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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [72r] (168/478)
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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A report on the ■ja hrain Police with
flttggqstiQna for their inproyement*
I have divided this report into three
parts* The first part contains certain general
Information and includes a brief outline of the
way in which the Police Force was built up. The
second deals with the results of my inspection and
the third contains proposals for reorganisation.
In making this report only peace time requirements
have been considered.
flgag^i
Accurate figures of the population of the
Bahrain Islands are not available as there has been
no census, but the total is estimated at about
150,000. Of this number, Manama, the largest town
absorbs some 30,000 and the towns of ft’uharraq and
Hedd, in ‘Mharraq Island, some 15,000 and 5,000.
Some 6,000 persons live at the oil camp at Awali.
Moat of the waalth of the Islands is concentrated
in the towns of l anaraa and )«uhai*raq and the majority
of influential traders, shop keepers, pearl merchants,
property owners and others who inhabit these two towns
are foreigners. A municipality was established in
Manama in 1919 and 8 years later a municipality was
also formed in Muharraq. Of the rest of the popula
tion (over two-thirds of the total) which consists
mostly of cultivators, fishermen, pearl divers and
labourers, the majority live in the numerous small
villages which lie in the northern half of the Isfe nd
of Bahrain. The villagers are the aboriginal shia
inhabitants
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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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- Open Government Licence