clerk, the Confidential Clerk, the Confidential Stenographer, and the Superintendent.

Extent and format

1 file (194 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged very loosely in reverse chronological order from November 1944 to March 1943 for most of the file. However from folio 156 the papers jump back to October 1944 and then proceed loosely in chronological order up to March 1945 at the end of the file.

Physical characteristics

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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin 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/15/2/1888

Former external reference(s)

Vernacular Office Files: File C/3

History of this record

Date(s)

Mar 1943-Mar 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Travel allowances

People & organisations

Assistant Political Agent, BahrainQuarantine Medical Officer, BahrainPolitical Agent, Trucial Coast

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