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'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/419

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/419
Title
'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'
Date
6 Jan 1945-12 Apr 1950
Description

The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on discontent and strike among workers employed by BAPCO on the salaries, the cost of transportation and the conditions for the relocation. The file includes statements from BAPCO employees, rates of pay for R.A.F. civilian employees (folios 113-115), extract from FREE PRESS JOURNAL, Friday 9 July 1948 on racism against Indian BAPCO employees. There are some documents in Arabic. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-157).

Arrangement

The reference number 10/1-G Vol II on the cover is crossed and the file was then renumbered as 10/3. The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-157). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red or blue crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
1 file (148 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition
The foliation starts on the first page of the file, mostly in pencil, occasionally pen or typescript, in top right corner of recto. The following numbering anomalies occurs: 4, 4A; 16 is the verso of 15; 18 is the verso of 17; folio 20 is the verso of 19; 29 is the verso of 28; 31 is the verso of folio 30; 75 is the verso of 74; 77 is the verso of 76; 125 is the verso of 124; 99-103 do not exist.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f545b5ed-03f2-4f36-b80d-3d1e58f3e011/

Series information

IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'