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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [92r] (208/478)
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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Officers *ho are responsltle for the training carried
cut. These Uon-Commiasicned Officers for the most
were
part have not been instructed themselves since they /
recruits, and those I saw in parade were not impres
sive. Parades are under the general charge of the
Senior Kavildar (radir Khan) • The Superintendent of
Polios attends parade twice a week.
Physical, Twining *
itecruits are given physical training only
twice a week. The reraaining sections on parade are
instructed in physical training every other day. The
time alloted is three quarter of an hour from 6.30 to
7.16.
Physical training carried out as at present
can have little beneficial effect. The main fault
lies with the instructors who for the most part can
neither instruct nor demonstrate. Apparatus wore was
particularly feeble.
Ho physical training tables exist.
There is no parade state showing the number
of men posted at the Fort, the number on parade and the
number sick or absent for other reasons.
As has been stated there are no schedules of
training. There is no training in bethi fighting, or
fire control for dispersing nobs. There is no training
in Police work.
Certain men were recently selected for
training in traffic duty and were instructed by the
Superintendent Police for 3 days and then sent on point
duty. The first man on point duty I spoke to informed
me that he had taught himself.
;iach man fires a yearly musketry course
which/
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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'
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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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