Skip to item: of 570
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'File 8/43 Persian Gulf Newsletter' [‎251r] (501/570)

This item is part of

The record is made up of 1 file (283 folios). It was created in 20 Jan 1947-1 Nov 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

TV3+/J s KUWAIT 339 4 1600 S B3
REM/2025
PUBLICITY BAHREIN
2S7)
HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT COLONEL SALLOWAY POL IT I^XtrlTES IEENT PERSIAN
«ULF ARRIVEt HERE BY HMS WREN ON FOURTH RETURNED BAHRAIN BY SAME SHIP
SEVENTH STOP SHAIKH CALLED ON 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. ON FIFTH HIS
EXCELLENCY RETURNED CALL SAME DAY STOP POLITICAL ASENT CAVE DINNER
PARTY HONOUR OF SHAIKH AND 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. ON FIFTH ANB HIS HI3HNESS
RECIPROCATEE ON SIXTH STOP ON SEVENTH COMMANDER MaRTIN HMS WREN
ENTERTAINED SHAIKH 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. POLITICAL A3ENT TO LUNCHEON ON
BOARD WREN PARAGRAPH SHAIKH ABDULLA MUBARAK WHO WAS OBLIGED EXTEND LEAVE
IN SYRIA DUE ILL HEALTH HIS MOTHER RETURNED VIA SAUDI ARABIA ON
THIRTEENTH STOP MEMBERS SUBAH FAMILY NOTABLES LEADING MERCHANTS
WELCOMED HIM JAHRA STOP WAS 81 VEN WARM RECEPTION BY POPULACE TOWN
SQUARE PARASRAPH SHAIKH FAHAD SALIM RETURNED FROM SYRIA ELEVENTH
PARAGRAPH ON TWENTYFOURTH AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. AND KUWAIT GOVERNMENT FLASS FLOWN HALF
MAST AS MARK RESPECT FOR LATE JINNAH GOVERNOR GENERAL PAKISTAN STOP
CONDOLENCE MEETING HELD AHMEDI SAME EVENING BY PAKISTANI AND INDIAN
COMMUNITIES ALSO ATTENDED BY OTHER PEOPLES DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES
PARAGRAPH FOR FIRST TIME PILSRIMS CARRIED TO HEJAZ BY AIR STOP ON
T Jb'lTYS £V tNTH PLAN* ^AUDI ARAts I aN Afnllivt »iv, 1. HERE AND LIFT SAME DAY
xft | Tia ST9* rXPrCTEC ANOTHER TRI n B=EFORE
SIXTH B>H ILHAM STOP AIR PASSAGE IS LESS THAN CAR CHARGES STO° MANY CARS
ALREADY LEFT FOR HEJAZ WHILE OTHERS LEAVING SHORTLY STOP LARGE NUMBER
IRANIAN HAJIS PASSED THROUGH KUWAIT ON flAY HEJAZ PARAGRAPH BESIDES
MODERN WAREHOUSE SPRINGING UP RAPIDLY TWO OTHER BUILDINGS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION STOP ONE NEW CUSTOMSHOUSE THE OTHER PORI POLICE QUARTERS
STOP THEY ARE EXPECTED BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH STOP BUILDING XR&i
PROGRAMME IS CARRIED OUT SATISFACTORILY PARAGRAPH MANY OCEAN *QIN8
DHOWS OF KUWAIT MERCHANT FLEET LEFT HARBOUR DURING SECOND HALF
SEPTEMBER FOR IRAQ AND IRAN TO LOAD DATES PARAGRAPH SHAIKH KHALI!

About this item

Content

The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission by the British Government of a monthly Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. newsletter to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) for the latter's Arabic Service. The correspondence is between: the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat; the Political Officer or 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 at Sharjah; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bahrain; 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Commonwealth Relations Office; Eastern Bank Limited; Violet Dickson, wife of Harold Dickson, 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 Kuwait; Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; and the BBC.

The correspondence includes the newsletters themselves (in English and Arabic), as enclosures, covering the period January 1947 to October 1948. The newsletters brought together brief news updates from Muscat, Kuwait, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Bahrain, and covered various subjects, but with an emphasis on the activities of the region's ruling families and the visits of British and foreign dignitaries. They were to be included in the BBC's Arabic Service broadcasts.

The file contains correspondence relating to the payment by the BBC for the work entailed.

The Kuwait newsletter was compiled and written by Violet Dickson.

Folios 261-284 are internal office notes.

Extent and format
1 file (283 folios)
Arrangement

The file is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 285; 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 3-171; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in
English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'File 8/43 Persian Gulf Newsletter' [‎251r] (501/570), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/336, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100025781377.0x000066> [accessed 23 January 2025]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025781377.0x000066">'File 8/43 Persian Gulf Newsletter' [&lrm;251r] (501/570)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025781377.0x000066">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00015f/IOR_R_15_2_336_0501.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00015f/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image