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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [150r] (301/1077)
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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35. Trucial Coas t»
(i) Reference paragraph 29(ii) of my Intelligence Sum
mary No. 5.
I met the Shaikh of Dubai at Sharjah Rest House on the
afternoon of my arrival. He Explained that owing to short no
tice it had not been possible to assemble his notables and
bring them with him and asked me to meet the Majlis in his
house the following day. Here the whole matter was thrashed
out, satisfactory conclusions being reached.
Dubai town is again quiet.
(ii) The Shaikh of Sharjah has at last written the cor
rect letter accepting the terms of the Political Agreement
covering the Oil Concession,
36. Saudi Arabia .
(i) Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, Saudi Minister in LondDn, who
accompanied the Athlone party across Arabia, came across with
them to Bahrain v/here he stayed two d ays before returning to
A1 Khobar en route to Jedda, and ultimately to England.
(ii) The California Arabian Standard Oil Company have
struck oil in Hassa and tests so far are v ery satisfactory.
Work has already begun on deepening hitherto unproductive
wells to the new horizon.
37• Meteorological .
Maximum temperature — 92.8° on the 31st March.
Minimum temperature — 50.7° on the 23rd March.
Humidity exceeded 80% on twelve days.
Sd/- H. Weightman.
Bahrain,
6th April 1938.
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.
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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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