Coll 25/19 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: King's Regulation No. 2 of 1936: Bahrain Special Police Officers Regulations'

Content

Correspondence, drafts, and minute papers relating to the passing of the Special Police Officers Regulations, 1936, under the articles of The Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1913. The papers cover the initial discussion of the need for special officers to maintain order amongst foreign subjects in Bahrain which was triggered by a violent incident involving Bahrain Petroleum Company employees, details of which are reported by 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Loch, in April 1936 (folios 33-34). Interdepartmental consensus over the text of the regulation and the appropriate powers to be given to the special officers is then sought between the 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. , Foreign Office, and Government of India (Foreign and Political Department).

A copy of the new regulation is on folio 8.

Extent and format

1 file (33 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin 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/L/PS/12/3324

Former external reference(s)

Coll 25/19

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Jul 1936-20 Jan 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Bahrain Order in Council (1913)

Places

Bahrain

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeGovernment of India, Foreign and Political Department

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