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'File II/1 Appointment of Political Agents' [‎21r] (43/392)

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The record is made up of 1 file (199 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1900-5 Feb 1917. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Copy of a letter No 983-K/B^ dated 2nd March 1906,
the Asst Secy to the l-ovt oJ' India in the Foreign Dept
Calcutta, 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. , Persian G-ulJ\
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I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter No 24:, dated the 20th January 1906, recommendi
(a)the extension to 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. at Bahrein
of the concession granted to H.BJt's Consuls at Kerman,
Kermanshah and Bunder Abbas, and to the Vice-Consul at
Ahioaz, regarding daily allowance under appendix 25,Civil
Service Regulations, entry No 102; ( b ) the grant to the
establishment of 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. , Bahrein, of daily
allowances at the rates appl icable to the Persian C-ulf
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. under clause ( 1 ) section Hi, sub-head " 13,
Persia and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. " , Appendix 29, Civil Service
Regulations, and ( c ) the provision of transport animals,
when required, for 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. and his establish
ment on the scale laid down for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in clause
( 4r ),, section Hi, sub-head " 13, Persia and Persian
Gulf", Appendix 29, Civil Service Regulations %
2. your proposals are sanctioned, I am to remind you •
that under article 999 (1) of the Civil Service Regulations
only half the double rate of daily allowance will be ad -
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missible when free transport is suppl ied %
Xo.&S*fof 1906.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and ConsiUjx^-General,
ire, &}(fiPMarch 1906.
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Copy forwarded to 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. , Bahrein, for
information, with reference to his letter No 19, dated
11th January 1906.
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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 and 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. at Bushire, as well as with the Comptroller of India Treasuries; Secretary and Treasurer of the Bank of Bombay; Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynymound, Viceroy and Governor General of India; and Sheikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar. These correspondence concern the appointment of the first 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. and Political Agents between 1900 and 1916, including:

  • John Calcott Gaskin (February 1900 - October 1904)
  • Francis Beville Prideaux (October 1904 - May 1909
  • Charles Fraser Mackenzie (May 1909 - November 1910)
  • Stuart George Knox (November 1910 - April 1911)
  • David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (April 1911 - November 1912)
  • Arthur Prescott Trevor (November 1912 - May 1914)
  • Terence Humphrey Keyes (May 1914 - March 1916)
  • Hugh Stewart (March 1916 - June 1916)
  • Trenchard Craven William Fowle (July 1916 - November 1916)
  • Percy Gordon Loch (November 1916 - February 1918)

Contained within the correspondence are notifications of appointments, including the appointment of the first 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. in 1900 and copies of Charge Certificates signed by the outgoing and incoming Agents; details regarding designation of positions, including the raising of the post to 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. in 1905 and usage of the vernacular term al-balyūz ; details concerning pay and allowances; specimens of signatures; examples of various 'Last Pay Certificate for Gazetted Officers Proceeding on Duty to Another Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. or Province or to Another Place in the Same Province'; and documentation regarding policy and regulations for admissions into the Political Department, including a notification entitled 'Rules regulating the admission of junior military officers to the Political Department of the Government of India' dated 31 August 1914.

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1 file (199 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

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Foliation: There is one incomplete foliation sequence and one complete sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1. There are then three blank folios before the sequence resumes on number 2 and runs through to 193, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume.

Condition: Some of the text in this volume is difficult to read due to insect damage and torn pages.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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