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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [101r] (203/1077)
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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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, for the
period 1st to 15th February 1939.
24.
26.
No. 4 of 1939 *
(i) Tankship "Solsten" (Norwegian) arrived here on the
5th and left on the 6 th February 1939 with a cargo of 1904 tons
of B-351 UMte Gasoline and 6380 tons of B-410 Standard White
Kerosene, after discharging 92 packages for Bahrain.
(ii) 3.3. ?, Chile Maru” (Japanese) arrived here on the 7th
and left on the 8 th February 1939 after discharging 7452 pack
ages for Bahrain.
(iii) S.3. ff Steel Worker 11 (American) arrived here on the
15th February 1939 and discharged 4568 packages for Bahrain and
62 packages for transhipment to the mainland. She is still
in port.
(iv) S.S. M Khuzistan M (British) arrived here on the 9th
February 1939 and left the same day with a cargo of 148 empty
drums, after discharging 10560 packages for Bahrain and 772
packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(v) Tankship "Torborg” (Norwegian) arrived here on the 10th
and left on the 11th February 1939 with a cargo of 7937 tons
of 3-649 Fuel Oil.
Movements of British Officials
(i) Major G.A. Falconer, His Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
arrived here on the 11th February 1939.
(ii) Captain T. Hickinbotham, O.B.B., arrived at Bahrain
on the 11th February and! left for Bushire on the 12 th February
1939.
(iii) The Honourable Lieutenant Colonel Sir Trenchard
Fowle, K.C.I.E., C.B.3.,
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.
,
accompanied by his Secretary Major A.C. Galloway, arrived in
H.M.3. Deptford on the 12 th February 1939.
Foreign Interests
Reference paragraph 18(ii) of my Intelligence Summary
No. 3 of 1939.
Mr. Gustav Farbstein left for Dubai on the 5th February.
Foreign .arshins
The French sloop "D’Iberville" was expected to arrive
in Bahrain on the 3rd February. She did not, however, put in
an appearance; and it was only later learnt that she had never
left Djibouti.
Local Affairs
The accession of His Highness Shaikh Sir Hamad bin ’Isa
al Khali-ah, K.C.I.L., ^.b.I., was celebrated on the 9th February
and the two succeeding days. The town was illuminated, and
24.
26.
demonstrations/-
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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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