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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [233r] (465/720)
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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18.A. Roval Visit *
H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester arrived at Bahrain on
June 6th, having flown from Lydda. He was met at the
aerodrome by 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.
who presented to him
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and his two uncles,
(Shaikhs Abdullah and Mohammad), Shaikh Said bin Maktum,
the Ruler of Dubai, who was then on a visit to Bahrain,
Mr. C.D. Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and
the senior officers of the Navy, Army and Air Force present
in Bahrain. After inspecting a Guard of Honour of the
State Police, His Royal Highness drove to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
with
H.H. the Shaikh and 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.
. Later in the
evening His Royal Highness, who was wearing the uniform
of a Major General, visited H.H. the Shaikh of Bahrain at
his Manama Palace. During the visit, which lasted for some
twenty minutes, the Duke of Gloucester informed T is Highness
that he would shortly receive a present from the British
Government of two captured 105 millimetre Italian guns.
Shaikh Salman, who was genuinely delighted at this announce
ment, presented His Royal Highness with some pearls and
with a sword, encased in a gold scabbard, which had been in
the possession of the A1 Khalifah for many generations.
His Royal Highness spent the night at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and left
for Karachi the following morning. H.H. Shaikh Salman and
his uncles went to the aerodrome to see him off.
His Royal Highness again passed through Bahrain on
July 16th en route from Karachi to Basrah. He alighted at
the Muharraq aerodrome at 11.30 a.m. and, accompanied by
H.H. the Shaikh and 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.
, drove from the
aerodrome to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, where His Highness took leave of
the Duke. Before the Shaikh left, His Royal Highness
presented
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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)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:13v, 56r:61v, 69r:69v, 93r:126v, 144r:146v, 151r:187v, 189r:193v, 208r:211v, 219r:261v, 265r:265v, 308r:313v, 315r:319v, 332r:359v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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