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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [219r] (439/1077)
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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48. VISIT OF DO CTOR H. BLEG VAp:
(i) Doctor Blegvad arrived at Bahrain in his motor
trawler *Rashgu* on the 28th March. There were on board,
besides Doctor Blegvad, two Danish Zoologists and one
Botanist, the Captain of the trawler and two seamen and an
Iranian interpreter. They came over largely to buy supplies,
particularly ammonia for their refrigerating plant which could
not be obtained in Iran. Doctor Blegvad stayed at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
and his scientists came to dinner one evening and the Captain
of the trawler to lunch. They all made the nasi ves very plea
sant and apparently enjoyed their spell of freedom.
(ii) Doctor Blegvad told 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.
that he
had stayed with the British Consul at Bandar Abbas, but had
subsequently been informed by the Iranian Government that
they would prefer that he should stay with the Governor.
(iii) Some days before Doctor Blegvad's visit, the
Commandant of the Bahrain Police had dug out of the ground
two ancient cannon and mounted them for ornament before the
gate of the Police Fort. The •Rashgu* was wearing the Iranian
flag and it was once stated that the Bahrain Government had
had news of her coming and so had mounted the cannons to ward
off attack and that the •Rashgu® was only the precursor of
an Iranian invasion.
(iv) Doctor Blegvad said that several countries had
offered to take up his fish enquiring work, but that the
Iranian Minister concerned had decided on Denmark, because
years ago he had seen the milk collecting system and had been
deeply impressed by the honesty of a people who could leave
cans of milk standing unguarded by the roadside.
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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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