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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [105r] (211/1077)
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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Intellig®ice 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, for
the period 1st to 15th January
1939.
7. Shipping
(i) S.S. ff Singapore Maru” (Japanese) arrived here on
the 8th and left on the 9th January 1939 after discharging
7770 packages for Bahrain and 800 packages for transhipment
to the mainland.
(ii) Tankship "Solsten” (Norwegian) arrived here on
the 8th and left on the 9th January 1939 with a cargo of
6393 tons of B-410 Standard White Kerosene, 1912 tons of
B-351 White Gasoline and 90 drums and 2 cases of paint.
(iii) Tankship t, Prometeo ,, (Italian) arrived here on
the 8th and left on the 9th January 1939 with a cargo of
4050 tons of B-351 White Gasoline and 2226 tons of B-410
Lighting Kerosene.
(iv) S.S. "Frauenfels” (German) arrived here on the
11th arxi left on the 12th January 1939 after discharging
3297 packages for Bahrain and 24 packages for transhipment
to the mainland.
(v) S.S. f,
Begum
Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage.
M (British) arrived here on the 9th Jan
uary 1939 and left the same day after discharging 2209 pack
ages for Bahrain and 200 packages for transhipment to the
mainland.
8. British Interests
Reference paragraph 142 of my Intelligence Summary
No. 21 of 1938.
Mr. S.H. Longrigg of Petroleum Concessions Limited
arrived on the 2nd January from Dubai and left on the 5th
January.
9. Foreign Interests
Nil
10. Airways
Reference paragraph 4 of my Intelligence Summary No. 1
of 1939.
Another K.L.M. land plane landed here on the 10th
January 1939.
11. Local
Negotiations for the Unallotted Area continue at an
increased tempo, much to the detriment of other administra-
* tive interests.
12.
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(i) Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, who started
building a tower about 300 yards from the east end of t&e town
with the ostensible object of affording protection to his sub
jects, and to guard against bedouin raids, received a protest
against its construction from Shaikh Abdur Rahman Mohammed
of Hira.
*
JAN 1939
m.
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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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- 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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