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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [220r] (441/1077)
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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(v) Doctor Blegvad said that His Majesty the Shah had
asked him whether it was possible Jo establish commercial
fisheries in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and that he had replied that it
could be done if money was put into it. The Shah informed
him that money would be forthcoming.
49. OIL .
(i) It is reported that oil in abundance has been discovered
in most of the wells under operation at A1 Khobar and that these
have now been closed pending further operation.
It iSy on the other handy said that the oil discovered
by tne ^aliiomia Arabian Standard Oil Company is of a meagre
flow which does not warrant any hope of successful development.
This statement is, however, attributed to the California Arabian
Standard Oil Company, who hope thereby to obtain less stringent
terras from the Sa f udi Arabian Government*
(ii) (See paragraph 18(iii) of Intelligence Report No* 2 of
1937).
(a) Major Holmes* negotiations on behalf of the Petro-
leum Concessions Limited are proceeding slowly.
(b) A circular letter has been addressed to the Trucial
Shaikhs informing them that the California Arabian Standard Oil
Company have addressed to certain Shaikhs of 'Oman certain lettas
, and c ommunications and that the California Arabian Standard Oil
1 Company have been informed that Petroleum Concessions Limited
1 P rior rights in that area, and that His Majesty's Govern-
i ment therefore cannot approve of any negotiations between the
Shaikhs of 'Oman and the California Arabian Standard Oil Company.
50. METEOROLOQTOAT..
0.53 Inches of rain was measured during the period under
review. The highest temperature recorded was 84.4° on the 30th
and the lowest 60.0° on the 16th March. The humidity exceeded
80% on five days*
Bahrain,
19th April 1937.
Distribution usuala
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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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