Author
BAPCO employees
Publication Date
2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
293
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/408
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x000227
Library Location
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.
Date
2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume mainly contains correspondence between 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.
in Bahrain, 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.
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).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
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.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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