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IOR/R/15/2/975
- Record Id:
- 040-000229293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001de
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023844185.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/975
- Title:
- File 1/5 IV Applications for Employment: Menial Establishment
- Scope & Content:
- The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency at menial grades. The applications are mostly from Bahrain subjects. The positions applied for include: farrash/farash [ferash], peon, sweeper, maidservant, launch nakhuda [nakhoda], khalasi, 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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229279
038-000229280
040-000229293 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/963-1048 : File 1: Establishment
IOR/R/15/2/975 : File 1/5 IV Applications for Employment: Menial Establishment - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0013]/040-000229293
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (405 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001de
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 16 May 1938-14 Mar 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover and continues through to 389 on the last folio before the back cover. The foliation sequence appears written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: ff. 27, 27A; ff. 46, 46A; ff. 52, 52A-C; ff. 95, 95A; ff. 107, 107A; ff. 108, 108A; ff. 150, 150A; ff. 163, 163A; ff. 198, 198A; ff. 209, 209A-E; ff. 212, 212A-D; ff. 216, 216A. The following folio numbers do not appear: 44, 98-99, 154, 266, 326, 332, 362. There is in addition occasional numbering in crayon. A second foliation system (subsequently crossed out) starts at 3 on f. 357.
- Former External References:
- English Office files: 1/5 IV
- Arrangement:
- 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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)