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'File 14/3 I Establishment; pay and allowances, correspondence re' [239r] (479/558)
The record is made up of 1 file (276 folios). It was created in 17 Sep 1926-26 Feb 1940. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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D.O.No* 2237-14/1•
The 19th December 1939.
I gathered In the course of conversation when you
were here that you intended to write to Delhi about the
inadequacy of the service given by the Posts and Tele
graphs Department in Bahrain in comparison with the
immense profits that they have made here for many years
past. If so I should be grateful if you could take up the
question of the postmaster which is raised in paragraph 2
of my demi-official letter Ho. 1892 dated the 29th October
1939. \ X 1 2 .
2. We definitely want some one younger and more alive.
And at the same time I do think that the Posts and Tele
graphs Department owe something to the poor old man, 3afar
Hussein, who lias run this place for years and years with
an inadequate staff, in an inadequate building, and living
in quarters which I have recently had to condemn as unfit
for human habitation. The old man has had another
frightful blow lately in that his son aged 21 died last
month. I feel very strongly that he ought to be given a
pleasant job in India for the rest of his service, seeing
that his Department is responsible for the mental and
physical exhaustion from which he now suffers.
The Hobble Lieut.-Colonel C.G. Prior, C.I.E.,
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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire.
t
Yours sincerely,
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The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding staff, pay and allowances at the Post Office in Bahrain. The main subjects are: request for increase of pay from the Post Master at Bahrain, due to the high cost of living and the increased workload; allowance to the Post Office employees in Bahrain and Muscat; employment of two extra clerks in 1939 at the Bahrain Office.
The file also contains correspondence on repairs requested for the Post Office building at Bahrain in 1939, which was then transferred to another building, rented from the Bahrain Government. Copy of the lease agreement is included in the file (folios 230-231)
The correspondents are: the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, at Karachi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs, Lower Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi (Rao Bahadur G N Naidu); the Post Master at Bahrain (Zafar Husain); the Adviser to the Government of 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and 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. at Bahrain.
The file contains a petition in Arabic, requesting to retain in post the Postman at Bahrain, and another letter in Arabic with English translation, from a Postman in Bahrain.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (276 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 247-278. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 278; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-246 and ff 247-278 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 14/3 I Establishment; pay and allowances, correspondence re'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:23v, 26r:34v, 37r:52v, 55r:71v, 77r:79v, 82r:86v, 90r:90v, 93r:96v, 100r:101v, 102ar:102av, 104r:115v, 118r:120v, 122r:136v, 137v:140v, 141v:146v, 149r:149v, 153r:153v, 157r:166v, 167v, 169r:187v, 189r:193v, 195r:198v, 201v:228v, 232r:243v, 245r:277v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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