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Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [50r] (99/472)
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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On the 3rd Mariam bint Mohammedthe fair
skinned ex-slave of Ahmad bin Khalaf of Abu Dhabi, v.as
kidnapped from Abu Dhabi. Ahmad bin Kha]af : has reported
that she was kidnapped by Hamdan bin Mohc?mmed7 M 1£¥!ot #^ 24 ^
Abu Dhabi subject, and sold to Ali bin A1 Badi of Qatar
who has taken her to Qatar. The Ruler of i*bu Dhr .. has
been asked to take action and the Ruler of Qatar to 'ind
and punish Ali bin A1 Badi and return the woman.
(v) Early in August Abdur Rehraan bin Hamad al
Hidan, a boy of 12, who had been missing from home since
July 29th, left Dubai in the launch of a Bahrain na 1ml.
Muhammad bin Hassan al Manaee, for Bahrain via Qatar.
•^he Shaikh of Dubai /as concerned and asked the Cl" ' 'c-
in-Charge, Sharjah
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, tc have him detained in Pah;- in.
and sent back to Dubai. The boy was taken into po;ice
custody on his arrival anc returned to Dubai by a launc'
which left Bahrain on Augu ' ICtii.
(vi) D ubai .
Reference par ( " n 106 (ii) of Summary No.l2 t
On the 3r^ ..^ilch Rashid of Dubai retm ed f ■
Bombay and was met .nar;ah aerodrome by members of il
Dubai merchauu coir^iunity.
123. SHIPPING.
34 ships (9 Pcnarrn:.an, 7 Ameiican, 7 . 1 1is ■ s
4 Japanese, 2 Dutch, 2 Italian, ^ Greek, 1. Mo"'”" ^aix, a id
1 Swedish) called at the none of Bahrain du^xng r,he period
under review. Imports ;vere 5926 tons of 3 eneral cargo fc
Bahrain and 2728 tons for transhipment to the mainland.
Exports were 239,280 tons cf petroleum products.
124. METE OROLOG ICAL.
Maximum temperabu^e 103^on 5-8-194°.
Mininum temperature 82°on 15-8-194)
Maximum humidity ‘ 94^ on 10-8-1949
Minimum humidity 39^ on 5-8-1949.
H.G. Jak"ns
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.
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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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- 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