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'File 9/8 Bahrain Levy Corps' [128r] (260/480)
The record is made up of 1 volume (226 folios). It was created in 16 Dec 1923-5 Jul 1926. 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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COKFIIEKTIAT, .
No.
@
The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain.
3l8t May 1925.
The Han'ble 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Bushire,
Meriio rand urn .
With reference to my express letter No.609, dated
the 29th May, I beg to explain more fully the reasons
why X advocate the return to India of 18 Rinds, despatch-
-ed "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.
, Kalat from ^uetta for enliat-
-ment in the Bahrain Levy Corps.
/he arrangements for the recruitment of these
personnel were made by Major ^aly, but his original
request was not for Rinds, but for .British ^ekranis - his
object being to eliminate as far as jiossible the Persian
element in the Corps. This was desirable for many reasons
but particularly in order to avoid the possibility of the
men deserting when they went on leave.
I cannot for one moment "believe that it was his
intention to introduce into a small Corps of 125 ranks,
of which 90 already had been recruited, an entirely new
element, far removed in customs, habits and locality
from those originally enlisted. If the age, habits and
physique of these 18 Rinds were atall suitable for forming
the basis of a new Corps, 1 would endeavour to keep them
and make tne best of them. But many ol them are old men,
their physique is decidely poor, and they are Indian
Frontier tribesmen, who have very little in common with th
Mekranis already enlisted. I consider that the discipline
of the Levy Corps would be adversely affected by the
retention of these men, an d I would strongly recommend
following up Major Daly f s original intention of enlisting
British Mekranis in the Corps.
On the 27th April sgs party of 25 British Kekrani
arrived from Gwadur. They were recruited by the Commandant
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The volume relates to the institution of a Levy Corps in Bahrain, and more specifically to the recruitment, training, equipment (military, non-military) and costs of maintaining the force. The main correspondents in the file are 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. at Bahrain (Major Clive Daly, or George Mallam as Acting Agent in Daly's absence), 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Trevor until April 1924, thereafter Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux), and Captains A. Campbell and T. H. Geake, Commanding Officers of the Bahrain Levy Corps for the first and second years respectively.
The institution of the Bahrain Levy Corps was set up with the assistance of 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 Muscat, and the previously established Muscat Levy Corps, the intention being that the Commandant of the Muscat Levies, Captain Alban, would supervise the new Bahrain Levies, and that the first recruits for the Bahrain Levies be recruited from Muscat. However, the process of recruitment was hampered by Alban becoming ill, and a shortage of suitable men being found. Daly noted, in a letter dated 25 October 1924 that “the enlistment of men was mismanaged - many undesirables were enlisted and many unfit.” (folios 111-112). The main area of concern was the recruitment to the Levies of Persian Makranis. An express letter from Daly to Prideaux, dated 29 May 1925, noted that the Bahrain Levy Corps comprised 46 British subjects, 23 Persian subjects, 39 Muscat subjects, and 1 Yemeni subject (folio 127). This letter followed shortly after an incident, on 25 May 1925, in which one of the Persian Levies at Bahrain murdered two of his colleagues (folio 134). Continuous efforts were made afterwards to reduce the number of Persians in the Bahrain Levies (folios 187, 191).
An annual report for the Bahrain Levy Corps, written by Campbell at the end of his service (July 1925), gives detail on the challenges facing the institution of the Bahrain Levy Corps, its recruitment process, disciplinary record, as well as information on the Bahrain state prison (folios 153-68).
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- 1 volume (226 folios)
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The items in the volume have been arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is an earlier foliation system using blue pencil circled numbers in the top-right corner of rectos, which runs from folios 7 to 26. There are no foliation anomalies.
The following folios are fold-outs: 33, 52, 54, 87-89, 91, 92, 116, 117, 120, 146, 148, 149, 163-66, 208, 209, 219.
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