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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎535r] (1071/1077)

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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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346. MEWS mOtt THE ^lAIIO^iND (SA T ULI ARABIA) .
(a) . Reference Para 311 of Diary Mo:13 of 1933. It is
rumoured that negotiations "between the delegates of His
Majesty King ABDUL AZIZ bin SA’UD and the YEMEK authorities
have failed and war is eminent on account of the dispute
over ’ASIR.
(b) . His Majesty King BIN SA'UD is said to be recruiting
men in HASA and NAJD for despatch to ’ASIR.
(e). An import duty has been imposed on dollars in order
to enable His Majesty to purchase 200,000 at low rates in
I
BAHRAIN.
(d) . His Majesty has ordered the purchase of 11,200
Pounds of sail cloth from BAHRAIN for tent making.
(e) . It is reported that a caravan with smuggled goods
from KUWAIT was on its way to NAJD when it was ’spotted* by
SA’ULI ARABIAN guards,who gave chase. Pearing capture,the
leader of the caravan is said to have burnt the goods,and
given battle to the pursuers. One of the guards was killed
in the fighting. As soon as the news reached NAJDjThe King
ordered that all suspected persons living in the villages
of NAJD should be detained pending the result of investi
gations.
347. TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
(a) . At SHARJAH on the 7th August 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.
Presented two photographs to the RULER. These photographs
had been given graciously by His Excellency the VICEROY as a
souvenir of Her Excellency Lady WILLINGDON*s visit to SHARJAH
whilst flying to ENGLAND.
(b) . KUMAID bin ABDUL RAHMAN bin SAIF, Chief of HAMRIYAH,
recently sent his fidawia to mui'der his mgrig* uncle,RAHMAII
bin SAIF. The fidawis are reported to have told RAHMAH that
they had risen against HUMAID and that they wanted him to
be their chief. They invited him to accompany them to

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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)
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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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