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'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [245r] (493/586)
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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Translation of a letter dated the 1st Muharrar; 1363 (28-12-43)
from the drivers of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited to
their Superintendent, Mr. V. Somerville.
After compliments:
We the drivers of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited
consider it an honour to work under you and we are quite alive
and thankful to you for your kind affection and forbearance for
us during all this period of our service.
Sir, When we find our colleagues and friends the workers
in the Refinery ha^e gone on strike for reasons of grievances
some of which are common to us also you will appreciate our
feeling of shame to go on working and drawing pay when they are
out of work being forced to go on strike. We have therefore
decided, as 3om today, to go on strike as they are. We feel
that we are only discharging our duty in taking this step which
we consider auspicious. We have taken oath on the Koran that
we will not return to our jobs in the Company until those labourers
on strike have returned. This is our final word. Je also like
to draw your attention to the fact that if they Company think;
of discussing the question with us conditionally concerning us
separately we beg to inform you that there will be no chance.
Our conditions are the same as those submitted by our respected
friends, the workers in the Refinery, We pray to God to solve
this problem and allow the water to take its course as soon as
possible. We have no doubt you will appreciate and support
our point of view considerately.
Usual ending
Drivers of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Ltd.
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- Content
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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- Title
- 'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
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- 245r:245v
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