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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [114r] (229/1077)
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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1st November 1938 and left the seme day with a cargo of
4946 tons of B-351 V hite Gasoline and 6661 tons of B-410
Jt&naord thite Kerosene*
(ii) 3*S. Kohuku karu (Japanese) arrived here on the
2nd November 1938 and left the same day after disehrrgln
61 packages for Bahrain*
(iii) M.V* Hoegh Silver Star (Norwegian) arrived hef*e
on the 3rd November 1938 and left the same doy with a cargo
of 160 tons of Diesel Oil and 18 packages sundries.
(iv) Tankship Clelia Cempanella (Italian) arrived here
on the 4th and left on the 6 th November 1938 wit.i a cargo
of 4247 tons of 3-851 Diesel Cil*
(v) Tankship China (Panama) arrived here on the Cth
and left on the 8 th November 1938, after discharging 3433
packages for Bahrain, with a cargo of 1395 tons of Qi r otor
Spirit, 2913 tons of B-357 Gasoline Vvhite, 75C6 tons of B-
358 G* Gasoline, 2480 tons of B-450 Super Power Kerosene
and 852 tone of B-400 First Grade Kerosene*
(vi) S.S* Falkenfels (German) arrived here on the 10th
and left on the 16th November 1938 after discharging 5958
packages for Bahrain and 3435 packages for transhipment to
the mainland. Particulars of exports have not been received
yet*
(vii) S.3. Khuzistan (British) arrived here on the 7th
and left on the 8 th November 1938 with 340 empty drums and
9 bundles empty tins, after discharging 6257 packages for
Bahrain and 2766 packages for transhipment to the mainland*
(viii) S.S. Truenfels (Germen) arrived here on the 12th
November 1938* Further particulars have not yet been received
133. Kovegientg of nrlU.h i fHslslfi
), Captain J. B. Bowes, Assistant
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.
, Bahralr
j left for the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
on the 15th November 1938*
134. British Interests
(i) &r. J.&. Campbell, tanager of Messrs. Gray, Mackenzie
and Company Limited, Bahrain, left on the 31st October and
returned on the 7th November 1933*
(ii) Mr* S.H. Lon:rigg of Petroleum Concessions Limited
arrived on the 9th November and left for the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
on the 15th November 1938*
, l (iii) Kajor Frank Holmes of Petroleum Concessions Limit
j arrived on the 15th November 19~~
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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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