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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [234r] (469/1077)
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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(ill) F* Hoimes nrrlvea from Kuwait by la^erlel
Airways ccropXrnc on i;he ^Oth and left for r,'j£h by
Xi%>€ri&X *irv,&y& aeroplane on the * : Tth January. He hrs
resuaod Me negotiation*? for a concession witn the Bhaitfh
of (&gg paragraph iOf(rii) of the Intelligence
Report Ho*16 of 1S38).
(i) It is reported that one mh&isin, a follower of
i^hfcikh ♦iht.khbut bin '~v.ltt-n. Haler of i bu Mi - bi, whilst
gracing & mlB on an island in the vicinity o' 1 Abu tiv M
fired on & cho *;Mcn ?;tis passing the island cc rxying
passengers from Abu Inabi* One of tha passenger^, mwrd
b’Ui.tun bin ^ti*ia al Hahairl was hil-.ed* Bmaisin was later
arrested*
(ii) An urit&d party of about ?o men has been
despatched by Shaikh s>hakiibut bin Multan against the Dru*
Tribe. It is believed that this action hrs been taken with
a view to punisni-.ig the tru* for giving Shelter to the
Al iu amir tribe in spiti o ' ^hulkh cfcakxibut • s orders to the
contrary*
(ill) The ih^ikh of %s si Kheiarh asked the Political
1
Agent ifaethe* the large numbers of aeroplanes passing along
tiu Traci,! Cos.;it (the Aingt -ore flight) a»?mt th t - r
had broken oat anywhere*
(iv) l?rs. hoch h'-s succeeded in esttblirhing very
friendly relations with the families of the shaikhs of
Vabi i, hharjah ant Has al Khaifflah* This is of particular
importance in the case of Aubai as m Jmm hashlc* is one of
the most pov^rful influences on the True ini Coast*
(v) There is good grazing in the Truciai Coast area
this year Liu- the valley running eastwards fro as Has il
Shalmoh to Shat it the edge of the mountains is conpletely
green*
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3767
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence