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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [119r] (239/1077)
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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No. XS of 1938.
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Intelligence Summei’y of the ^
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c3 OtOa piv'iod 1st to 15th October
1938•
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(i) Reference paragraph 110(vi) of Intelligence Summary
No, 17.
S.5. Bengkalie (Dutch) arrived here on the 80th
September and left on the let October 1938 with a cargo
of 671 tons of Diesel Oil.
(ii) Reference paragraph 110(v) of Intelligence Summary
No. 17.
S.3. Klin K (American) arrived here on the 28th
September and left on the 29th September 1938 after discharg
ing 3274 packages for Bahrain and 2352 packages for tranship
ment to the mainland.
(iii) S.S. Ihuzistan (British) arrived here on the 1st
and left on the 5th October 1938 with a cargo of 351 empty
drums and 70 bundles empty tins, after discharging 4263 pack
ages for Bahrain and 1964 packages for transhipment to the
mainland.
(iv) Tankshlp South Africa (Norwegian) arrived here on
the 1 st and left on the 3rd October 1938 with a cargo of
7410 tons of B-350 Gasoline £hite, 1445 tons of B-451 Super
Power Ferosene, 2258 tons of B-400 First Grade Kerosene and
2076 tons of B-811 Diesel Gas Oil.
(v) S.S. Chile Maru (Japanese) arrived here on the 5th
October 1938 and left the same day after discharging 6426 pack
ages for Bahrain.
(vl) S.S. Steel i ariner (American) arrived here on the
5th and left on the 10 th October 1938 after discharging 1816
packa es for Bahrain end 2111 packages for transhipment to
the mainland.
(vii) Tankahip Sknma i aersk (Danish) arrived here on the
7th and left on the 8 th October 1938 with a cargo of 13604
tons of B-849 Fuel Oil.
(viii) S.S. Soemba (Dutch) arrived here on the 9th and
left on the 10th < ctober 1938 with a cargo of 767 tons of
Fuel Oil, 298 bundles of dates, 15 boxes of personal effects,
32 nongs empty cylinders and 11 packages drilling material.
(lx) Tankship Raridal (Norwegian) arrived here on the
11 th and left on the 12 th October 1938 with a cargo of 6061
tons of Btotor Spirit and 3221 tons of Rthyl Motor Spirit.
(x) S.S. Khuzistan (British) arrived here on the 12th
October 1938 and left the same day after discharging 1205
packages for Bahrain and 2300 packages for transhipment to
the sialnland.
(xi) S.S. Freinfels (German) arrived here on the 9th and
left on the 13th October 1938 with a cargo of 500 bags of
Llngah Shells, after discharging 5467 packages for Bahrain and
1433 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
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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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- 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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