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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language English Name Bahrain Levy Corps, 1924-1926

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1043
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 5 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Administration: Internal Affairs: British Interference'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, memoranda, and draft papers relating to British and European representation within the Bahrain administration. The papers discuss a number of matters, including: appointment and terms of the posts of Director of Customs, Commandant of the Levy Corps, and some medic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-22 Jan 1931
Extent:

1 volume (174 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/127
Title:
File 9/1 Institution of Reforms & Sunni opposition intrigues
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume (folios 2 to 146) covers the period 1922 to 1927, and concerns proposals for reforms in the Sheikhdom of Bahrain, and their subsequent implementation and impact on the kingdom. This part of the volume contains letters exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1922-19 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/135
Title:
File 9/8 Bahrain Levy Corps
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to the institution of a Levy Corps in Bahrain, and more specifically to the recruitment, training, equipment (military, non-military) and costs of maintaining the force. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Clive Daly, or George Mallam ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1923-5 Jul 1926
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/137
Title:
File 9/10 1. Levy Corps Sepoy running amok; 2. Disbandment of Levy Corps; 3. Formation of armed Police Corps
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a number of serious incidents, including two cases of attempted murder and a double murder, occurring in Bahrain in August 1926. The double murder, which was committed by a sepoy in the Bahrain Levy Corps, led to the immediate disbandment of the force,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1926-24 Aug 1928
Extent:
1 file (189 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/277
Title:
‘File 7/12 Protection of aerodromes by levies’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents concern the establishment of companies of levy corps to protect Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in the Gulf. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield until October 1943, Major Tom Hickinbotham from October 1943 to March 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1942-23 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/278
Title:
‘File 7/12 II Protection of aerodromes by levies (and locally recruited guards)’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the withdrawal of Royal Air Force (RAF) levies from the RAF bases at Bahrain and Sharjah in response to the end of the Second World War, and subsequent arrangements to replace the levies with guards to maintain security at these bases. The principal correspondents in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1945-24 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1202
Title:
File 6/2 I Recruits for the Bahrain State Police and Supply of Clothing, Arms, and Ammunition for them
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the following: Political Agent, Bahrain; Commandant of the Bahrain Levy Corps (State Police); Kirkee Arsenal; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); Government of India (Foreign and Political Department, Adjutant General, Contr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
5 Apr 1926-5 Feb 1930
Extent:
1 file (393 folios)