Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎120r] (241/472)

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No,20 of 194& .
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOp
1st to 15th December, 1948.
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263. MOVEMENTS QF OFFICIALS
(1) uxi the 1st 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. left for
Sharjah by R.A.F. 'plnne. On the 2nd he called on the
nrarbu of Dubai and on the 3rd went to Rf* al Knaimah and,
after calling on the Snaikh, returned to Snarjah the
same day. On the 4th, accompanied by the Political
Oificr, irucial Coa^t, and 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, he left
for A--u Tjpvm by car arriving there the same day. Or
the 5th,accompanied by the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ,
Mr. n.n.n. niird of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and 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. An"nt, he left for Bur rf imi and arrived there on
the 6th. He called on Sraikh Zayid and K--lid bin Sultan
at al Muwaiqi' and lived in the Al J; Lil Fort. Ir. the
afternoon he called on Srei^h Srqr bin Sultan al Hemud,
unief of the Nn’m, at his village Hilla and later pro
ceeded to Hc-.masah and called on Snr j'-n n.? shid bin Hrmad
ash-Snamsi. H-j returned to Aj Jehili the same day. On
the 8th 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 his party left Buraimi
via Ramlat An- ij and arrived at Sharjah the same day.
He returned to Berrain on the 9th.
(ii) On the 2nd Air commodore Towsey, Lieut-Colonel
Lonsdale, Wing Commander Douglas and Mr. T Jones of
B.M.E.O., arrived at Srurjah by air. Trey called on the
onaikhs of Dubai and R: r al Kraimah with the Political
Agent and flew over Dubai and A' k u D abi. Or the 6th
they left Sharjah by air.
(iii) reference paragraph 252 (i) of Intelligence
Summary No.19.
on the 4th 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 party returned to Brnrri n in L.T. "Nt,- rchus n .
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(iv) On the 4th Mr. nedm Tarbidin, an Indonesian,
who is 1st Secretary to the Netherlands Legation at Jedda
and Consul at Mecca, visited Brrr-in. be called on the
nrsistant Political Agert at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
(v) un the 12th His Excellency the Political
iiesident left by r.u.C. ’plane for Kuwait. m.’ was accompanied
by Lady Hay and Miss Hay.
(vi) On the 15th Major A.n.r. Dredge, m.b.E.,
secretary 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. , left
by air for Basrah.
264. VISITORS.
(i) On the 8th oir Evan Jenkins, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I.,
Deputy chairman of the Eastern Bank Limited, arrived in
Brbrain and left on the 15th. On the 10th he gave a tea
party to which he invited 30 of the leading merchants of
the island.
(ii) On the 8th the Anir r.bdul Mohs in bin Abdullah
J alawi, brother of bis Excellency the Amir of Unssa, ar
rived in B r i.-rain from Diu-hran and left the next day by
air for Bombay where he is to undergo an urgent eye operation.