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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [385r] (771/1077)
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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2
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and discussions have been in progress* The represent
atives are accompanied by a wireless operator and, through the
courtesy of Cable & Wireless Limited, have been given facil
ities for communicating with Sa'udi Stations on the mainland.
OIL
(l), The Bahrain Petroleum Company limited *
The Tankship tT W.S.Rheem TT arrived on the 5th March and
left for Japan on the 6th with a cargo of approximately 15,000
tons of crude oil.
(s). Calif ornia Arabian Standard Oil Company *
(i). It is understood that the Company have completed their
mess house and office near Dammam and that the hospital and
bunk houses will be ready shortly*
(ii). They have experienced a certain amount of labour
difficulty as work is an entirely new conception to the local
inhabitant, who saw no reason why he should not down tools and
drink coffee if any friend happened along*
40. GENERAL*
The edict that Persia shall in future be known as Iran
has caused some amusement locally, and the Shaikhs have delight
edly pointed out to 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 the inference is
that the "Iraniyin" are giving up their claims to the Arab
provinces of Paris It
METEOROLOGICAL.
The highest temperature recorded was 83.3 on the 13th
41
March and the lowest 5^.4 on the 3rd. The humidity exceeded
20% on six days, registering 99$ on the 7th and 15th.
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.
, Bahrain
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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