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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [190r] (381/1077)
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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c,i<. Jen con as twnporary ^aBident lfsma,f*er«
104. jmiClAL 0OA.iT.
(i) siafaranca paragraph 96(1) of th« Intelligence
iiep. rt Mo. 10 of 1937.
Kie survey of the TStw A1 ialwnln lagoon was
coamleted by H.M.S. Bldeford on the 19th June.
(il) Reference paragraph 96(11) of the Intelllgencp
Report Mo. 10 of 1937.
shaikh ultm bln .-aim iler of T^a$ i
t mtiaiah, ai*rivea in j alba about the 10th of June. It
appears he found the situation not altogether what he
had axpeetou, and finding himself In difficulties he
wrote to the Heoldency Agent Jharjah, on or about the 16th
June 1937 ^questing that the Honourable the Political
Resident be aalced to send a sloop to his assistance at
i alba. K.11.3. Jhoreha i arrived at Kalba on the 3lst
June and embarked the Shaikh of Has A1 iOmtoah ana 10
of hia followers. The followers ware diaembarked at
>i«rjah and the Shaikh was brought to Bahrain on the 23rd
June. He was accaMouated in the q artera arranged by
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and hia explanation of hia recent conduct v™
taitan by the
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.
and referred to the Honourable
the
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.
. Under instructions from the
honourable tiie olitioal Rasldant on Junday the 27th June
■toe Shaikh of Rea tu caimah was severely cautioned by the
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.
for the part he recently played and inferred
that the wetter had been referred to Hia kajaaty-s Govemmart.
The shaikh of Baa A1 hhai«»h was then infonaed that he was
at liberty to return to Me state and he did so immediately
by air * 1>aring th * p * riod the Shaikh of Has A1 Khaiaak
was in Bahrain he did not receive nor waa it considered
advisable for him to pay any visits. This visit to Bahrain
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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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