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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [222r] (445/1077)
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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(x) S.S*Kh.uzistan (British) arrived on the 11th
discharging 14,180 packages for Bahrain and 1,774 for
transhipment to the mainland and left on the 13th March
after loading 225 packages.
(xi) Tankship Sir Osborn Holmden (Norwegian) arrived
on the 13th and left on the 14th March with a cargo of 14,000
tons of crude oil.
(xii) S.S.Nurjehan (British) arrived on the 12th
March and left on the same day after discharging 1,251 packages
for Bahrain.
(xiii) S.S.MLsaki Maru (Japanese) arrived on the 12th
and left on the 13th March after discharging 11,338 packages
for Bahrain and 1,000 for transhipment to the mainland.
31. 1BABIAN MISoION ;
Reference paragraph 3 of the Intelligen® Report No.
1 of 1337.
Doctor W.W. Thomas returned from ! 0qair by launch
on the 21st February.
32. VISIT OF FRENCH SLOOP :
(i) The French Sloop "D 1 Iberville*, flying the Flag of
Contre-Amiral Fernet, Commandant, La Division Navale du
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
, arrived on a visit to Bahraini on the 13th February.
In the afternoon of the 19th February an tAtholl Brose* party
was given 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.
at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to the Admiral
and several officers.
Cii) On the 20th February formal calls were exchanged
betv/een 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 the Admiral and the Admiral
and the Ruler of Bahrain. An accident to His Excellency
Shaikh Sir Hamad bin f Isa Al Khalifah was narrowly averted,
as owing to the swell the gangway of the TT d ! Iberville” was
unsteady and he slipped. Fortunately he sustained no injury,
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 Mrs. Loch, the Adviser and Mrs.Belgrave.
the Assistant/-
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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.
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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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