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IOR/R/15/2/1416
- Record Id:
- 040-000229747
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000097
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026199110.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1416
- Title:
- File 14/3 II Establishments, pay and allowances etc
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding staff, pay, and allowances at the Post Office in Bahrain.
The file mainly concerns drinking water allowance, house rent allowance and other benefits for Post Office clerks, and includes a letter signed by all staff requesting a pay rise. A list of staff employed in 1946, and correspondence regarding their pay are also included in the file.
The correspondents are: the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf Division, at Hyderabad; the Director of Post and Telegraphs, Lower Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi (H L Jerath); the Postmaster at Bahrain; the Sub Postmaster at Bahrain (Rajab Ali) the Postal Clerks at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.
- 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
038-000229740
040-000229747 - 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/15/2/1410-1430 : File 14: Postal
IOR/R/15/2/1416 : File 14/3 II Establishments, pay and allowances etc - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0014]/038-000229740[0007]/040-000229747
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (120 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000097
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 23 Aug 1939-11 Nov 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- 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 122; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-43; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 14/3 II
- Arrangement:
- The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 105-121. 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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)