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'File 32/10 (4/18) Muharram Processions' [3r] (5/90)
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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Confidential
D.O. No. C/151
lated the 6 th March 1939.
I gather there was a good deal of objection this
year on the part of the Shias to the large congregation
of foreigners, mostly Americans and Europeans, who came
down to photograph the somewhat unpleasant ecstasies of
the Muharram processions 5 and that as a result the ^hias
decided at the last minute to change their route and to
avoid the main square. T hear also that several Europeans
and Americans pursued the processions into the side streets
and that one or two minor scuffles ensued, though in point
of fact no official complaints have been made either to
myself or to the Oil Company by the people involved.
2. Though the cessation of these gory spectacles would
be admirable from every point of view, it is obvious that
this is not the way to put an end to them; and it seems to
me fortunate that none of the European or American camera
fiends got badly hurt this year. I think it would be rather
tooA
C. Dalrymple Belgrave, Esquire, C.B.E.,
Adviser to the Bahrain Government,
Bahrain.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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
- front, front-i, 3r:4v, 6r:8v, 10r:10v, 12r:13v, 16r:22v, 25r:27v, 35r:38v, 40r:44v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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