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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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Confidential.
GOVEBNMENT OF INDIA,
; Department.
EXPRESS LETTER
[iV. B.—This is an 01UG1NAL MESSAGU, sent by post to save telegraphic
expense and undue use of the wires, but intended to be treated, on
receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To
save time and formalities it is worded and signed as if it had been
so despatched,]
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From - 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. ,
Bushire•
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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*
No. 599-S of 1942.
baled 17 tl1 June '
193
42.
' ^^ Reference correepondence ending with your Mexnorandum No.
C/803, dated the 12th June 1942.
2. Please submit a report as suggested.
3. I forward herewith a statement showing the increases in pay
♦
granted by the A.I.O.C.to the Indian staff. These increases appear
more generous than those granted by the Bahrain Petroleum Company
but this does not necessarily mean that the latter are inadequate
as the cost of living is probably greater in Iran than Bahrain.
sd. V.IUBay.
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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Attested.
for secretary to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *
6.
mfp—501 i)&p—(m-820)—23-7-36—300,ouo.

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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

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/408
Title: 'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
Pages: front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 3r:10v, 14r:15v, 17r:19v, 20v, 22r:23v, 35r:46v, 48r:50v, 52r:53v, 57r:58v, 59v:60v, 61v:67v, 69r:69v, 82r:91v, 92v:94v, 100r:101v, 103r:107v, 109r:114v, 120r:124v, 125v:131v, 136r:138v, 144r:155v, 162r:163v, 169r:172v, 174r:174v, 179r:184v, 185v, 189r:189v, 195v:199v, 200v:211v, 213v:226v, 227v:228v, 234r:243v, 252r:252v, 253v:255v, 256v:262v, 263v, 265r:265v, 266v, 267v:290v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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