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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [29r] (59/1077)
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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SECRET
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.
. Bah
rain for the period 16th
to 30th June, 1940.
No. 12 of 1940.
73. Shipping
(i) T.V. "Captain A.F. Lucas" (Panama) arrived
here on the 14th June and left on the 17th June 1940
with a cargo of 4,842 tons of Fuel oil for Singapore.
(ii) S.S. ’’Fairfield City” (U.S.A.) arrived here
on the 17th June 1940 and left the same day after dis
charging 1,800 packages for Bahrain and 3 packages for
transhipment to the mainland.
(iii) T.V.”E1 Segundo” arrived here on the 20th
June 1940 and left on the 21 st June 1940 with a cargo
of 4510 tons of Fuel Oil for Karachi and/or Bombay.
(iv) S.S. ’’Khuzistan” (British) arrived here on
the 21st June and left on the 25th June 1940 after dis
charging 9224 packages for Bahrain and 2399 packages
for transhipment to the mainland.
(v) S.S. ”Hoegh Merchant” (Dutch) arrived here
on the 23rd June and left on the 24th June 1940.HftHK
(vi) T.V. ’’Beau” (Norwegian) arrived here on the
28th June and left on the 29th June 1940 with a cargo
of 7092 tons Gasoline, 798 tons Kerosene, 3018 tons
Kerosene and 3411 tons Diesel Gas Oil for Mombasa &/or
Durban.
74. Movements of British Officials .
(i) Dr. S.M. Siddiq, M.A., Ph.D., Indian Assistant
Bahrain, left for India on leave on the 17th June 1940.
Khan Sahib Mirza Ismail Barduli is officiating in his
place.
(ii) Major A.C. Byard, M.B.E., Defence Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, left for India by air on the 24th June
1940.
75. Local Affairs .
(a) The New Deed modifying the old lease of 29th
September 1934 and granting a concession for the whole
of Bahrain to the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited
was signed on the 19th June 1940 in the presence 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.
. The conclusion of this long-dragged
out affair gave much satisfaction to His Highness and
his Family.
(b) The news of the final surrender of France had
a less disturbing effect on the local population than
might have been expected. There is much anxiety
about the fate of the French fleet and the future of the
French North African possessions and Syria, but a large
part of the intelligent public still puts its faith in
British sea power and Britain’s growing strength in the
air.
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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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- 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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