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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [131r] (263/1077)
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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(ill) His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain who has not
been well for some weeks left for Kashmir for convalescence
on the 31st July 1938, Large crowds gathered to wish him
a safe journey f and speedy return to health and strength,
Or, R, Holmes t the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
surgeon, accompanied His Highness
on his journey,
85. Jgtesj.
Reference paragraph 78 of my Intelligence Summary
No, 12 of 1938,
While declining the advice 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.
that he should make {novision for his poorer relatives 9 the
Shaikh has expressed the hope that 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.
will
expel those members of the Al Than! family at present re*
siding In Bahrain, He has been Informed finally that as
he will not accept the advice offered to him, the Political
Agent Is unable to assist him In the manner In which he
desires,
86. -Saudi Arabia
(i) Tbe following Saudi official, arrived from Al
Khobar on the 17th «JUly 1938 with several petty officials
and menials t
1, Shaikh Muhammad Sarur Al«Sabban, Manager,
Ministry of Saudian Finance,
11, Zaki Effendi Omer, Director General cf S^udian Customs
111# Ibrahim Effandl Bedwan 9 Saudian Representative at
Al Khobar*
They called at the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
on the 18th JUly, but the
heat and humidity caused eo profuse a flow of perspiration
that they stayed only a few minutes fearing (aa they said)
that they might spoil the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
furniturei
(11) Material and equipment for the California Arabian
Sta dard Oil Company Is pouring through Bahrain en route to
Dammam. Has Tanura and Abu Hadrlyah, About 1600 tons went
through In the last week of July,
87. TiygiaA .
Nothing to report,
88 . ttateorological
Maximum tmnperature .. 106.8° on tha 17th July
Minimum temperature •* 83,2° on the 28th July
Throughout the fortnight the humidity exceeded 70%
3d/- J.3. Howes*
The 6 th August 1938,
Captain 9
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.
9 Bahrain,
(Distribution as usual)
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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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