'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'

Content

The file contains correspondence and telegrams 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 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).

Extent and format

1 file (148 folios)

Arrangement

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.

Physical characteristics

The foliation starts on the first page of the file, mostly in pencil, occasionally pen or typescript, in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following numbering anomalies occurs: 4, 4A; 16 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 15; 18 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 17; folio 20 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 19; 29 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 28; 31 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 30; 75 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 74; 77 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 76; 125 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 124; 99-103 do not exist.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/419

Former external reference(s)

Confidential files: 10/13

History of this record

Date(s)

6 Jan 1945-12 Apr 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Labour disputesConditions of employmentPetroleum industry

People & organisations

Adviser to the Government of BahrainBahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Political Agency, Confidential OfficeSecretary of State for India and Burma, United KingdomSecretary of State for India, United KingdomKing of BahrainBahrain Political AgencyShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl KhalīfahShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl KhalīfahKing of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd

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