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'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947' [142r] (283/306)
The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1948-8 May 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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The temperatures fer the year were as fellewst-
Uaxlmuo Temperature
linimum Temperature
Maximum Humidity
Minimum Hunldlty
109®F. on 18.6.1947
49*F. on 27.12.1947
98$
26$
cn 6.6.1947
on 1.1*1947
Total Rainfall in the year « S.66 M
^ from
Bahrain
32* ^^,,0,2
(i) His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Jasim A1 Than!,
the Ruler of Qatar, has continued to suffer in his health
throughout the year* He had one severe attack of gastroenter
itis and was given appropriate treatment by the medical officer
of the Petroleum Concession Limited at Dukhan. In November
of the year his health was again very low. He has shown
unwillingness to abide by the regime prescribed by his medical
adviser.
(ii) In October, Dr* Storm of the American Mission Hospital,
Bahrein visited Qatar and advised the Ruler as to the type of
Hospital he should have and the equipment that should be
installed in it. Later in the year Rs* 6,000/- worth of
equipment w? s bought for the hospital* The Ruler paid In
full for this* A 20 bed hospital was completed and the
conditions on which the American Mission were to run it are
(a) that the Ruler pays Rs. 1,000/- per month for Staff,
including one Indian doctor and Thirses (b) an American Doctor
should be present for one month in the year at the hospital
and (c) The Ruler and his family should be treated free of charge.
33 . zmite., smi
(1) Personnel .
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent, Mr. Jesim bin Mohammad al JCadhmawi,
was in charge of
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
affairs from the 1st to the 9th
January when Mr. G.N. Jackson, M.B.E., arrived in Sharjah and
assumed charge as Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. On the
29th November Mr. G.N. Jackson, returned to SharJah/and remained
until the end of the year.
(11) Iruclal Coast Shal-,hs
The following were the Ruling Shall:hs of the various
States on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
throughout the yeari-
1. Dubai
2. Sharjah
3. Abu Dhabi
4. Ajman
6. Has al Khaimah
6. Kalba
(in) Epxal. Nav^
Shaikh Said bln Maktum, O.F.E*
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr al Qasimi
Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan bin Zayid
Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid
Shaikh Sultan bln Salim
Shaikh Hamad bin 6a*id (minor)
Regents Shaikh Khallcl bln Ahmad
During the year under review H.M.S. M »REN M , H.M.S.
"WILDGOOSE" and H.M.S. M L0CK GLENDHIH’ called at Sharjah.
On the 14th January the 'Iraqi Arab Levies were
withdrawn from Sharjah.
The strength of the R.A.F. in Sharjah has been
considerably reduced. At the end of the year the number of
/ R.A.F.
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1947 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. , as well as the reports themselves.
The correspondence is 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 representatives of institutions active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); Imperial Bank of Iran; and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. report (folios 94-104) is submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted 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. at Bahrain to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bahrain.
The final report (folios 123-148), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Report, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Al Khalifah; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electric Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Telephone Department; 11. Pearling; 12. Customs; 13. Food Control; 14. Shipping; 15. Post Office; 16. Administration of Justice; 17. Police; 18. Economic; 19. Medical; 20. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 21. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 22. Cable & Wireless Limited; 23. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 24. Royal Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. American Consulate, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; Local Affairs (unnumbered); 30. Bahrain and Palestine; 31. Weather; 32. Qatar; 33. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.
Also within the file is correspondence (folios118-119) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and that of Kuwait regarding the cost of lighting and heating in Kuwait and Basra.
Folios 149-152 are internal office notes.
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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 inside 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 sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/303
- Title
- 'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 19r:19v, 91r:104v, 111r:152v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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