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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [418r] (837/1077)
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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4.
Lately they have become more arrogant in their behaviour
towards him and have indulged in violence and looting in Dioai.
On the 23rd September 1934 an attempt on his life was planned
and it was proposed that on his return from a visit to T Ain
Khamir a meeting should be held to depose him. As the matter
was an internal affair, the Shaikh v/as informed that he as ^uler
should deal with his cousins as he thought fit, but that (and
this was given out in the town) any persons who caused loss of
life or damage to the property of British subjects would be held
to account. Certain steps were taken to encourage Shaikh Sa^d,
while not deviating from the policy of His Majesty*s Government
of non-interference in the internal affairs of the Sheikhdoms
on the Crucial Coast. H.M.S Lupin proceeded to Dibai, aircraft
of the Royal Air Force flew low over ^ibai, the Shaikh was
openly promised a present of arms and ammunition and later 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.
proceeded to Ribai. The Shaikh demanded that
his cousins should, come to his house and swear an oath that they
would obey his rule and cease from troubing the people. A
critical period was the night of the 31st October/lst November,
when the Shaikh gave an ultimatum to his cousins to come to his
house or to quit the town by midday on the 1st November, and
brought in bedouin (Manasir) to help him. The members of the
A1 bu Falasah (the Shaikh*s sub-tribe) with the help of a local
■ho table, Hihemmad bin Ahmad, mediated between the Shaikh and his
cousins and after prolonged negotiations (from which 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.
held carefully aloof) were successful in
arranging for a representative of each of the branches of the
cousins to take the required oath. The Shaikh expressed himself
fully satisfied with the settlement and appeared most grateful
for the measure of support which had been accorded to him. It
is too early to form a definite opinion, but it seems probable
/that
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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.
- 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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