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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [42r] (106/478)
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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It will be Been iron tine ttbow tiAt tm
Oovemraei't of India have oertainly in x.m ^oat aanireated
their diulii* for the yreoence of an Indian eleiaent
in the police at Bahrain aiic th* Bo^^eiition that effortB
Bhould be made to replace then by eaie other race *no
would apeak Arabic ana ningU nore «iith tiie iocar
inliabituntB waa originally due to preaaure froa Ute
<k>vernn*nt of India ana not from the He»id«nt in tht
Gulf •
^ince the uovermaert of India liave now approved
of the elimination of the Indian element ti* question is
an academic one. but X have thomdit it ^ust as will to
place the above facto on record.
As regards the general question of
“weaterniBation" nobody is more anxious to see the Arad
Bui era of the Gulf ru0 their 0*1 litatea on Arab lines
than I am as I have shown in tlie case of Muscat—vide my
^ despatch Mo. 21h^ of 7th April 1932. but when one has to
deal with such a perfectly useless individual as ::haiidi
Haia^d of .Bahrain there ia nothing to be done but to more
or less run the place ourselves. It is a great pity
that when .Siiaikh iaa was depot* ed hliaikh Hajaad was put in
his place, though 'X fully realise the difficulties ol the
officers who )iad to deal with the matter at that tine.
Anyhow, we are now saddled with him and tauat make Ua
oe at of a bad job.
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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
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- 'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police'
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- 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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