"ملف 8/16 ملخص استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎١‎٣] (١٠٨/٢٥)

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Gulf invested Mrs. Belgrave, wif£ of the Adviser to the Government
of Bahrain, with the silver medal of the Kaiser-i-Hind at an
evening reception specially held for the purpose. Mrs. Belgrave
received the decoration for the work which she has done to
encourage female education in Bahrain and for her services
generally to the women of the state during the 20 years which
she has resided in the Island#,
in the Persian Gulf who was accompanied by the political Agent,
Bahrain, and the BQ^adcasting Officer was met by the shaikh of
Sharjah with whom were Captain M.P.O’C. Tandy, Political Officer,
Trucial Coast, and Mr. jassim bin Mohammad, Residency Agent at
Sharjah. After lunch the Kon'ble the Political Resident drove
to Dubai where he inspected the site for the new hospital. The
Shaikh of Sharjah gave a dinner party in the evening to which
was invited in addition to the Hon’ble the"Political Resident
and the political Agent, Bahrain, Shaikh Abdulla Al Jabir as
Subah, the Director of Education from Kuwait who was passing
through Sharjah en route to India.
On the 7th the Hon'ble the political Resident drove to
the inland village of Dhaid some 40 miles from Sharjah where
he received the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah, the Shaikh of Ajman,
the Shaikh of Sharjah, the Shaikh of Dubai, the Shaikh of umm al
/the Regent Qawainland the paramount Shaikh of the Beni Qitab tribe. As
of Kalba, all these gentlemen brought a number of relatives and followers
with them the gathering was of considerable size. The Hon’ble
the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political
Agent, Bahrain, discussed various matters of interest with the
Shaikhs who had gathered and later they and their followers
were entertained to lunch. As soon as lunch was over the
Hon’ble the political Resident addressed the gathering and then
returned to Sharjah, it is worthy of note that all the rulers
of Trucial Oman were present at this gathering with the exception
of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi who did not attend partly by reason of
the fact that the launch which carried his invitation was wrecked
and partly because of the distance it would have been necessary
for him to travel had he received the invitation. The greatest
amiability prevailed during the gathering and the Shaikhs appeared
to be on very cordial terms with each other though with one excep
tion they all appeared as is customary armed to the teeth. The
exception was the most warlike of them all, Shaikh Mohammad bin
Ali bin Huweidhan, the paramount Shaikh of the Beni Qitab, who
out of courtesy to the Resident, arrived with his followers
unarmed.
42. METEOROLOGICAL.
41. TRUCIAL COAST.
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arrival at Sharjah the Hon’ble the political Resident
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
Maximum humidity
Minimum humidity
90°F. on 13th March.
53°F. on 5th March.
89 % on 10th March.
58 f. on 12th March.
Sd./- T. HICKINBOTHAI'!,
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Political Agent, Bahrain.
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