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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎73r] (145/206)

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The record is made up of 1 file (100 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1948-31 Dec 1948. 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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No»16 o f 194 8.
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
16th to 30th September, 1948.
212, MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
On the 25th Lt. Col. W.J. Moody, Medical Adviser
to His Excellency 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 Chief Quarantine
Medical Officer, left Bahrain by air for the United Kingdom.
213 « VISI TORS .
Reference paragraph 261 (iii) of Intelligence
Summary No.15.
On the 29th Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr, brother
of the Ruler of Sharjah, and his sons returned to Shariah by
RoA.F. ' plane, ^
214. C ALL S.
(i) On the 18th Shaikh Muhammad bin Isa al Khalifah,
senior uncle of His Highness, called on 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. ,
ihe Political A„ent returned the call on the 22nd.
On the 21st Shaikh Muhammad called on His Excel
lency 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 Jufair.
(ii) On the 18th His Excellency 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.
called on His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah,
K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain, at his palace at Qudhaibiyyah.
His Highness returned the call on 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
Jufair on the 20th.
(iii) On the 19th Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa Al-Khalifah,
C.I.E., uncle of His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain, called
on 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 returned his call on the 23rd.
On the 25th the Shaikh called on His Excellency the Political
Resident.at Jufair.
(iv) On the 21st and again on the 30th the Political
Agent called on His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain at his
palace in Qudhaibiyyah.
(v) On the 22nd Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr, brother of
-the Ruler of Sharjah called on His Excellency the Political
resident. On the 27th he called on 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. .
(vi) ^On the 24th Shaikh Khalifah bin Muhammad bin
Isa al Khalifah, Superintendent of Police, Bahrain, called
on 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. .
215. LOCAL AF FAIRS .
(i) Reference paragraph 177 (i) of Intelligence
Summary No.13.
On the 16th Shaikh Muhammad bin Isa al Khalifah
returned with his wife and his mother-in-law from the Lebanon.
(ii) Reference paragraph 166 (ii) of Intelligence
Summary No.12.
On the 23rd Shaikh Khalifah bin Muhammad bin Isa
Superintendent of Police, Bahrain, arrived by air from the
United Kingdom

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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 year 1948. 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 is numbered from 1 to 24 and covers a two week period.

The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:

  • shipping;
  • visits of British and foreign notables;
  • economic and commercial matters, including the pearling industry;
  • local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
  • the work of third parties in the region, such as the Bahrain Petroleum Company, Gray, Mackenzie and Co., and Petroleum Concessions Limited;
  • labour matters, especially strikes and unrest;
  • local reaction to international events such as the end of the British Mandate in Palestine and the death of Mohandas Gandhi;
  • the activities of the Royal Navy;
  • the supply of electricity, water and telecommunications;
  • aviation;
  • the work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit;
  • the traffic of slaves;
  • quarantine and medical matters;
  • weather and meteorological data.

The final page of the final report appears to be missing.

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1 file (100 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; 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 sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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