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‘19/1 VISIT OF SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PUPILS TO BAHRAIN’ [‎15r] (29/44)

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The record is made up of 1 file (20 folios). It was created in 16 Mar 1933-1 Apr 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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xii) It is reported that the Shaikh of Kuwait has
assumed control of all Kuwait dhows exceeding 80 tons
(there would be 200 to 300 of these) trading with India,
They are not to clear from Kuwait without the Shaikh 1 s
permission, and he will arrange fx their freights.
(iii) A party of boy scouts from Kuwait have recently
arrived in Bahrain having travelled overland. They are
accompanied by three masters and are staying at Qosaibi* s
building near the "Fuliya” They were entertained by
Shaikh Mohammad bin Isa and it is reported that they
nn Ve been sin g in g odes ^ inflamatory nature;-
Our women and children have been murdered in Palestine' 1
etc. This occurred at Shaikh Mohammad’s house where they
were not silenced. They later repeated the performance
at a club run by the Secretary of the Education Department
where they were told to desist.
2 ne ? r * ^ nwar Shikhoo, a Syrian physician employed
oy the^Saudi Government as a medical officer in Qatif,
has writtep to the Shaikh of Qatar asking for permission
+ £ • 2 a1: ' ar and practice medicine there. He reminded
e Shaikh of Qatar of meeting him in Mecca a few days as*
where he (the Shaikh) had given him 50 riyals as a r-e-
ward.
Meteorological
Maximum temperatUre=86 degrees on the 3rd March.
Minimum temperature = 58.5 degrees on the 14 th Ma-nnh.
Q at ar
Bahrain.
20th March 1941.
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. , Bahrain.

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This file concerns educational visits to Bahrain, including a visit of six Iraqi teachers to Bahrain in 1933 (ff 2-9); a visit of Kuwait teachers and twenty-seven schoolboys and their possible interest in visiting the California-Arabian Standard Oil (CASCO) camp at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in February 1941 (ff 10-13); and a complaint concerning the behaviour of a party of boy scouts from Kuwait particularly concerning their singing of 'odes of an inflammatory nature' regarding Palestine (ff 14-17). Correspondence in this file is between the British Embassy at Baghdad; the Indian Assistant to 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 Bahrain; 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 Bahrain; 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 Kuwait; and F W Ohliger, Resident Manager, CASCO Camp, at Dhahran.

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1 file (20 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence (the exception being No. 16, which is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).

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