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BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
1ST TO 15TH FEBRUARY 1948.
33. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) Reference paragraph 15(iv) of intelligence/
Summary No.3.
, , , On the 31st January the.Polltical Agent left
Sharjah in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch and arrived at Bahrain on
the 3rd.
(ii) On the 3rd Lt-Col. MOODY, ex-I.M.S., the new
Medical Adviser 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. , arrived in
Bahrain by air from the United Kingdom.
34. CALLS .
On the 5th 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. called on His
Highness Shaikh SALMAN at Rafa , .
35. PERSIA & BAHRAIN .
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(i) Reference paragraph 19 of Intelligence
Summary No.3.
The ''Union of Youth" of Bahrain has sent a
telegram to Reuters expressing the resentment of the
people of Bahrain at the appointment of ABDULLAH AZ ZAIRAN
to negotiate with Iran on the Bahrain question.
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ABDULLAH AZ ZAIRAH is at present - writing a
series of articles for the Teheran newsuaper "Iran-i-Ma"
in which h,e endeavours to show that it is the wish of the
people of Bahrain to be reunited to Persia and that the
weanness of the Rulers of Bahrain has allowed it to become
a British dominion. In the same articles he refers to the
"underground" party which he claims to be the "UUDEH" of
Bahrain.
(ii) It is reported that the Teheran radio recently
announced that there is a desine in Persia to get rid of the
American Military Mission preparatory to getting an army
read/ to invade Bahrain the formation of which a Swiss
military mission should be employed to help.
36 • RAS AL XHAIMAH .
The Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , reports
that SAQR BIN MOHD. BIN SALIM, third nephew of Shaikh
SULTAN BIN SALIM, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, has seized the
town of Ras al Khaimah with the consent of the townsmen and
of the Khawatir tribe during the absence of the Ruler in
Dubai. There has been no bloodshed and the town is quiet.
SAQR BIN MOHAMMED arrested the sons of the Ruler, but later
released them and sent them and their families to Sharjah.
At the instance of the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah the Ruler of
Sharjah visited Ras al Khaimah but was unable to effect a
restoration of the status quo ante. SAQR BIN MOHAMMED has
now asked the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , for recogni
tion of himself as Ruler of Ras al Khaimah.