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'File 1/5 IV Applications for Employment: Menial Establishment'

Title	'File 1/5 IV Applications for Employment: Menial Establishment'
Author	an agent. at menial grades. The applications are mostly from Bahrain subjects. The positions applied for include: farrash/farash [ferash]
Publication Date:	16 May 1938-14 Mar 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	406
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/975
Record ID	vdc_100000000241.0x0001de
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	16 May 1938-14 Mar 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at menial grades. The applications are mostly from Bahrain subjects. The positions applied for include: farrash/farash [ferash], peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). , sweeper, maidservant, launch nakhuda [nakhoda], khalasi Used by the British officials to refer to a non-European labourer, especially one employed on a ship. , bearer, driver, motor launch driver, crewman, car driver, office boy, telephone operator, and any post. The papers also include requests for advances of pay, complaints of non-attendance, resignations, requests for pay rises, certificates of good character (references), papers concerning losses of personal property, complaints leading to deductions of pay, complaints about conduct, requests to resolve issues relating to pay, papers concerning disciplinary action and fines, requests for leave, petitions for financial assistance, office orders, and papers relating to clothing. Many of the letters are written in Arabic, and some items are signed by means of thumbprints.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	English Office files: 1/5 IV

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'File 1/5 IV Applications for Employment: Menial Establishment'

Author an agent. at menial grades. The applications are mostly from Bahrain subjects. The positions applied for include: farrash/farash [ferash]

Publication Date 16 May 1938-14 Mar 1944 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 406

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/975

Record ID vdc_100000000241.0x0001de

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 16 May 1938-14 Mar 1944 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at menial grades. The applications are mostly from Bahrain subjects. The positions applied for include: farrash/farash [ferash], peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). , sweeper, maidservant, launch nakhuda [nakhoda], khalasi Used by the British officials to refer to a non-European labourer, especially one employed on a ship. , bearer, driver, motor launch driver, crewman, car driver, office boy, telephone operator, and any post. The papers also include requests for advances of pay, complaints of non-attendance, resignations, requests for pay rises, certificates of good character (references), papers concerning losses of personal property, complaints leading to deductions of pay, complaints about conduct, requests to resolve issues relating to pay, papers concerning disciplinary action and fines, requests for leave, petitions for financial assistance, office orders, and papers relating to clothing. Many of the letters are written in Arabic, and some items are signed by means of thumbprints.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) English Office files: 1/5 IV