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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [355r] (711/1077)
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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109.PEARLING INDUSTRY,
4.
The Bahrain Government have arrested two persons
foreigners engaged in the Cultured Pearl Traffic. These two
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men had been settling cultured pearls at Dibai and the Shaikh
asked 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.
during his visit there to deal with
them. There is a general demand on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
for
protection against the Cultured Pearl Traffic but no Shaikh
is willing or able to show what form that protection will take.
110.OIL.
1. Sa T udi A-rabia .
(a) . Early in the month a report was received that there
had been trouble between certain American employees of the
California Arabian Standard Oil Company and their local labour.
It was alleged that a
coolie
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
, who had been roughly handled by
an American, had lodged a complaint with the Amir of Qatif
that he had been assaulted. The Amir informed Bin Jiluwi,
Amir of Hasa, of the incident and the latter telegraphed to
King Bin Saud for orders. The King is said to have ordered
that work should be stopped and that the Company should dis
charge their foreign (Iraqis etcetera) employees and employ
local labour in accordance with the terms of their concession.
It is understood that this had been done. A recent report
states that the American employee concerned has tendered an
apology and that "4*. Miller, the Geologist in charge, has given
an undertaking that such incidents will not recur. The matter
has been closed, therefore, and work resumed.
(b) . A he test well at Dhahran is said to have reached a
I
depth of 1,200 feet and traces of oil have been found.
/ 2. Bahrain .
I It is understood that The Bahrain Petroleum Company
Limited have recently sent samples of oil by air mail and
steamer to various unknown destinations. London and Cairo
have been mentioned among the other places to which the oil
/has
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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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- Open Government Licence