![Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎158r] (317/1077)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00014d/IOR_L_PS_12_3767_0320.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎158r] (317/1077)")
Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [158r] (317/1077)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
&CT£l.
c
p
-J <i
' ( ° Jr
fax J& >
(a'
No. 23 of 1937.
Q ^ O Intelligence lumrary of the Political
^ « ( L- Agent, Bahrain, for the period 16th
191. MwAtki'
to 31at )ec ember 1937.
Q ^ O 'j assasmoOoss
S / N-y' » *
01
Oj
(1) S.3. Velssenfele (Qerman) arrived here on the 15th
December and left on the 19th December 1937 with a cargo of
320 bags of Shells and 1 case of Intestines, after discharging
22,138 packages for Bahrain and 4 packages for transhipment
to the mainland.
^ 'V^Au*
(ii) Tankship Bhoyo Naru (Japanese) arrived here on the
2§rd and left on the 24th December 1937 with a cargo of 10000
tons of Crude Oil and 1300 tons of Bunker.
~ \a
t
(iii) Tankship Clella Campanella (Italian) arrived here on
the 25th and left on the 26th December 1937 with a cargo of
4480 tons of Diesel Oil.
(iv) Tankship t aridal (Norwegian) arrived here on the
27th and left on the 28th December 1937 with a cargo of 9300
tons of Gasoline and 480 tons of Bunker and Diesel Oil.
(v) Tankship Camia (Swedish) arrived here on the 27th
and left on the 28th December 1937 with a cargo of 9500 tons
of Fuel Oil.
(vi) i.c.Khuzistan (British) arrived here on the 28th
December 1937 and left the same day with 295 empty drums,
----- — - —
after discharging 7100 tins for Bahrain and 3140 tins for
transhipment to the mainland.
(vli A viii) 3.3. Preienfels and ireienfele (both German)
arrived here on the 30th December 1937 and have not yet been
cleared* *
192. Uggjamentg of British c fficiala ,
deference paragraph No. 175(ii) of Intelligence Nummary
No. 20 of 1937. ^
193.
Captain A.C. Galloway, I• A. , returned to Bahrain by air
on the 16th December 1937.
jaudi Arabia.
Reference paragraph No. 188 of -Summary No. 22 of 1937.
* D
>
i r\
'ifiS
Tt
1.
r
His koyal Highness the Amir Baud left Bahrain for /a
Khobar, >audi Arabia on the morning of the 23rd December. It
is reported that the /mir gave about Re. 18000/- to the ihaikliSi
servants, Policemen and Nature during his stay a* and presentee
<:s. 5000/- as a d ©nation for a mosque in Jtfanamah. Other de
rails have been reported separately.
194. Oil .
Nothing to report.
195. 1‘ruclel Coast.
S
N«w» was received on the 30th Oecember of the death r i
on the^Vruclal^oa^t 0t DlbP ‘ Qibe ls e petty 5hslkhd# /
About this item
- Content
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [158r] (317/1077), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3767, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060455326.0x000078> [accessed 6 August 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060455326.0x000078
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060455326.0x000078">Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎158r] (317/1077)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060455326.0x000078"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00014d/IOR_L_PS_12_3767_0320.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00014d/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3767
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence