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'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [184r] (402/478)
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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2. (&£)
applicants credentials will be carried out with a view to
making quite sure that he is not already employed on essential
work.
Even assuming that the fullest cooperation is obtained
I am afraid that as regards the Bahrain Civil Police we shall
not be able to attain our object which is to ensure that the
Police Force is maintained at effective strength for many of
the policemen now completing the period of service for which
they were engaged are desirous of obtaining employment as semi
skilled artisans in the town itself and not with any of the
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large employers of labour.
3. I have suggested to BMgrave that he should examine the
desirability of the Bahrain Government issuing an ^lan making
police service compulsory until the end of the war for all
persons at present enrolled in the Civil Police Force. Belgrave
is much in favour of compulsory service and has I understand
represented very strongly to His Highness the desirability for
some such order but the Shaikh is not favourably inclined.
The , A1 Khalifah family have always disliked compulsion
and much prefer persuasion. It has been their policy to pla
cate delinquents, especially should they be members of the
family, by increasing their allowances or making them gifts,
a policy which has so far never succeeded, I understand
that His Highness is no exception to this rule and would much
prefer to increase the wages of the Police to such a level that
they would continue willingly to serve.
The Police are in my opinion at the present time in
receipt of a reasonable wage especially when it is considered
that they receive full rations and uniform and I feel that ^o
grant them an increase in wages because of the fear of their
leaving their employment would only be storing up trouble for
the future. I append as an appendix to this letter a sche
dule showing the present pay, allowances, and rations of a
police constable and a police sergeant. It is worthy of
/note
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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'
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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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