'File 1/5 V Applications for Appointment in the Menial Establishment'

Content

The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at menial grades. The positions applied for consist of: farrash/farash [ferash], peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). , 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.

Extent and format

1 file (49 folios)

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.

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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of the folios concerned.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/976

Former external reference(s)

English Office files: 1/5 V

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Mar 1944-4 May 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Bahrain Political Agency, Menial EstablishmentAmerican Mission Hospital, Bahrain

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'File 1/5 V Applications for Appointment in the Menial Establishment', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/976, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001df> [accessed 7 July 2024]

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