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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [130r] (261/1077)
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. 13 of 19381
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(1) M*V* Hoegh Silver (Norwegian) arrived here on the
25th July 1938 and left the same day after discharging 3096
packages for Bahrain.
(ii) Tankahip Kona Maersk (Danish) arrived here on the
22nd and left on the 23rd JUly 1938 with a cargo of 2404
tone of B-891 Diesel Oil, 10956 tons of B-349 Fuel Oil.
(ill) H»P.A» Olcadea (British) arrived here on the 24th
July 1938 and left the ame day with a cargo of 4727 tons
of B-391 Diesel Oil and 3778 tons of £-849 Fuel Oil.
(iv) 3.3. Khuslstan (British) arrived here on the 27th
and left on the 28th .July 1938 with a cargo of 260 nongs
empty drums and 39 bundles empty tins, after discharging
6569 packages for Bahrain and 1470 packages for transhipment
to the mainland.
(v) S.3. Geierfels (German) arrived here on the 29th
July 1938 and left with a cargo of 51 cases M.O.P. shells
and 300 bags Lingah Shells, after discharging 1510 packages
for Bahrain and 3581 packages for transhipment to the main
land.
(vl) M.V. Hoegh Silver (Norwegian) arrived here on the
31st July 1938 on her homeward voyage and left with a cargo
of 2600 tons of Diesel Oil and 425 tons of Dissel Oil,
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(i) The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard
Fowls, , C.3.E.,
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, arrived by slow mail from Buahire on the 30th July
1938 en route for England. He was accompanied by Lieutenant
R.£«R« Bird, Assistant Political Agsnt, Bahrain.
(li) Captain J,B« Howaa, X«A« arrived from Karachi on
the 30th JUly 1938 and took over charge as
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.
on the 1st August 1938.
83. Britiah Intereata.
(i) Mr. E.V. Packer, Manager, Petroleum Concessions
Limited, left Bahrain on the 23rd JUly 1938.
(11) Mr. 3. Broad, Station Superintendent, Imperial
Airways, left Bahrain on the 23rd JUly 1938, on relief by
Mr. G.P. Hayward.
84. Af&atau
(i) Shaikh Abdullah bin , Xaa al Khalifah, C.I.E., bro
ther of the Ruler of Bahrain, returned from •iraq on the
29 th July 1938.
... I (ii) Cam the 30th JUly 1938 Dr. Ian Davenport Jones
INDIA OFFIC E arrived in Bahrain. Ha is to take charge of the Bahrain
' State Hospital when it is ready, and is at presmut carrying
on for the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon.
75 AUG 1938
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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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