'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain' [227r] (458/525)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1935-9 Dec 1938. It was written in English. 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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THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED
Bahrein Island,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
November 22, 1938,
NO.PA-44:
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His Britannic Majesty's Political AgerJ,.
Behreiu. ^
Bahrein,
Dear Sir,
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Please refer to ourj^tter Ur July
23rd, 1938 with regard to a proposed fom of .Agreement for
Indian employees hired locally,
T .7ith our nev; construction programme at the
Refinery approved to ccsnnence early next year rumors of
possible work are sure to reach India, Iraq, Iran etc.,
and men seeking employment are likely to come to Bahrein,
Some of the men are sure to be of the type that we will
require for our work and being on the spot can be tested
more efficiently than having the tests carried out by .Agents
in India,
Subject to your approval we intend engaging
men of this type locally giving them a letter to the effect
that if still in our service when an approved form of
contract is brought into force they will be signed on if
their wage rate is such as to entitle them to be classed as
11-B employees or as contract esnployees if changes in desig
nations are made#
Yours very truly.
cihsf la^y. rspresentatite
THE BAHREIN PETROLEUT. COMPANY LIMITED
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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representative, the Adviser to the Governement of Bahrain, 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 and 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. on the employment of Bahrain, Indian, British and American labour by BAPCO for the construction of the Refinery in Bahrain, and on the working conditions in the BAPCO camps. The file includes draft contracts and correspondence on cases of unlawful emigration from India and Persia to Bahrain and on the working conditions of Indian labour.
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- 1 file (258 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file (folios 231-259). The notes refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
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The main foliation, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 259. There is another foliation sequence, not circled and incomplete.
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- Title
- 'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain'
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- 185r:185v, 202r:203v, 206r:206v, 227r:227v
- Author
- Black, John Sutherland
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