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'3/12 Officials of the Public Works Department' [1r] (3/50)
The record is made up of 1 file (25 folios). It was created in 17 Dec 1935-22 Jul 1942. 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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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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Bahrain, the 17th Dtcembtr 1jo5.
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Li ut< n nt-Colonel Gordon, joe ., C.I.. •,
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.
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Bahrain.
The Honourable the Political Hesident
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Bu^ir< .
l!r* Muhaarnvd Ishao. Overseer r
Public :or^3 I(.DLrtment *
Sir,
I have the honour to address you on the subject of the
bad work by the Overseer of the Public Works par tin nt,
Mr. Ifuhaiiraad Ish?q, about some of which I spoke to t^t Assistant
Inglneer when 1>€ parsed tnrough Bahrain recently.
In May 13?5 a v ooden stairway was made leading from tue
ground floor of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to the Confidential Oft ice. I
attach (A) i note about a long and dt. j. defect of ary rot wuicn
has come to light. T ;re is no « oubt \ natever eit .er (a) t .at
the Overse- r was guilty of gross carelessness in neglecting to
inspc ct the wood to be used, or (b) t :.t ^ did In: . ect it ana
still allowet it to be used calculating that the paint would
loo it. I send a box o; £o< cin.Lns of the vood.
?. I enclose a comparison (B) between an estimate lor
painting a room in the Victoria Memorial uospital as submitted
by the Overseer and the cost as carried out under loctor ^olmes 1
supervision. The comparison is Rs.SO/ll/- to its. 1-/IS/-.
work was perfectly simple painting end should not nave been
so over-estimated.
I should explain t at this was part of a large estimate
so
which appeared/ridiculously high tUat I Cet( rmined to c d the
/work
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This file contains correspondence between the British 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. at Bahrain; the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; Major C C L Ryan, Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire; and S G Murteza, Assistant Engineer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Independent Sub-Division, Bushire.
- Folios 1-12 concern the poor quality of work undertaken at the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in May 1935 by Mr Muhammad Ishaq, Overseer, Public Works Department;
- Folios 13-16 concern the consideration of Pardhan Singh and Abdul Wahab, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Division Overseers, for the post of Assistant Engineer at Bushire;
- Folios 17-22 concern the abolition of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Independent Sub-Division of the Public Works Department during the period of the Second World War and the release of S G Murteza for military service.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence runs from the first page following the front cover to the last page before the back cover; it appears in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folio and is uncircled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/186
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- '3/12 Officials of the Public Works Department'
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- front, front-i, 1r:23v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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