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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [161r] (323/1077)
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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exhiltiwtizig. the colour alntf provided by His ni^hmaa the
: haikh and his party and by tha Bahrain Police and ^oy vcouta.
His Highness was presented with an astonishingly mall gold
| lock and key as a ^e&snto of the occasion^
(ii) i ongri.jg, :«neral kamger of PetfH^letim
oncesslons Linitadf arrived at Bahrain on the 3rd ccerber*
* x-eetinG attended by the P olitical esi ent the olitical
^gent f Bahrein, Uie l ocal tanager of Petroleum, oncessiona
i imited O r* :*V* l acker) and lr* l.oftjrigg f was held at the
/ gency on the 10th : eember at which the possibilities of
approach to the racial oast hinwrlsnd both by air and
! ty ground parties was discussed generally*
fhe a&ettsr was subsequently tiiscussed fbrthar by Hr*
iongrlgg at Hinaldi on the 13th docesfoer witla the *ir officer
Conr^nding* It is hoped that as a result of their discussions
an lidv&noe &ay be made early in the B'ew Year*
iea*
efsronce paregreph .^o* 171 of Intelligence uiar^ry
Ho* 10 of 1037*
Kls oysl highness the sdr J^ud arrived at Baiirein
on the 15th Oeeerher by launch from M Khoba * sudl /rebia*
He was &et by Ms HIdine sa the Sheikh, the 1 olitlcel ent,
iehrsin overrent officials mad e large sod enthusiastic
crowd* The visit coincides ^ith His Hl^laisss tlte hnikh’s
i cc ess ion /nniverssry wi ich has ’tween celebrated vsith great
good will by every one* There have been nswerotis receptions
and dinner parties at which the 'c&r md h^s nsde a grss
impression by his dignified and pleasant bearing. His High
ness the ihalfch has enjoyed himself irmenaely, but iis be unSiiig-
to look a little tried* A final dinner party to the nir Baud
is being held at the ^gsney on the ^nd ^c«^ber, and it is
expected tliat he will l^ve Hs^srain the following day*
*a®* .-.atfi&il -m&f j
Befsrsnss paragre^i Ho* 183 of IntellIrenes Sundry
Ho. ai of 1037*
? ubarak bin 4>.if of tdisrjah ■gdio delivered tl» speech
about Palestine at ubai delivered a similar speech at
Jsh on the loth Deo amber* The ihalkh of ihsrj^s subscribed
s* 3uQA towards the ^relief of the poor and helpleuo people
of Palestine** It is believed Uiat Une tovl collections so
far amount to s* 300/-*
190.
. uxImus^ te^ pareture ai.0
: InifiSsa teiipcratui ^ 60*0
Humidity over 00S on 8 days*
ai*0° on 3nd and 3rd
60*0° on Jeoeaber.
lahrsln, 23rd ecember 1937 f
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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)
- 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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- Open Government Licence