'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [‎69r] (137/146)

SECRET.
No. 23.
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD 1ST
TO 15TH DECEMBER <, 1946.
272. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS.
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(i) On the 2nd the 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. , accompanied by
Mrs. Galloway, returned by air from Basra.
(ii) On the 3rd the uon'ble Lt-Col. v.r. Ray, C.S.I.,
C I.E., political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , left on the
"King Faisal” on tour.
(iii) On the r;7 th E r ing/Commander P.R.M. Williams, Air Staff
Liaison Officer, Bahrain, left Bahrain by 'plane for
Sharjah. He returned on the 15th.
(iv) On the 15th the 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. , accompanied by Mrs.
Galloway, left Bahrain by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch on tour.
273. CALLS .
(i) On the 12th the 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. called on His Highness
the Shaikh of Bahrain.
(ii) On the 14th his Highness returned the call at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
274. RAS AL KHAIMAH , ‘
Reference paragraph 266 of intelligence Summary No.22.
Shaikh Muhammad bin Salim, brother of the Shaikh of
Ras al Khaimah, declined to accept the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah’s
proposal that they should go to Sharjah to settle the dispute in
the presence of the Shaikhs of Sharjah and Ajman. He has also
rejected an offer that his family should live in Hilailah, a small
village situated between Sha'am and Rams. By this offer the Shuixh
of Ras al Khaimah hoped to occupy the strong points vacated by his
brother, but Shaikh Muhammed bin Salim has decided not to move from
his present positions. The Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah is anxious
that his brothel and nephews should leave the gardens outside
Kura ideh village because in another 3 or 4 months the greater part
of the population of Ras al Khaimah will move into the gardens,
and become subject to his brother's authority.
275. MOVEMENTS OF .CRUCIAL COAST SHAIKHS
Shaikh Muhammed bin Hamad ash-Sharqi of Fujairah left
for Muscat on a visit to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat.
275. BURAIMI.
Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan, Chief of the Hai'ra in Buraimi,
recently blinded and then executed three persons suspected of
having organised a plot to assassinate him and instal his cousin
Hurnaid bin Hamdan in his place. The Shaikh is a wealthy man, and
very unpopular among his people. He is reported to be on friendly
terms with the Shaikh of Dubai to whom he supplies information
regarding the activities of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi.
277. DUBAI.
(i) On the 4th of December a party of about 50 Manasir BenJ^