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'File 32/10 (4/18) Muharram Processions' [31r] (61/90)
The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 1939-14 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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On the eighth night of Muharram, this month,
the usual processions started out from the matems
accompanied by the police most of whom were armed
with lathis * A reserve party of police with rifles
were stationed in a lorry on the edge of the matem
neighbourhood. It appears, though there is as yet
no definite proof of this, that the headmen of "matem
bin Rejab" were on bad terms with one of the leaders
of the Persian matem. The police had no knowledge
of this at the time#
At the time when the disturbance took place
the Bin Rejab procession was accompanied by Sub-
Inspector ^Abdulkarim, himself a Shia. Fearing
that the Bin Rejab procession would enter one of
the lanes where the Persian procession was still
passing Sub Inspector Abdulkarim diverted the head
of the procession in another direction. This annoyed
the Bahama and they tried to force their way down
a narrow alley to the lane where the Persians were
marching# A number of them succeeded in doing this,
Abdulkarim and one or two policemen were caught be
tween the two processions, who began fighting with
each other and were roughly handled. Sub Inspector
Abdulkarim fired a shot in the air in order to summon
more men# More police arrived and eventually sepa
rated the Persians and the Bahama each party retiring
to its own matem with the police following them# Persians
in the neighbourhood of the Persian matem flung stones,
chairs and cooking pots onto the crowd below indiscri
minately injuring some of the police and some of the
men in the processions. A Persian, by name Kawesh,
appears to have incited the Persians by shouting to
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This file contains correspondence related to Muharram processions performed by the Shia community in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence relates to the logistics of the processions including details of their routes.
In particular, the correspondence discusses the desire of foreigners resident in Bahrain to observe the processions and the complications that this caused. In this context, the file contains a copy of 'Instructions to be observed by those who wish to be present at future Muharram processions' written by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (ff 17-18). Also enclosed is a map of central Manama marking the area where Muharram processions occurred (folio 2).
The file also contains an account written by Belgrave of disturbances that occurred during the Muharram processions of 1942 (ff 28-34).
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- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 45; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/819
- Title
- 'File 32/10 (4/18) Muharram Processions'
- Pages
- 5r:5v, 11r:11v, 14r:15v, 23r:24v, 28r:34v, 39r:39v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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