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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [91r] (181/720)
The record is made up of 1 file (358 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1941-15 Feb 1944. 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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A settlement of the differences between Qatar and
Bahrain would prevent malcontents in Qatar both from the
Shaikhly family and from the remnants of the tribes in
the west from playing off one Ruler against the other in
the hone of personal benefit.
d) Relations between the Company and th e Shaikhs
Considerable tact is necessary to maintain amicable
relations. The Shaikh and the heir-apparent control
recruitment and security. It is necessary to realize, ir
the position is to be understood, that the shaikhs are by
no means content to draw the annual oil monies and wait
for the large oil royalties of the future.
They are out to control directly or indirectly for
personal benefit every branch of the Company’s activities
from the engagement of a labourer to the hire of a launch
or the giving out of a building contract.
The Company has retained with some difficulty the right
to pay its Qatari employees in full at the pay table and all
attempts to involve the Company in pay deductions in respect
of Qatar taxes have so far been resisted.
By the end of 1940, in spite of sucn difficulties, it
had become apparent that the early suspicion had been dis
pelled and the Shaikh had implicit confidence in the
integrity and good faith of the Company. It is also clear
that, according to Arab standards, he considers that he is
co-operating whole-heartedly with the Company, ne
obviously genuinely surprised when, on occasion,he realizes
that his efforts to associate himself more closely with the
Company’s work are more embarrassing than welcome.
Foreign personnel in the camps have few contacts with
the locals and the Shaikh has had singularly little to
complain about in their behaviour.
2.
TRUCIAL COAST
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
KXPIOR/iTION - 1940 .
(a) Geological Exploration .
Owing to conditions created by the war, previous plans
to send geological and geophysical parties to the Trucial
Coast in 1940 were cancelled and the various Rulers notified
to this effect. In all oases the Rulers replied that the
reasons for postponement were fully appreciated, and hopes
for an early British victory were expressed.
(b) Relations with the Shaikhs
The Company maintain a house at Dubai and a Company’s
representative from Bahrain (usually Mr. B. H. Lemitte)
based on this house visits the various Shaikhs periodically.
The Shaikhs in many cases use these contacts to press for
large advances of concession payments or presents of oars.
Amicable relations are, however, maintained without
acceding to these requests.
The Rulers of Dubai and Sharjah use the Eastern Bank,
Bahrain, and the Company’s transactions with them are
facilitated thereby.
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Office, as well as the reports themselves.
Present within the file are the reports for the years 1940-43. Each Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. report contains a prose statement and sometimes statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Officers; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Agriculture; Municipalities; Customs; Public Works; Electric Department; Pearling Industry; Boatbuilding and Shipping; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of British Notables; Visits of Foreign Notables; Visits of Arab Notables; Qatar; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Foreign Interests; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund; Accidents Within Port Limits; Education; Royal Air Force Levies; Economic; and Cable And Wireless Ltd. Each subject comes under its own sub-heading. Each report is signed by the officiating 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 the time of submission to 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. at Bushire.
Each report on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. contains information on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Trucial Shaikhs; British Interests; Tours; Aviation; Royal Navy; Shipping; Medical; Raids and Disturbances; Oil; The [Second World] War; Red Oxide; Pearling; Fighter Fund; Local Affairs; Royal Air Force Levies; Economics; Security; Population.
Preceding each report is correspondence between 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. and the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include: Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer; the Postmaster or sub-Postmaster of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals (men's and women's), the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and the Medical Department of the Bahrain Government; representatives of Bahrain Petroleum Company and Petroleum Concessions Ltd; the Political Officer at Sharjah; and representatives of The Eastern Bank and Cable and Wireless Ltd.
At the back of the file (folios 355-59) are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (358 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence 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. A previous foliation, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/299
- Title
- 'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency'
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- 79r:92v, 147r:150v, 212r:218v, 327r:331v
- Author
- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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