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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [483r] (967/1077)
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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are so cheap that they sell to the almost complete exclusion
of better goods.
41 . Bahrain news .
(i). His Excellency Paul Knabenshue, Minis ter Resident
ot the United States of America in 1 Iraq.,accompanied by his
Secretary,Mr.J.3.Moose,called on 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.
iniorm-
ally on the morning of the 7th March. His call was returned
informally on the same day.
(li). On the evening of the 8th March Mr.Knabenshue ana
his party,and hosts,Mr and Mrs.E. a.S kinner,dined at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. On the morning of the 10th March 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 his request,took him to pay an informal call upon His
Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin T Isa Al Khalifah,who returned his
call immediately afterwards at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
(iii). At his call upon His Excellency Shaixh Hamad bin T Is
a1 Khalifah,Mr.Knabenshue spoke with feeling upon the friend
ship and co-operation oi the United States of America with
ureat Britain, nis liXcellency Shaikh Hamad expressed pleasure
at hearing this,but added with a smile that he had always
understood that three years had elapsed before the United
States entered the War.
(iv). Mr.Knabenshue tried to arrange (but without success)
a visit to Riyadh to see His Majesty King Bin Sa T ud. Doctor
Lame of the American Mission was hurriedly recalled from a
visit to Qatar in order to accompany him. It is understood
that Mr.Knabenshue hopes to renew his attempt to visit Riyadh
in the autumn.
(v). It is understood that the Chief Local Representative
The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited,spoke,somewhat in
advisedly, to the drillers before Mr.Knabenshue T s visit to the
Oil Field,telling them that they must address him as ,T iour
Excellency*-. In language said to have been remarkable even
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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