'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [109r] (246/478)
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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of bodiee often eaehed ashore by the sea la
but no record of such Investigatlone is kept#
IKATCIQ CASfcS.
A special register for notor traffic
is maintained,the object of which is not clear#
The register was not up to date.
There is no register of petty offences
such as those against licensing and traffic Laws.
Systematic checking of driving and
other licenses is seldom carried out by the police#
r lhe number of men capable of reading the particul
ars in a license is very small#
The police issue trial licenses valid
T
tor one day only# These are issuedfor ^-5-0 and
books of licenses with foil and counter foil are
kept at the Police Station. The cash collected is
remitted yearly to the office of the State Engineer
and X was told that as there was no proper
receptacle for it in the Police Station it was
kept by the clerk at his house#
im^ JSAL or CASES,
Jwing to the absence of records it was
impost ible to examine the speed of disposal of cases
by Courts# As has been stated the results of oases
have only recently been recorded# I noticed how
ever that the disposal of case No. 4 of 1569- a
simple traffic case took 24 days#
sm:^
)ne section is sent from the Port to
provide patrols in the bazar, une half of the
section is on duty from 7.50 till 11.50 and the
other half from 11.50 till 6.50 .Men are sent to
the motor stand,main bazar f vegetable market and
cloth market. The non-commissioned officer inoharge
is responsible for visiting these places in turn
and seeing that his men are carrying out their
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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.
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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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- '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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