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'14/201 II, TRUCIAL COAST MISCELLANEOUS, B 57' [‎153r] (313/417)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 5 Aug 1935-28 Apr 1941. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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thee# evil looking birds, but I declined with thanke.
13. At Bahrain I found tihaikh Hamad all the better for the
colder weather, but did not have time to sea very much of him.
I was shown over the properties of the Bahrain Petroleum
Ooirjpany and wag much irapyessed with the efficiency of their
organization# WeightEian expXaineo. to ise the &nti«-sabotage
measures which hare been carried out, largely at his insistence,
and v/hich are very thorough and complete. The pearl aarlcet
is looking up at long last, and Abdur Rahman ^usaibi is off
to Hyderabad where he hopes to sell some of his fine pearls
to the Mjsam.
14. The Shaikh of Kuwait had been detained by Ibn ^aud,
arid only returned after I had left, but I had seen a good
deal of him before commencing the tour. He has not yet
settled down after the troubles of last year, and Galloway
has had a difficult row to hoe. Partly as a result of the
increase in the number of Europeans, and partly as a result
of the Palestine propaganda, people appear to me on the whole
to be less civil and definitely less friendly in Bahrain and
Kuwait than they were 8 or 10 years ago. It is surprising
to find that even so small a Tewish community as that of
Bahrain is subject to some persecution, and Palestine will
give anti -British elements a convenient peg on which to ha.ng
their attacks for some time to come.
15. Howes' appointment hee been very auooeseful, and he ^
has succeeded in overcoming the boycott with which the iru^id,!
Shaikhs first greeted him. They are all convinced that he is
the thin-end -of-the-wedge, but he has managed to gain their
confidence and is expecting shortly to make a trip to B^faimi,
/ which i

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This file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Karachi, and Muscat. It covers the following topics:

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1 volume (205 folios)
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The contents page lists the the topics covered in alpahabetical order although the entries are grouped into different parts of the volume.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence in use consists of a circled number located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. There is also a former system of foliation comprising of uncircled number.

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