Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎89r] (179/1077)

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No. 10 of 1939
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. , Bahrain, foi^H
the period 1st to 15th Nay 1939.
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i T ^r, Moisten" (Norwegian) arrived here on the 30th Anril
and left on the 1st May 1939 with a cargo of 8448 tons of Kerosene.
^a^agawa Maru M (Japanese) arrived here on the 3rd
Bahrain!’ ° n ^ 4th May 1939 after discharging 14210 packages for
iQqo i n i - ^piuzistan" (British) arrived here on the 6th May
anlT-imnoffo t ^ e Sa ? e ^ ay with a car S° of 153 drums of Gas Oil
? S ? S em g ty oeer dottles, after discharging 2900 oack-
° x0 3a ^ r ain and 100 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
t ! l ^ ase Naersk" (Danish) arrived here on the 9th and
left on the 10th May 1939 with a cargo of 9406 tons of Fuel Oil.
"Nurjehan" (British) arrived here on the 12th and
Bahrain 1939 . after discharging 1810 packages for
Bahrain and 300 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
_ T#v * "Netty 3rovig ,r (Norwegian) arrived here on tha iq+h
and left on the 14th May 1939 with S cargo of 801 tons of -! 8 If
Diesel (jas Oil, 790 tons of 3-848 Fuel Oil 5918 tnnQ n -p
3gypt Diesel Oil and 2481 tons of 3-891 Diesel Oil. ^ * y
59 • Movements of British Off-joiaig
9 of 1939* eferenCe pai ’ asraph of my Intelligence Summary No.
. „ + „ Khan Sahib Sayed Abdur Razzaq, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, shariah
left for Sharjah on the 5th May 1939. ^ ^ n arjan,
(ii) I left on the 15th May 1939 .for A1 Khobar.
60. Local Affairs
of 1939* eference paragraph 55(i) of nl y Intelligence Summary No. 9
and nn theNlBa Ma ?- the ^ mir ? aud arriv e<I from A1 Khobar by launch
and on tne same day tne Amir Feisal arrived from Cairo bv air auncn
accompanied oy Shaikh Hafiz ..ahba and Shaikh Jemal Husseini who
th 5®?? sl ^ oned ^ Ibn Saud for a discussion on Palestine 1
the iollowing morning the zimirs croqqpd to - • lne# ^- n
v,^ i®siras^ 1 ai i j , «g 11 s
ThP Nn- 0n ’ in order to escort the King to Bahrain
ihe King arrived m the late afternoon of the 2nd Kav with . £
party ox relatives, Ministers, Amirs, political detenus
ers, and was met on the Customs oier bV His Highness the Bho-fvv> ain ~
of Bahrain^and his Adviser and by the Political Ag^t and thp^
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 arrival was admirably staged and
an excellent guard of honour provided by the BahrainPoif d d
SKSri. , gS*^"4 , a^ , ^?f
liter 11 ® e brief th t- A1 - Kh * lifah fami ^ badass^blfd^i greet him
3 ay ln Vha. bins' and His Highness motored'to
RECd. POL. OEPt.
dOMAY1939
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.
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