‘File 16/44 Holidays observed by the Bahrain Government and other local offices. and their working hours and other changes in their personnel’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 16/44 Holidays observed by the Bahrain Government and other local offices. and their working hours and other changes in their personnel’
- Date:
- 1934/1950
- Description:
- Abstract: Notices and memoranda from various institutions and commercial concerns in Bahrain, informing the Political Agency of office closures (in observance of Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu festivals, bank holidays, and other occasions such as the King’s birthday) or changes to working hours. Notices were received from: the Government of Bahrain, including the Adviser to the Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Director of Customs (Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, George William Reginald Smith); managers and other representatives of Eastern Bank Limited; the Manager of the Imperial Bank of Iran (referred to as the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East from 1949 onwards); representatives of Gray, Mackenzie and Company; representatives of the Bahrain Post Office; representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); and from 1947, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf.A small proportion of letters in the file are notices from institutions (the Royal Navy) and commercial concerns (BAPCO, the Arabian-American Oil Company), informing the Political Agency of changes to personnel.Some notices are written in Arabic as well as in English.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 414; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-252; these numbers are also written in pencil.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Public holidays
Religious festivals
Working conditions - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000121_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000121_en
IOR/R/15/2/1554
IOR/R/15/2/1554