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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [70r] (152/414)
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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-13-
Araericans 261
British (U.K.) 292
Canadians 82
South Africans 28
Other Europeans 8
British Indians 681
•Iraqis 20
Bahrainis 3580
Others 736
(including 105
Contractors
Employees).
5688
(1) Royalties on Bapco Oil .
During the half year period from the 1st
January, 1945, to the 30th June, 194o, the Royalties
paid to the Shaikh and the Bahrain Governmeni: amounted
to Rs. 15,65,925 (
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
fifteen
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, six^y-five "Uhou-
sand nine hundred and twenty-five only). The statement
for Royalties for the second half.of the year under
review had not been received at the time of compilation
of this report.
^ /s , si , ~ 9 "(c?
so. visits of foiiaiai'i notables .
(i) Mr. Van der Meulen, Minister for the Netherlands,
at Jedda, passed through Bahrain en route to Bushire on
the 7th January, and spent a couple of days here.
(ii) His Excellency Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, Ruler
of Ras al Khaimah, spent almost two weeks in Bahrain
during June. He stayed with His Highness.
21. LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(i) On the 1st January in accordance with the usual
custom His Highness accompanied by his senior relatives
paid an official call on the Political Agenc. Later
the same day some 200 of the leading members of all
communities in Bahrain were received by the Political
Agenc.
(ii) On the 16th February the Spring Race Meeting
was held in aid of War Charities and resulted in a
satisfactory collection of Rs.16,000/- to that end.
(iii) As hour by hour publicity made v .E, DAY more
obviously imminent, there were local attempts to
"jump the flag"; the anxiety to celebrate, coupled
with the normal nervous tension of the Arab, could
not wait for the official all-clear, when it did come
there was inevitably a tinge of anti-climax in the
picture. Nevertheless, flags during the day and lights
at night made a brave show. The squibs were old and
damp but their dulness served only as a reminder that
material for making them was for use in sterner fireworks.
(Continued)
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence