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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [152r] (303/330)
The record is made up of 1 file (163 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1943-31 Dec 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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western methods.
(iii) It is understood that arrangements have now been
made for a number of the families of British employees of
the Bahrain Petroleum Company to obtain passages from
England to Bahrain. This has given considerable satisfac
tion to the British employees of the Bahrain Petroleum
Company and their American colleagues are hoping that
similar arrangements will be possible for their own families
from the United States of America in the spring of next year.
18l. Social
(i) Calls were exchanged between the Hon f ble 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.
and His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain
on the 18th and on the afternoon of the 19th the Hon’ble
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.
visited His Highness at Raaffa*
(ii) ^ On~the 28th the Officiating
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.
paid a call on ShaikteAyisha the widow of the late Shaikh
Hamad bin Isa, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.
182• The Arabian American Oil Company, Dhahran •
Reference paragraph 175 of Intelligence Summary
No. 19 of 1944.
On the 26th 36 Indian employees of the
Arabian American Oil Company arrived from Dhahran en route
to India. According to the Indians the Oil Company failed
to give them adequate provisions or accommodation and they
stated that they were not prepared to work under those
conditions whereupon it seems the Oil Company management
interpreted this to mean a refusal to go to work and
dismissed the men under Clause 12 of their Foreign Service
agreements. It is anticipated that a further 60 or 70
dismissed Indian employees will be arriving at Bahrain as
snon as the local representative of the Company has been
alble to find transport to India for the individuals who have
already arrived here. The Protector of Emigrants at Bombay
has been informed of the position and he has asked 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.
Bahrain to intervene with a view to obtaining
/ resonable
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The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain for the years 1943-44. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the 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. , and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Each report covers a two week period.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject, often closely connected to the Second World War. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:
- international shipping and the activities of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and commercial transport companies such as Imperial Airways Limited;
- the movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables;
- local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar (particularly Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ), Persia [Iran], and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- economic matters and food supplies;
- the activities of the oil companies;
- War funds;
- defence matters;
- smuggling of gold and arms and the traffic of slaves;
- American interests;
- meteorological information;
- locusts;
- medical matters.
Appended to most reports is a table containing shipping data.
Written by hand on the cover of the file is: 'Destroy, but retain '44 summaries'.
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- 1 file (163 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 165; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-73; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/315
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:164v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence