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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [51r] (124/478)
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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the degree of force to be used shall be the minimum which
the responsible officer, with the exercise of due care
and attention, decides to be necessary for the effective
dispersal of the crowd.
2a£^-J2f-WDUndea _and. preparation of rep ort• - On
occasions when firearms have been used against unlawful
assemblies it should be the duty of the magistrate, if
one is present, to make adquate arrangements for the care
of the wounded persons and for their removal to hospital
and also for the disposal of the dead, if any. He should
also, then and there, draw up a full report in consultation
with the senior police officer present, stating all the
circumstances and noting the number of rounds of ammunition
issued and expended. If no magistrate is present, this
report should be prepared by the senior police officer.
Am&l .force nut-l a-be brought too near a dangerou s
CUflld* - While the disposition of the police must be
left to the police officer in command, every precaution
should be taken that a force armed with fire-arms is not
brought so close to a dangerous crowd, as to risk its
either being overwhelmed by numbers or being forced to
inflict heavy casualties. If the use of firearms cannot
be avoided, firing should be carried out from a distance
sufficient to obviate the risk of the force being rushed
and to enable strict fire-control to be maintained.
PQstiag..flf..police im-QCC^ions _cf. religious festival? .
On occasions of religious festivals police carrying fire
arms should ordinarily not be employed to escort processions.
They should be posted at points where there is danger of
a disturbance or should be held in reserve as a moving
picket either in front or in the rear of the procession
where they are in least danger of being thrown into
confusion by the mob and can be kept under the control
of the officer in command and of their petty officers.
ErpPQrtion^af^Qffleers to be high .- When police
are likely to be employed as a firing party against an
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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.
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- 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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