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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [51r] (105/586)
The record is made up of 1 volume (293 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN.
Private
I PS
D.O. No. G/2305/SP.
Bahrain, Novr. 29y 1941.
Dear Alban,
Lipp has been talking to me about opening a
a brothel for the company employees in Manamah or
Muharraq, They had a house before which even
tually roused a public petition from the neigh
bourhood. It was shut down and later they hired
another house which was never opened as Thornburg
disapproved.
Lipp argues that a regular house will dimish
danger of V.D. Personally I am doubtful if this
would be the case.
Apart from any moral views I think such an
establishment is undesirable and today I sounded
Shaikh Sulman on the subject. He took it up very
strongly and as a result of our conversation I
wrote a letter to Lipp of which I enclose a copy.
The Bahrain Government will have nothing to do
with establishing a company brothel and if the
company tries to do this independently the Shaikhs
will object to it. Lipp asked me if the govern
ment would help by finding a house for them. The
Shaikhs point of view is that they could not approve
of a special house where Moslem prostitutes are
provided for company employees, such a thing would
bring discredit on the government and would be very
displeasing to Arab feeling.
I think it is most desirable that the company
should drop the scheme and I think my letter to
Lipp will have this effect but if it does not we
are prepared to take up the matter officially.
Yours sincerely,
Major R. G. S. W. Alban, O.B./]. ,
H.B.r.' f s
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.
,
Bahrain.
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The volume mainly contains correspondence 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, 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 Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives and staff of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the conditions and benefits requested by BAPCO employees, and on a special 'War Allowance' agreed by BAPCO to meet the increased cost of living.
The volume includes correspondence on members of the Afghan royal family refuged in India and seeking for employment in Bahrain (folios 43-46); list of food prices 'prewar price' and 'present price' (folio 68); memorandum on 'The strike situation as on 28 December 1943' (folio 209).
There are some letters in Arabic in the volume. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 270-283).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (293 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 271-283). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 2, and runs through to 291, ending on the inside of the back cover. There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/408
- Title
- 'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
- Pages
- 51r:51v, 200r:200v, 227r:227v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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