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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [60r] (132/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. 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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3. THE AL KHALIFAH FAMILY .
(i) His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman bin Hamad Al
Khalifah, K.C.I.E., the Ruler of Bahrain, continued to
take a great interest in all state affairs and, in par
ticular, in the food rationing system which was subsi
dised by his government to the extent of Rs.11,800,000.
In late November His Highness accompanied by
his uncle, Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa al Khalifah, C.I.E.,
akjsls and other members of the Al Khalifah family went on
a shoouing trip to Saudi Arabia. The party proceeded as
far as Hafar where most of the shooting was done and, on
their return a month later, were seen off at Al Khobar by
His Highness the Amir Saud. it is said that the trip cost
more than Rs.300,000.
(ii) Shaikh Salman bin Mohammad, fifth son of the
senior uncle of His Highness was sent to Jerusalem in
April for a course of judicial training.
(iii) Khalid bin Mohammad bin Shaikh Abdulla bin
Isa returned from Egypt in November. His education has
led him into the paths of youth organizations, in this
instance not conducive to the best interests of Bahrain.
Strength on
1.1.1945 31.12.1945
British
Indians
Arabs
Followers
Clerks
Naturs .
Manama
Muharraq
Other Posts
The increase in the strength of the State
Police is due to the disbanding of the Special Defence
Police on the Oil Fields who were then absorbed into the
State Police. The decrease in the strength of Naturs is
due to the lack of suitable men for enlistment.
There were no serious crimes during the year.
The incidence of thefts was smaller than that of the pre
vious year. The three most prominent cases were those
in which 35,000 rounds of ammunition were stolen from the
Royal Air Force, 18,000 rounds of ammunition from the State
Police and 20 tyres by an American citizen from the Bahrain
Petroleum Company. There were 34 road accidents resulting
in 12 deaths and 3 serious injuries.
5. AGRICULTURE .
The Egyptian Agriculturist left the Bahrain
Government during the year.
4. POLICE .
Police.
5
293
30
7
4
384
30
7
328
432
52
47
74
31
42
64
173
137
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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year by the 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Political 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. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
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- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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