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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/408

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/408
Title
'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
Date
2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944
Description

The volume mainly contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives and staff of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the conditions and benefits requested by BAPCO employees, and on a special 'War Allowance' agreed by BAPCO to meet the increased cost of living. The volume includes correspondence on members of the Afghan royal family refuged in India and seeking for employment in Bahrain (folios 43-46); list of food prices 'prewar price' and 'present price' (folio 68); memorandum on 'The strike situation as on 28 December 1943' (folio 209). There are some letters in Arabic in the volume. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 270-283).

Arrangement

The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 271-283). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
1 volume (293 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition
The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 2, and runs through to 291, ending on the inside of the back cover. There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/eb45f173-7cfe-460a-aa9b-5e591bb0ab8a/

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IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'