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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [49r] (99/1077)
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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V
- 2 -
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.
took the Ambassador
across to the mainland on the 13th to inspect the
activities of the California Arabian Standard Oil
Company at Dharan. After a visit to Has Tanura,
Safwa and Qatif he returned to Bahrain on the 14th.
The Ambassador was entertained to lunch by the Saudi
officials on the 14th.
(iii) Reference paragraph 19 (ii) of my Intelli
gence Summary No. 4 of 1940.
The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Prior,
C*I«S#,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, re
turned from India on the 13th March by the fast mail
and left with his staff for Kuwait on the 15th in
the L.T. '’Nearchus".
26. Ecclesiastical
Reference paragraph 20 of my Intelligence Sum
mary No. 4 of 1940.
Mgr. J.B. Tirrinnanzi, Vicar Apostolic of
Arabia, performed the opening ceremony of the mew
Roman Catholic Church on the 8th March. The church
was built on a piece of land to the south of Manama
gifted to the Roman Catholic community by Kis Highness
the Shaikh. The Bishop left on the 11th March.
27. Local Affairs
Leading members of the Indian community in
Bahrain met on the 12th March and appointed a "Bahrain
Indian War Relief Committee". In the course of a
resolution which was passed at this meeting the
following sentiments were expressed
"We Indian Residents of Bahrain cannot forget
our duty to our King and are prepared to share
the responsibility which devolves upon us as
members of the British Commonv./ealth of Nations.
Our efforts may be insignificant, but these are
actuated by feelings of loyalty and sincer:ty
and a fervent desire to uphold the cause of
right against deliberate wrong.
"We therefore resolve to subscribe to the war
fund according to our means and to persuade
every resident Indian of Bahrain to^do the
same. The collections shall be forwarded to
His Britannic Majesty's
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.
in
Bahrain for onward transmission to proper autho
rities."
At this inaugural meeting close on Rs.lSOO/-
were collected.
28.
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
Reference paragraph 22 (ii) of my Intelli
gence Summary No.4 of 1940.
The/-
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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