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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [32r] (65/1077)
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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69 • Visit of Hi.s Royal Highness the A niir Saud
Reference paragraph 47 of my Intelligence
Summary No, 8 of 1940.
His Royal Highness the Amir Saud arrived here
from India by special plane on the evening of the 8th
June, very much improved in health. He was received
at the aerodrome by Shaikhs Abdullah and Salman, the
Adviser to the Bahrain Government and the Assistant
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
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.
being absent from
Bahrain. His Highness the Shaikh met the Amir at the
end of the causeway and took him to the Palace.
On the evening of the 9th June the Amir was
entertained by the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
He left Bahrain for A1 Khobar by launch on the
10th. While here he expressed his gratitude for the
assistance given go him by the Government of India..
70. Local Affairs
(i) The news of Italy : s entry into war was greeted
in Bahrain with expressions of contempt and hatred for
the Italians whose barbarities in Tripoli and Abyssinia
are remembered. Subsequent news of the virtual defeat
of France has confused the people, though at present
their main interest is to hear about the future of
French possessions in Northern Africa and Syria.
The news had an electrifying effect on British
residents of Manama and employees of the Oml Company.
This development has been reported separately.
(ii) The first Bahrain subject to see war at close
quarters is Shaikh Mohammad bin 5 Isa. brother of His
Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain. Very unwisely he
boarded an Italian ship from Alexandria on the 5th June
to proceed to Beirut — and the ship went straight to
Italy. News was then received that Shaikh Mohammad
had arrived at Malta, whence he sent an ingenuous
telegram saying that he was unable to find any means
of proceeding home and would His Highness the Shaikh
please arrange ? The Family has sent a reply urging
him to ,f keep out of danger areas™.
71. Qatar
Reference paragraph 64 of my Intelligence
Summary No. 10 of 1940.
The Ahmed Section were disarmed actually only
for a few days and with the temporary banishment of
tv/o youths involved in the affray all is quiet again
in Qatar.
72. Meteorological
Maximum temperature .. 103.8^ on the 8th June
Minimum temperature,,. 75,6 on the 5th June
Humidity exceeded 70% on 11 days maximum being 95%
Dated the 22nd June 1940
3d/- Ho Weightman.
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
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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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- 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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