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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [186r] (373/1077)
The record is made up of 1 file (535 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1933-21 Feb 1941. 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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laws of 'j&tar while they remaiuea In the 3tate end that in
the event of their deairing to leave tne Gtate of a tar they
were in full liberty to do so*
there wee considerable etieitessnt in Bali «in ai
the ing tforaiiy during tlie fixat few days of July while
exaggerated rum > rs were coming from the latar Penineula.
there was no indication tliat it was liiceXy tliat there would
be any d monstration by the inha itents of Bahrain in favour
of the Maim and in actuality no such demonstrrtion did take
place*
About the 6th of July the ihailch of Bahrain determined
to withdraw the pearling dhows from the pearling banks in
ease there should occur any incident between his dhows and
those belonging o the hhaikh of jatar* He was inferaed that
there was no objection to this course of action and the dhows
returned to Bahrain* fhe advent of such a large number of
individuals without work might possibly liave resulted in a
pro-Haim demonstration but in fact no such de ons trail on took
place* As soon as it become clear tl*at affairs on the meinl
iiad quietened d\ni f live pearling fleet once more returned to
the pearling banks* This was about the 9th or 10th of July *
Xn the early days of the month before it was known
what the situation in ubarah would be a few families t
prinel ally of the ft* Khwara tribe, took refuge In the Island
and were auitrbly fed ana ae<:ommo< ated by > i8 Highness the
Shaikh. The Jhai: h as ed for 0 written permission to allow
the Haim to come to Bahrain if they so desired which was
granted, but the Haim did wot appear to desire to leave a tar
where they had sufficient grazing for their flocks which
probably they would not have been able to obtain in Bahrain*
Shaikh dasiUd bin Ivoiiamfitad of the uaiw interviewed
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 tlie 13th of July ana statad generally
as S' me recoraeu above* u ap-«uu*fe=: t> t the • of
jatar did not intend to dinarm the f aim but only took a total
of 90 rifles from the tribe. The Haim are not livl g in the
;aibare
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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 years 1933-40. 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. There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:
- Shipping
- The movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables
- Local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the wider Middle East
- Economic matters and food supplies
- Bahrain Petroleum Company and other matters related to the oil industry
- Transport accidents
- The Bahrain ruling family
- Tensions between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- The pearl trade
- Workers' strikes in Bahrain
- Local crime
- The slave trade
- Regional boundary disputes
- The impact of the beginning of the Second World War in Bahrain and local reaction to events in the war
- Weather and meteorological data.
A photograph of Charles Belgrave and the French Naval Officer, Contre Amiral Rivet is contained on folio 388. It was taken when the French Sloop Bougainville visited Bahrain on 14-16 February 1935.
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 (535 folios)
- Arrangement
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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 537; 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 3-537; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:387v, 389r:537r, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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