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IOR/R/15/2/976
- Record Id:
- 040-000229294
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001df
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023403541.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/976
- Title:
- File 1/5 V Applications for Appointment in the Menial Establishment
- Scope & Content:
- The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency at menial grades. The positions applied for consist of: farrash/farash [ferash], peon, 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.
- 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
040-000229294 - 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/15/2/976 : File 1/5 V Applications for Appointment in the Menial Establishment - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0014]/040-000229294
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (49 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001df
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 27 Mar 1944-4 May 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1A on the front cover and continues through to 49 on the last folio (the back cover appears as f. 36, before the notes). The sequence appears written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio; ff. 36-49 are circled. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B; ff. 5A, 5B; ff. 11A, 11B; ff. 13A, 13B. The following folio numbers do not appear: 3 (3 is used to denote f. 2v), 8-10. A second sequence (numbered 1-19) commences on f. 38 and runs to f. 49. This sequence is also written in pencil and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of the folios concerned.
- Former External References:
- English Office files: 1/5 V
- 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)