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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [183r] (367/1077)
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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(i) Major F# Holmes of Petroleum Concessions
Limited passed through on the 22nd July 1937 by Imperial
Airways aeroplane. He is proceeding to the United
Kingdom on leave.
(ii) The California Arabian Standard Gil Company are
said to have ceased borin; at A1 Alat and to be making
experiments in boring at Dammam. Wells Nos. 7 and 10
are being used for t is purpose, and it is understood
they will bore to a depth of 10,000 feet. Operations
have ceased at wells 2, 3 and 4 in which oil has been
discovered and no farther boring is to be carried out
at present. This information is not confirmed.
The x'ollowing rumour is in circulation here -
That the Company have agreed to lend the sum of £.100,000
to ibn 3aud, Half of t . is amount lias been paid to the
Saudi dcvemment and the balance will be paid as soon as-
oil is discovered at any point in the Hasea Province. This
loan, it is stated, will be adjusted from the Royalty
paid to the .audi Government by easy instalments. In
addition to this loan, the Company are also paying to
the Government a monthly rental of £.500/- for the lands
under boring operations.
120. Imperial Airways Mini ted.
(i) The Imperial Airways’ Flying Boat ’’Satyrus”
arrived here on an experimental flight on the 27th July
and left the following day for Debai and Umm A1 Qaiwain.
The landing at Debai was, it is understood, successful
and the flying boat proceeded to Karachi on July 29th.
(ii) A COMMERCIAL AIR AGPJELMEHT was concluded with the
Shaikh of Dubai on July 22nd by which facilities are
afforded to Imperial Airways Limited for the landing
of flying boats at Debai..
121.
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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122.
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
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Nothing to report,
The Naim, tribe are reported to be coming over
to Bahr in from Qatar. Adequate arrangements have been
made by the Bahrain Government to accommodate them and
no trouble is anticipated.
Le t e or o lo p i cal.
The Highest temperature recorded was 112.0° on
the 26th and the lowest. SI.2° on the 24th July. Almost
throughout the period the humidity exceeded 80% and went
above 90% on 6 da;/
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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