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‘File 21/11 Communal tension in Qatar: appointment of special constables for Qatar’ [7r] (13/36)
The record is made up of 1 file (15 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1948-3 Feb 1948. It was written in English. 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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D.0. NO. C/219.
The 19th February, 1943.
©
Dear Lermltte,
I am sending you separately a formal order of
appointment as Special Police Officers, of those listed
in paragraph 3 of your personal & Confidential letter
daued the 22nd January, 1943. These Special police
Oificers are under the general supervision and control
of myself as
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.
, Bahrain. I have powers to
select one of them to be appointed Chief Special police
Officer and the others should perform their duties subject
to nis orders and directions. If you let mb know whom
should be selected as Chief Special police Officer, I will
make an order appointing him.
2* I enclose herewith a rather hurriedly drafted note
on the duties of a Special police Officer which may be of
use. I am also asking Hudson to find you, if possible, a
copy of the Criminal procedure Code to which they may want
to refer. I am not, however, suggesting that the subtleties
of legal procedure should be studied. As you will readily
appreciate, the powers should only be used when needed and
exercised with tact.
Yours sincerely.
B.R. Lermitte, Esq.,
Manager,
Messrs, petroleum Concessions, Ltd.,
Bah ra in .
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The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to tensions arising between the Muslim and Sikh communities of Bahrain and Qatar, in response to the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947. The tensions referred to in the file are chiefly between Indian/Pakistani employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), operating the oil concession in Qatar. The principal 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. in Bahrain, Cornelius Pelly, and 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. , Sir William Rupert Hay.
The file includes: a letter from Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte, Manager for PCL, to 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, dated 22 January 1948, reporting on tensions between Sikh and Muslim PCL employees, and enquiring if Special Police Constables can be employed by PCL, similar to those employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain (f 3); proposed searches of PCL employees for weapons, dismissal and/or departure of Sikh PCL employees (ff 4-7); correspondence between 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. and H Dayal of the Ministry of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations in New Delhi, 1948, relating to ‘communal relations’ in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region, with reference to Sikh-Muslim tensions, and anti-Jewish riots in Bahrain in December 1947 (ff 10-12); the text (typewritten draft and printed) of a notice entitled Kings Regulations under Article 83 of “The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939” No.1 of 1948: Special Police Officers’ Regulations , dated 3 February 1948 and signed by Hay (ff 13-14, 16).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (15 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 17) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- ‘File 21/11 Communal tension in Qatar: appointment of special constables for Qatar’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:17v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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