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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [3ar] (7/1077)
The record is made up of 1 file (535 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1933-21 Feb 1941. 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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Intelligence Summary of 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.
, Bahrain, for
.Ahe period 16th to 31st
December 1940.
C 4 .-u ^ ‘Yl Segundo (Panama) arrived here on the
? nd le 5 t _ cn n l7th December 1940 with a cargo of
31,3 tons of Fuej. Oil for Bombay and 1561 tons of Fuel
Uxi ior Karachi.
and 7 V +\ ! ' B fSr v e 7" (p f nanla ) arrived here on the 15th
+777°7 r- 1?t,h Dece rat>ei’ 1940 with a cargo of 4298
tons of Gasoline and 4705 tons of Kerosene fo? Bombay,
after discharging 15.000 packages for Bahrain. 7
T,V ;u" A i' en ?" (Norwegian) arrived here on the 20th
and o on the 2 1 st December 1940 with a cargo of 7357
"Si 18 0 5. Ke u 0sen e and 1694 tons of Gasoline for Bombay,
after discharging 2058 packages for Bahrain.
+ u 1 Tl Captain A.F, Lucas ' 1 (Panama) arrived here
on the 24th December 1940 and left the same day with a
cargo of 5176 tons of Fuel Oil for Colombo.
on+u S.S. "Mantai Maru" (Japanese) arrived here on the
29th December 1940 and left the same day after discharging
97 packages for Bahrain. s ^
141. Movements, of Brit ish Officials
The Hon’ble P.C. Spender, K.C., Minister for Army,
Commonwealth of Australia, and party passed through Bahrain
on tne 31st December 1940 en route to Egypt. They were met
at the landing pier 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.
.
142 •
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Fight er Fund
Contributions have now amounted to Ps 22,180/- and
£ /5/5. Subscriptions are still being received.
143. L oca l Affairs
... P°laical Agent paid his call on His Highness
Shaikh Hamad at Sakhir on the 23rd December. The Shaikh had
just returned from Kumaitha and seemed in good form barring
a cold* He expressed his thankfulness for the British 7-
successes against the Italians in North Africa and those of
tne Greeks in Albania.
144. M eteorological
Maximum temperature 83.0 8 on the 30th December
Minimum temperature 56.9 on the 27th December
Humidity exceeded 7C% throughout the fortnight,
the maximum being 96% on the 28th December.
The 5th January 1941
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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 the years 1933-40. 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. There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:
- Shipping
- The movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables
- Local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the wider Middle East
- Economic matters and food supplies
- Bahrain Petroleum Company and other matters related to the oil industry
- Transport accidents
- The Bahrain ruling family
- Tensions between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- The pearl trade
- Workers' strikes in Bahrain
- Local crime
- The slave trade
- Regional boundary disputes
- The impact of the beginning of the Second World War in Bahrain and local reaction to events in the war
- Weather and meteorological data.
A photograph of Charles Belgrave and the French Naval Officer, Contre Amiral Rivet is contained on folio 388. It was taken when the French Sloop Bougainville visited Bahrain on 14-16 February 1935.
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 (535 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 537; 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 3-537; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:387v, 389r:537r, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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