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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [85r] (171/1077)
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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their permanent residence. The Shaikh of Dubai was induced
to postpone his offensive for a week, and both the Shaikh of
Sharjah and the Mana party were informed of the inevitable
result of further procrastination. As usual the Shaikh of
Has al Khaimsh intervened and added to the general intrigue
and confusion, only however to find his mischief-making recoil
on his own head. At che eleventh hour the Shaikh of Sharjah,
convinced at last of the imminence of the danger, forcibly
despatched four of the leading (and most dangerous) members
of the kana party to Has al Khaimah under his brother's charge,
withs triet orders to ensure that they stayed there whatever
the Shaikh might say. (Sharjah and Has al Khaimah are cousins,
and there is a strong party in Has al Khaimah in favour of
admitting kana and his adherents.) The effect on Dubai -
Sharjah relations was immediate. The two Shaikhs have been
reconciled and normal trade and travel have been restored.
(ii) A new Dispensary, financed by the Government of India,
was opened in Dubai on the 9th June, under the charge of an
Indian Moslem ^ub Assistant Surgeon. It is housed in an
admirable building provided by the Shaikh of Dubai, and its.
popularity can be judged by the fact that within 4 days of its
opening the number of out-patients was close on 150. Avuendance
figures will probably receive a temporary set-back while the
Coast is assimilating the unpleasant truth that few diseases
can be cured in five minutes. Dven so the stock of dru ;s
provided for the year is unlikely to last more than four or
five months.
Meteorolo ical•
maximum temperature ••• 105.S on the 4th uune
Minimum temperature ... 78.4 on the 7th June
Humidity exceeded 70% on 7 days, the maximum being
92s on the 9th June.
Sd. H. l.eightman,
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.
Bahrain,
The 4th July 1939.
(Distribution as usual).
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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