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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [5r] (11/1077)
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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137/-
133 • B RITISH INTERESTS
^ . Mr. E.V. Packer, Local Manager, Petroleum Concessions
Limited, Bahrain, left by air for India on the 12th December.
Mr. B.H. Lermitte is in charge of the office during Mr.
Packer's absence.
154.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Fi ghter Fund
Contributions for the Fund are coming in steadily, *
the total collected to-date being Rs 18,424-6-0. A handsome
contribution of Es 887/- has been received from the small
Shia' Persian community. A letter of thanks has been
written to them.
135. Local Ooinion
News of the successes on the Albanian and Egyptian
fronts has had a heartening effect ahd the Italians have
sunk still further in popular estimation.
136.
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(i) On the 20th November the Shaikh of Dubai issued
an order to his people forbidding -them from going out at
night after 3 O’clock Arabic (about 9 p.m.) It appears
that the Shaikh of the Awamir met Shaikh Jumah, the Ruler 1 s
brother, and told him that he had seen some wandering Bedus
who said that they had been given rifles by Shaikh Mana'.
Shaikh Jumah at once concluded that an attack from Bahrain,
where Shaikh Mana' is at present, was imminent and hence
the curfew.
(ii) About the 15th November, Shaikh Ahmad of Diba Hisin
complained to Shaikh Humaid, the nephew of Shaikh Khalid, the
Regent of Kalba, that the Shahdh of Bai’ah (Diba) were
interfering in his internal affairs. Shaikh Humaid sent
50 men to reinforce the guard at Dxfesra: Diba and advised
Shaikh Ahmad to consult Shaikh Khalid who was then at Ajman.
After Shaikh Ahmad had left for Ajman, the Shahuh started
felling and destroying trees in the Hisin area; the Hisin
garrison fired at them in retaliation and generally tension
between the two parties increased and there was sniping
day and night and both sides sustained some casualties.
When the trouble first broke out the Shahuh requested
the Shaikh of Dubai for some ammunition but he refused to
give them any saying that he himself was in need of all his
supplies. But he advised Shaikh Humaid and the Shaikh of
the Shahuh to cease hostilities promising to go himself
to Diba to settle their differences.
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, had a
secret meeting v/ith Shaikh Khalid and it is rumoured gave
2000 rounds of ammunition for use against the Shahuh. The
Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah who was also invited to this
meeting excused himself.
Shaikh Khalid left Ajman for Kalba on the 30th November
and the latest reports indicate that the trouble at Diba
has been settled except that the defences newly erected
by Diba as a result of the recent disturbances may remain
as they are.
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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.
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- 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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- Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:387v, 389r:537r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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