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'File 9/8 Bahrain Levy Corps' [‎190r] (384/480)

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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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Til# Peiitioiil s^%uqj
BakraiB•
1/2/^6
Your D,0. ITO. 274s ©f 27tk January.
May I suggest tiiat the %pp«iatm«iit @f a Political Pr^ationor
Bii.®uld '©« for a minimum of two y«ar». Til© ^resent system of on©
ytar at a timt is most unntc^ssarily •xpsnslTS t as IsotJa at tJas
bsg^inning & the end @f the y«ar tw® sfiictrs kave ts b« paid
i Ten
f@r a month or mors v.iiil® tixoy overlap & aro joining & returning
to India. &lore©vor wo iaav® 3aardly ^ot ©no ofiicor au fait with, k
with tJae work beteve ws are involvoa in ©orrosponcianee about him
sfcCGOssLior#. If tke probationer is to fee much u^e Sc is to pick ur)
some arabic it v /ill ta^.e him a year to do so ^ iie will then be
due t© leave. I -ould also suggest that no be ax^pointed as
" o.G . Bqhrain Levy Corps & Assistant to the adviser Bai.rain 3ta
©r something ©i' the sort,in order that he ma^, ass ist the
Adviser in other ways,which weuld he of advantage feoth to the
Stato & would l>e good training for the probationer.
Bo you not think ,that in view of the fact that an officer
whon first appointed to the Political i^ex^artment is paid i.s650
at the m
per mensem # his pay in the Bahrain 3^ovy corx)s should be Rs 850-
(plus free furnished quarters) & not Hs 1000 tactually mere as
he is paid by the Arabic month) as at present.The probationer
is bound to be much junior to both Campbell & Gewice pro ©ably
nearly ten years younger than the Adviser,whereas yn : s 1000 he
will receive I s 200 x>er mensem mere than tho dviber.tne latters
work being much .uarder <Ss more responsitle. x*..e Advisers pay ©1
course include Ka 200 which la not paid direct to him but goes
into a provident Fund whereas the Probationer will nave his lull
pay independently of pension.
ours sincerely.

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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