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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [21r] (41/146)
The record is made up of 1 file (71 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1946-31 Dec 1946. 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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Corporation was found shot dead and half buried under a
tree rear the Sharjah taxi station. The Shaikh inme-
d.lately sent for a tracker but the murderer has noc yet
been traced. She guard's rifle is missing and possibly
was the motive of this crime.
83. ?! 0WENCHT5 OF TRTTCIAL SHAIKH S.
(i) 0: the 24th Shaikh Ahmad bin Muhammad as Saif,
Chief of the Ahawatir sub-section of the Na’im arrived at
Dubai as the guest of th Shaikh of Dubai. On the 25th he
visited Sharjah and called on the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent.
(ii) On the 29th Shaikh Sultan bin '"Alim, Ruler of
Has al Rhaimah, arrived at Sharjah. He left for Duoai on
the 3Q.th.
84 ° SHIPP ING.
Eighteen ships (7 British, 3 American, 2 Pana
manian ana 1 Norwegian) called at the nor g of Bahrain during
the period unu ^r report. imports were 2,172-J- tors of general
cargo for Bahrain and 30 tons for transhipment to the main
land wiiile exports consisted of 35 tons of general cargo
and 158,800 tons of petroleum products.
85. METEOROLOGICA L.
Maximum
temperature
93°Fo
on
15.4.'45.
Minimum
temperature
67 0 F.
on
19.4. ',46.
Maximum
humidity
910
on
22.4. ‘46.
Minimum
humidity
475'
on
19.4.'46.
Sd./» AoC. GALLOWAY
political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain.
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The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain for the year 1946. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the 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. , and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Each report is numbered from 1 to 24 and covers a two week period.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:
- shipping;
- visits of British and foreign notables;
- economic and commercial matters, including the pearling industry;
- arms traffic;
- local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- the movements of Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs;
- the work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit in the region;
- water, electricity, and telecommunications;
- development of industry in Bahrain, such as the cotton mill;
- weather and meteorological data.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (71 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 73; 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 present in parallel between ff 1-73; 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/15/2/317
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:72v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence