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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎156r] (313/1077)

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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. 1 of 1938.
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f ■ POlltlcol Agent, Bahrain, for
* - the period 1st to 15th January
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(i) U.J.Frienfels (Oeman) arrived here on the 30th
December 1937 and left on the 1st January 1938 after discharging
2100 packages for Bahrain and 3 packages for transhipment to
the mainland.
(ii) S.S. >teel Trader (American) arrived here on the 6th
ami left on the 8th January 1938 after discharging 14 t 979 pack-
ag ie for Bahrain and 270 packages for trsnshiptaent to the main
land.
(iii) tankship Tahchee (British) arrived here on the ^nd
and left on the 3rd January 1938 with a cargo of 9320 tons of
crude oil.
(iv) Tankahip Bahrein (Panama) arrived here on the 2nd nd
left on the 3rd January 1938 with a cargo of 1165 tons B-400
thirst Grade } erosene, 3531 tons B-410 iecond irade Kerosene,
2105 tone B-350 5 bite Gasoline, 1228 tons B-351 bite Gasolene
and 1178 tons B-811 Uiesel til.
(v) Tanikship Goldmouth (British) arrived here on the 1st
and left on the 2nd January 1938 with a cargo of 5109 tons of *
Fuel Oil.
(vi) 3.3.Mantaimaru (Japanese) arrived here on the 6th Jan
uary 1938 and left the sam day after discharging 483 packaos
for Bahrain.
(vii) lankship hiyo uaru (daponeee) arrived here on the 7th
and left on the 8th January 1938 with a caruo of 9891 tons of
Fuel Oil.
(viii) Tankship Grena (Norwegian) arrived here on the 8th
and left on the 9th 'January 1938 *ith a cargo of 11523^ tons of
ilotor Spirit.
(ix) iankship ijuna Uaerak (Danish) ai*rived here on the 10th
and left on the 11th January 1238 with a cargo of 4263 tons of
diesel Oil and 9152 tons of Fuel Oio.
(x) 3.3. Lichtenfele (German) arrived here on the 14th Jan
uary 1938 and the cargo has not yet been cleared.
2. MfiYSSienta of British offlclqla .
(i) eference paragraph No. 192 of Tntalligcnce 3u» ary No.
23 of 1937.
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Captain A.C. Galloway, I.A., /ssistant Political A: ent,
Bahrain, left for Sharjah by eir or the 1st of January. Khan
oahib Ismail Barduli, Head I iinshi of the Ag ncy, left" by slow
mail to join him.
(ii) s.r. H. ‘^eightman, I.C.3., 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,
left for a tar by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Launch "Felix Jones" on the 7 th
January and returned to Bahrain on the 9th January.

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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.

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1 file (535 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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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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