مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎٢‎١] (٤٧٢/٤١)

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Mo-q-q RnTio Urin f " the ptriod under report Mr e Lindsay of
So»» » SSL P “ W «"»> —‘tt to tto Trucial
nn ij: T 0n Mr ° ^»Lc Helmia Gulf Inspector of
Shariah^hv** 2° mpany5 Abadan, arrived at Dubai and
Snarjah by s,s. ’’Khu istan" and left on the 3M,
(ii) Jiov^unt s_of_Trueia]._Coas t_3haikhs 0
Went of TT«?L th ‘ e 27th , 0c ^°ber Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad,
litical Officer’ arrivtJd at Sha rjah and called on the Po-
(- ' On the 29th
oldest son
brother Khalid havin
~ ^ n October Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan,
0f Shar «3 ah ? arrived from Bombay 0 , his
gone to Bombay to attend to his father*
sprnnrl o rn tbe^ SSto October Shaikh Khalifah bin Sai'd,
0011 B the KUxC!r 01 Dubai, arrived at Dubai from
Bahrain on his way back from pilgrimage. King Ibn Saud
tBLIbal? Mm With 0ne Sal00n cn ^ Whlch hfc brought with him
Wall of
the 1st
Nai
thG 31st October Saiyid Ibrahim bin Saud,
Khasab, arrived at Sharjah and left for Dubai on
November for medical treatment.
rr 4 - -v °2 ^ he 5th Shaikh Sa qr bin Sultan, Chief of the
m tribe of Buraimi, accompanied by Shaikh Ahmad as-Saif
Nai'm, arrived at
Chief of the Khawatir sub-section of the
Dubai and remained as guests of the Shaikh of Dubai
Saqr called on the Political Officer, Trucial Coa
Residency Agent at Sharjah
.no.
t,
Shaikh
and the
? as entertained to lunch by
^I, Hand ^rson, Rep resen tative of Petroleum Development (Tru-
qNb G °? St .f td - , hls house in Dufcal - Shaikhs Rashid bin
oN-- J ™ a b.bru Maktum, Hashur bin Maktum, the Political
ficer, Trucial Coai and the Residency Agent were also
invited.
(iii) Local x^f fai rs ,
, , _ During the period under report there was a fracas
between some fishermen of Sha'am (under Ras al Khaimah) and
BsKha over the catch of fish. The Shaikh of Kalba was ex-
LL ’/lit t0 th ? v p la g° of al Qlr lying on the north-eastern
sadu of Sha am arid started firing from his house there and
from the mountains on Sha 1 am but no harm was done. The mat
ter was quickly settled-.
• bt is reported, that some stolen cloth was recovered
at Bombay from the Shaikh of Sharjah’s wife who still lives in
Bombay and ships goods from hhere to Sharjah for sale.
!68. SHIPPING.
34 ships (10 British, 8 Panamanian, 7 American,
Dutch, 2 Italian, 2 Norwegian-. 1 Danish, 1 Japanese, and
1 Swedish) called the pert of Bahrain during the period under
review. Imports were 3851 tons of general cargo for Bahrain
and 2191 tons for transhipment to the mainland.' Exports were
265,300 tons of petroleum products.
2 more Dutch ships called at the port of Bahrain
during the period 16th to 31st October and discharged 1142 tons
of general cargo for Bahrain and 534 tons for transhipment to
the mainland. These were not included in the last Summary
as particulars were not received.