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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [37r] (96/478)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 13 Feb 1930-22 Dec 1944. 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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Extract from Government of India Memorandum Eo*
-E/29, dated the 20th April 1932.
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The Government of Inaia have not at any time manifest
ed any dislike for the presence of an Indian element in the
Police at Bahrain and if financial conditions admitted would
not have been disposed to allow that element to disappear.
Extract from note by Sir Jen$s Bray dated 6th November
1927 (follow ng his visit to Bahrain).
British interference is especially over-advertised
in the' police, a particularly fine body of men, all Jhinjabi
Muhammadans, with uniform and drill of an Indian regiment.
They suggest at once foreign rule, and make it look as if the
present state of Bahrain depends for its security on Indian
bayonets alone. ( A striking contrast is afforded by the
appearance of the .x.P.O.C. Persian Persian policemen in the
British Settlement at Abadan). In this, as in all matters,
we should cling to essentials and discard the trimmings.
Je might for instance, drop the uniform or at any rate simplify
it; replace some of the Punjabis gradually by some element
less foreign ( e.g. Arabs from the Yemen) keeping a diminish.ng
number of Pubjabis as a nucleus.
Extract from Government of India telegram 2^o.3458-S of
26th llovember 1929 to the Secretary of State for Inaia.
• • • •
After all it is net only vis-a-vis the Arabs that
it is p.olitic for as to .gprk through a genuinely Arab
administration.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the development of the armed police force in Bahrain between the years 1930 and 1944.
The documents discuss the British authorities' desire to reduce the number of Indians employed in the police force and make it appear less noticeably 'foreign'. Various other reforms and training initiatives during this period are also discussed.
A full, detailed report from 1940 entitled 'A Report on the Bahrain Police with Suggestions for their improvement' is contained on ff. 70-167a.
The file also contains detailed instructions regarding protocol for the use of force by the police against crowds (notably the use of firearms against illegal assemblies) and documents containing a broader discussion of the nature of Britain's role in Bahrain.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Previously a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. A foliation system of circled pencil in top right-hand corner of each front-facing page begins on the title page and ends on the last page of text. There is another inconsistent foliation system that is also in pencil in the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page but is not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/1/348
- Title
- 'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1av, ii-r:ii-v, 1br:1cv, 2r:5v, 5ar:5av, 6r:7v, 7ar:7av, 8r:10v, 10ar:10bv, 11r:62v, 63ar:63av, 63r:92v, 93ar:93bv, 94r:95v, 96ar:96av, 96r:103v, 106r:166v, 167ar:167av, 167r:173v, 174ar:174av, 175r:178v, 180r:180v, 181ar:181av, 181r:190v, 191av:191bv, 192r:197v, 198ar:198cv, 199r:204v, 205ar:205av, 205r:214v, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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