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'File 32/10 (4/18) Muharram Processions' [6r] (11/90)
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
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B.O. No. C/180-12/18
Dated the 21st March 1939.
t
Seme days ago I mentioned to the Managers of the Com
pany the matter of the !/uharram processions. As you know the
Shias this year abandoned their normal processional route into
the main square on account of their objection to the large
battery of cameras brought by British, American and Indian
sight-seers. Some of these sight-seers pursued the processions
into side streets where, to be frank, they * ere in considerable
danger of receiving serious injuries. In point of fact no one
was hurt this year though there were one or two minor scuffles.
2. It is clear enough that we cannot take chances like this
again in future. The consequences of a possible riot in which
Europeans or Americans were injured would be extremely serious,
and I do not consider that the somewhat unpleasant ecstasies of
the Uuharram processions are of sufficient interest or value to
foreign spectators to justify such a risk being taken. I had
originally intended to propose that the numbers of European,
American and Indian spectators from Manama, Awali and Arabia
alike/-
The Chief Local Representative,
The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited,
Bahrain
Black, Esouire
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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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- Open Government Licence