مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎٣‎١‎٢] (١١٤٨/٦٢٣)

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Peaceful conditions continued to prevail in the Persia.
Gulf throughout 1942* The main problems of the year were (a) the
provision of food supplies and (b) the steep rise in prices and
the cost of living. quotas of food supplies based on the con-
sumption of previous years were allotted to the Arab States, who
were supplied from India; rationing was introduced and export
control measures tightened; the system functioned satisfactorily
except for short periods when supplies were delayed in arrival.
Internal peace prevailed on the Arab side. A few
rifles of old types were run from the Arab to the Persian coast,
and some minor acts of piracy were committed in Persian Gulf
waters. v.
Ihe Ruler of Kuwait continued to give his loyal co
operation in the furtherance of the war effort. He had a serio
heart attack early in the year from which he fortunately recovers
The main events of the year were (a) the opening in February of
a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran (b) the signature in April !
of the Treaties of Trade, Extradition and Bon Voisinage betweay
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (c) the taking over in the same month c/
the Post Office from Messrs. Cable and wireless Limited, by the
Indian Postal Department (d) the construction by the British
Military Authorities of a deep water port at Utom <^jaer, the owner
ship of the site as between Iraq and Kuwait being still in dispute
and (e) the cessation in August of operations by the Kuwait Oil
Company. The case of the Shaikh’s date gardens in Iraq came
before the Land settlement Board and at the end of the yeaf^lfhe
were hopes that the major part of the properties would be final!
registered in the name of the as Subah family.
Bahrain suffered a grievous loss in the death in
February of its Ruler, His Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al
Khalifah, K.C.I.fei., C.S.I. He was succeeded by his eldest son
/ Shaikh ^