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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [65r] (134/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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Strength on
1st
31st
January December
Naturs.
1937.
1937.
Manamah .....
72
Muliarraq .....
..... 51
51
124
123
Police Naturs Law and Order — Police. —A mounted section of Police
was started during the year but difficulty is being experienced in obtaining
horses locally.
Owing to work being obtainable on high wages at the Bahrain Petroleum
Company Limited many of the men do not now re-enlist after completing
their first term of four years.
A party of Bahrain Policemen have now replaced the naturs who were
stationed at Hawar Islands.
The Police Band has been trained as a fire brigade which is in charge
of the State Engineer.
Naturs .—Naturs have been posted at Sitra where cases of smuggling and
illegal landing showed the need for supervision.
Law and Order. —One murder occurred during the year. A woman
murdered a child from motives of jealousy. She was convicted and exe
cuted.
During the year there has been a serious increase in cases of motor acci
dents. On some occasions as many as 3 cases a week were being investi
gated by the Police. Recent proclamations issued by the Bahrain Govern
ment regarding speed regulations and the adoption of governors on cars have
helped to reduce the number of accidents considerably.
5. Local Affairs.—[i) An “ Arms Ordinance Proclamation, 1355 ” was
issued by the Bahrain Government in January 1937, and _ a King s Regula
tion was made applying it to all persons subject to the Bahrain Order m Council.
Briefly this regulation prohibits the import or export of firearms, or their
manufacture, and provides for the issue of licences to those already m pos
session of arms and to approved persons. The regulation does not apply
to firearms imported for the use of His Majesty’s Government or the Bahrain
Government. ^ _ . r
lii) Coronation of Their Majesties, 12th May 1937.—On the occasion of
the Coronation of Their Majesties on the 12th May 1937 a parade of the
Bahrain° State'Police was held at the Palace and His Highness Shaikh Sn
TTninad bin Tsa al Khalifah took the salute at the march past. At 12 noo
H M S. “ Shoreham ” fired a salute, and in the afternoon His ig n^gency
i ’ i- In the evening a Reception was held at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
On the following day a torch light t watches
after a Reception was held at t P p na ^ on celebrations were
A^“ybraH cSses of the population and were attended
^ Bnildi^ in September
^^“iXS^^ical Agent distributed Coronation
Medals that evening. ^ ^ ^ ^ s m ith
6. The Bahrain Petroleum Company LrmiUd^-(0 Mr.^.
acted as the Chief Local Representative througho 7 ^ thebeginn i ng
(it) Mr. E. A. Skinner acted as *eheved by Mr. C.W. Deacon
of the year up to the 19th of June when he wasjelp
who continued to hold charg completion of the Refinery. The |
(tit) The end of the year marked
formal opening took place on the
53(C) ExAfiairsDept.
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
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- 1 volume (510 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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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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