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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [180r] (361/1077)
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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Lieutenant Tomlinson, Assistant Political
Agent, Bahrain, returned from Bushire on the 14th August
fcy the S.S.Baroda*
(iy) The Honourable Mr. O.K.Caroe, C.I.E., who is
to officiate as
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during the absence on leave to the United Kingdom of the
Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Fowle, K*C«I*E«,
C.B.E., arrived here by Imperial Airways aeroplane on the
15th August from the United Kingdom.
126. ROYAL AIR FOR CE.
(i) The Royal Air Force Petrol Store at Doha was
burnt down on the night of the 3rd August and the stock
destroyed. The fire broke out while a check of damaged
tins was being made. Four persons were injured. The Air
Liaison Officer flew to Doha on the 6 th August with two
Royal Air Force planes and brought two of the injured to
Bahrain. The condition of the remaining two being serious
they were brought to Bahrain by launch.
The fire is believed to have been caused by a petro-
max light.
(ii) Wing-Commander A.R.M. Rickards,0.B.E., A.F.C.,
Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain, proceeded on leave to the
United Kingdom on the 12th August 1337.
127. MOVELEMTS OF SA*UDI ARABIAN NOTABLES .
Shaikh Abdullah Sulaiman al Hamdani, the Minister
of Finance of the Sa»udi Arabian Government, arrived here
from Al Khobar on the 13th August by the launch of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company and is staying here as the guest
of the Company. He inspected the operations at the Canp
and the Refinery here and had, it is understood, lengthy
discussions with the employees of the Conpany presumably
on matters of OIL.
128/-
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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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