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Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [20r] (39/472)
The record is made up of 1 file (233 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1948-14 Feb 1950. 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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(i v ) Briti sh Detachm ont.
Reference paragraph 158 (vi) of Summary No 0 19„
has
Ihe fourth man from the former Palestine Police
since arrived in Bahrain,
Inspector Cochrane, who is now on secondment with
the Qatar Government, is not expected to rejoin his post,
166 • .QAI4R.
(i) 'Bi^itish_Adviser .
Mr. Deardon of the
has accepted the offer to take
Adviser to the Ruler of Qatar,
(ii) Ruli ng Famil y,
British Legation, Tripoli,
charge of the post of the
,, Tho Political Officer, Qatar, has been told that
z ® allowances which ^he family succeeded in extracting from
Abdullah before his abdication are still being paid by Ali,
and amount in the case of the Bani Ahmad and Bani Jabr to
Rs.110/- each per month, which the recipients do not consider
adequate.
(iii) Royal Navy .
^• M.S . "Flamingo M (Lt. Commander D.J.
Gordon, R.N.) arrived at Doha. Calls were exchanged with
the Political Officer the next day, and as Shaikh Ali was with
hrs father in Kara'an, Lt. Commander Godden was unable to
call on him. An excursion to Umm Salal was organised for
officers and men of the ship, H.LLS. "Flamingo" sailed for
Bahrain on the 7th.
(iv) Visitors .
0n the'6th the Assistant General Manager (Personnel)
of the Iraq Petroleum Company, Mr. Kinch, accompanied by Sir
H. Todd and Mr. Stoker, visited Doha. They ca.lled at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
where they met Salih al Mani'. They did not appear to
have any particular business to discuss, although they expressed
to the Political Officer the anxiety' of the Company that the
Ruler should seriously tackle the problem of education at the
earliest opportunity and promised the Company's support in any
plans which he might draw up,
Mr. Gibson of the .Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, who
is mentioned as the next General Manager of the Iraq Petroleum
Company, and a number of other notables in the local oil world
came to Umm Said on t e 11th to see the successful pulling of
two of the four sea-ljnes. The remaining two were pulled on
successive days.
0 n the 10th Mr. Hart, Gray Mackenzie's representa
tive in Qatar, came to Doha with Mr. Campbell who is succeeding
him. On the 11th they called on the Ruler and Mr. Hart intro
duced Mr. Campbell and took his leave.
167.
TRUCIAL COAST
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
(i) British Interests ,
On the 30th Mir. E.R. Helm arrived at Sharjah and
took over from Mr. F.-J. F’almer as Station Superintendent
International AeradJLo Limited, Sharjah.
During . .
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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 January 1948 until January 1950 (not for the year 1946 as the title suggests). 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 British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:
- Shipping
- Visits of British and foreign notables
- Economic and commercial matters
- Local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, 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.
- The work of Bahrain Petroleum Company, and the oil industry more generally
- American interests in the region
- Local reaction to international events such as those in Palestine and Syria
- 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.
There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.
In addition to the reports, the file contains a copy of a letter sent from the Government of Pakistan's Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department in Karachi to British officials in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain concerning the alleged kidnapping and enslavement of girls in Baluchistan by 'Arab traders in dates', 9 March 1949 (folio 91).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (233 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3769B
- Title
- Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:90v, 92r:103v, 104ar:104av, 104r:234v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence