Author
an agent.
at menial grades. The positions applied for consist of: farrash/farash [ferash]
Publication Date
27 Mar 1944-4 May 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
49
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/976
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0001df
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
27 Mar 1944-4 May 1945 (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 positions applied for consist of: farrash/farash [ferash],
peon
A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context).
, nokhoda [nakhoda], launch driver, office boy, and any post. The papers also include a letter of resignation from a sweeper, certificates of good character (references), papers concerning disciplinary matters, office orders, medical certificates issued by The American Mission Hospital, notes, personal comments on applicants, and roster of farashes, July 1944. Many of the letters are written and signed in Arabic. 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 V
