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IOR/R/15/1/347
- Record Id:
- 040-000227793
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000140
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023555227.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/347
- Title:
- File 19/172 I (C 23) Bahrain Levy Corps
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains information regarding the formation, acitivites and subsequent disbandment of the Bahrain Levy corps, a para-military force that existed on the island between 1924 and 1926.
The file contains detailed discussions regarding the creation of the corps including questions over its role, size, ethnic composition and budget. The numerous diffilculties that the British faced in forming the corps are also discussed.
The corps was disbanded in 1926 after one of its members shot (and killed) two Indian officers and injured the Political Agent Clive Daly.
The records contain a detailed report of the attacks written by Daly, reports of the murderer's execution and correspondence regarding the logistics involved in the disbandment of the corps.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227759
040-000227793 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/314-377 : File 19: Bahrain
IOR/R/15/1/347 : File 19/172 I (C 23) Bahrain Levy Corps - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0006]/038-000227759[0034]/040-000227793
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (310 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000140
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1924
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- 24 Jan 1924-31 Dec 1926
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Previously a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts on first page of the volume and continues to the last page of writing. Foliation in pencil numbers in top right corner of recto. The following foliation errors occur: f.1 is followed by ff.1A, 1B and 1C; f.60 is followed by 60A and 60B; f.93 is followed by 93A; f.97 is followed by 97A; f.98 is followed by 98A; f.170 is followed by 170A; f.224 is followed by 224A and 224B; f.297 is followed by 297A; f.307 is followed by 307A. The following folios do not exist: f.39, f.150, ff.161-166, ff.210-215, f.221.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 19/172 I
Confidential Series: C 23 - Arrangement:
- File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)