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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎19r] (39/1077)

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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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No.17 of 1940
Intelligence Sununary 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. , Bah
rain, for the period 1 st
to 15th Seotember 1940.
96. Shinning
(i) S.3."Khuzistan" (British) arrived here on the
5th September, discharged 3000 packages for Bahrain,
3383 packages for transhipment to the mainland, and
left on the 6 th September 1940 for Abadan, Iran, with
a cargo of 409 drums Empties and 200 cases Empty
Beer Bottles.
(ii) S.S."Mogamigawa Mara” (Japanese) arrived here
on the 2nd September 1940 and left on the 4th Septem
ber 1940 after discharging 248 packages for Bahrain.
(iii) T.V. M Toho Mara” (Japanese) arrived here on
y; the 2nd September and left on the 4th September 1940
with a cargo of 12,000 tons Gas Oil for Kure, Japan.
(iv) T.V. M Helka u arrived here on the 8 th September
and left on the 9th September 1940 with a cargo of
2385 tons Kerosene Oil for Suez, and 1928 tons Gasoline,
195 tons Diesel Gasoil, 18 tons Lubricants and 19 tons
foodstuffs for Jeddah.
(v) T.V. ’'Britannia 11 (Norwegian) arrived here on
the 9th September 1940 and left on the 11th September
with a cargo of 10.962 tons Gasoline and 2,008 tons
Kerosene for Australian ports.
(vlO> T.V, "Nederland” (Dutch) arrived here on the
8 th September 1940 and left on the 9th September
with a cargo of 9633 tons Gasoline, 1168 tons Kerosene,
and 728 tons Diesel gas oil for Mombasa, East Africa,
and/or Durban, South Africa.
(vii) S.S. "Taraqi” (British) arrived here on the
10th September and left on the 11th September 1940
after discharging 163 packages for Bahrain and 2256
packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(viii) T.V. "Germania” (Norwegian) arrived here on
the 11th September and left on the 12th September 1940
with a cargo of 2624 tons Kerosene and 491 tons Diesel
Gas Oil for Hongkong, 1708 tons Gasoline and 545 tons
Kerosene for Dairen, Manchukuo, 3228 tons Gasoline for
Shanghai, China, and 2809 tons Gasoline and 1973 tons
Kerosene for Manila and Opon, Cebu.
(ix) T.V, "Sandefjord" (Norwegian) arrived here on
the 13th September and left on the 14th September 1940
with a cargo of 11,085 tons Fuel Oil for Cape Town,S,A.
(x) T.V. "El Segundo" (Panama) arrived here on the
14th September, discharged 69 packages for Bahrain
and left on the 15th September 1940 with a cargo of
4562 tons Diesel Oil for Suez, Egypt.

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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.

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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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