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The record is made up of 1 file (233 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1948-14 Feb 1950. 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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SECRET .
No.15 of 1948
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
1st to 15th September, 1948.
200. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS ,
(i) On the 4th His Excellency Lt. Colonel
A.Co Galloway, C.I.E., O.B.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. , Persian
Gulf, left for Kuwait in H.M.S. "Wren". He returned to
Bahrain on the 8 th.
No.14.
from Mosul.
(ii) Reference paragraph 186 of Intelligence Summary
On the 9th Major and Mrs. J.E.H. Hudson returned
(iii) On the 13th Mrs. A.C. Galloway arrived by air
from the United Kingdom. She was met at the Muharraq aero
drome by Colonel Galloway and 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. .
201. VISITORS.
(i) On the 2nd Admiral Connolly, Commander-in-Chief,
U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic^nd Mediterranean, ac
companied by 16 Staff Officers, arrived in Bahrain by air
from Karachi and left on the 3rd.
(ii) Captain Ludovic Porter, R.N., Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , stayed at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. from the 2nd to the 14th
September.
(iii) On the 3rd Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr Al-Qasimi,
brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, arrivedin Bahrain^by R.A.F.
’plane. He was accompanied by two of his sons. He is
staying in Qudhaibiyyah Palace as His Highness' guest.
202. CALLS.
(i) On the 4th His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain,
called on 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. at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
(ii) On the 11th 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. _exchanged calls
with Commander Best, the new Commanding Officer of H.M.S.
’’Loch Quoich".
(iii) On the 5th Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr alQasim,
brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, called on 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. .
On the 15th he called on His Excellency the Political Resi
dent at Jufair.
203. PAID-1 -AZAM MOHAMME D ALI.JI NNAH.
Mr. Jinnah's death came as a great shock to
local Pakistanis and to members of all communities m Bahrain.
The next day, the 12th September, all shops and offices,
including the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , were closed and flags were flown at
half-mast on public buildings. In the evening a memorial
service was held in the luma' Mosque in Manamah where speeches
were~made in praise of the dead man. Cinemas were closea.
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 January 1948 until January 1950 (not for the year 1946 as the title suggests). 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 British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East.

The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:

Shipping
Visits of British and foreign notables
Economic and commercial matters
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 work of Bahrain Petroleum Company, and the oil industry more generally
American interests in the region
Local reaction to international events such as those in Palestine and Syria
The activities of the Royal Navy
The supply of electricity, water and telecommunications
Aviation
The work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit
The traffic of slaves
Quarantine and medical matters
Weather and meteorological data.

There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.

In addition to the reports, the file contains a copy of a letter sent from the Government of Pakistan's Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department in Karachi to British officials in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain concerning the alleged kidnapping and enslavement of girls in Baluchistan by 'Arab traders in dates', 9 March 1949 (folio 91).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (233 folios)

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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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.

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/12/3769B
Title: Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:90v, 92r:103v, 104ar:104av, 104r:234v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence