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IOR/R/15/2/816
- Record Id:
- 040-000229116
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000f3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100182709157.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/816
- Title:
- File 32/6 I (4/4A) Recruitment of British Police for Bahrain
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence regarding arrangements for a number of British policemen to be seconded to work for the Bahrain Police Force.
The file contains correspondence covering the following: the reason why the British police officers are needed; the logistics needed to facilitate their secondment; discussions over pay, contracts and clothing; the applications of a number of British policemen; and discussions concerning the police officers' duties in Bahrain. Also included is a limited amount of correspondence regarding the officers' arrival and subsequent conduct in Bahrain.
The following items of interest are enclosed:
- An introductory note entitled 'State of Bahrain', intended for newly-arrived officers in Bahrain (ff 29-30)
- The Conditions of Service for seconded British Police Officers in Bahrain (ff 56-57)
- A copy of the Police Pensions Act 1921 (ff 58-76)
- A note on the duties of British Police Officers in Bahrain written by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (ff 143-44)
- Bahrain State Police (British Detachment) Temporary Discipline Regulations, 1945 (ff 167-173).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000229113
040-000229116 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/814-830 : File 32: Bahrain State
IOR/R/15/2/816 : File 32/6 I (4/4A) Recruitment of British Police for Bahrain - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0037]/038-000229113[0003]/040-000229116
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (239 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000f3
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 24 Sep 1944-8 May 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 239; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel at ff 2-226; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Pagination: the file notes at the back have been partly paginated in pencil at ff 227-236.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 32/6 I
File No. 4/4A - Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)