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'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/419
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/2/419
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 6 Jan 1945-12 Apr 1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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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).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Arabic; English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file (148 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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.
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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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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/R
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Within the series: IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
Within the sub-sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/388-460
File 10 Oil and Minerals
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'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'