مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٣] (٤٧٢/٤٢٧)

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They have apnealel for support to the o;her Gafiri tribes.
repor oei ^ that Shaikh Sulaiman bin Hirnyar of the Beni Pi van:
bi^^ul^n l n^u Sh T#' th u? he has vritten -° Shaikh Zavid
Din oulo^n o. Abu Dhabi asking him to act as a go-between/him'/between
^ e01 l < company. The.Shaikh of Ajnan has sent his eldest son
father ; ' Uraimi u0 meez shaikh Sulaiman bin himyar on behalf of his
• ^il a lH a rsusi, a.notorious robber, attacked a caravan
belonging the Bidah tribe when it was leaving Dhank for Auhi
r * U f aC ^ err _ l t°ry). The robbers killed one of the Bidah and
^Anir ^hinf^f 1 4 ate ?; is reported that Saif bin
the robbersf 1 Cribe of Yan " ul Oduscat), has pursued
5G. P D lROLBIJM CONCBSSIGNS LIMT 1 BD .
x. . , The Geophysical Party are still operating in Abu Dhabi
oerri.ory and have moved their carap from liarfah further west to
Ruvrais in the vicinity of Jabal Dhana.
57. HDD OXIDE ON SIR BU DATR .
fr. D»Junes Pocock of the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide
Company has recently started mining for red oxide on Sir 3u Vai'r
I siand,
58. GRAY HAG"EWZIi; & COMPAr' .
91,Ifarch Hr. R.M.Brown assumed charge as Bahrain
lianager Ox Hessrs Gray Mackenzie and Company vice Mr.Tf.Jieiklo.
59. ZTJ3ARAH.
Bis RigJme'Ss uhe Ruler of Bahrain iias recentlv v/ritten
.di ; 0 u? he p ?P tlca i Agent regarding his "claims"'" ami the
? f R s sub J? cts t0 Property in the Zubarah area of Qatar.
D e . a re neither precise nor complete and it is proposed
to inform thBm that their submission in such form makes the
prospect of a settlement more remote.
60 * mahatma gandjtt . <
The news of the assasination of liAITATIU GVARDI was
received wiuh grief by the Hindu Community in Dubai who closed
tRif J T P - S . l° T three - ayS ; • ThG Shaikh of Sharjah sent a telegram
to Pandit Nehru conveying his condolences on the death of the
Rahatma. The Agency flag was flown at halfmast.
61. ECONOMIC COND I T TOHS ON JRIICT AL COASP.
C v ang to the post-war slump and the virtual cessation
of pearling activities there is a serious increase in unemployment
nr-InMrJw^H '! ,he price of r ^tes, which constitute the
.principal food cw the major part of the population has also recently
^one up from -.s 11 to P.s 15 a basket due co a rise in prices in Basra..
.As a.consequence there is a great deal of emigration from the
Trucial Coast to the neighbouring Arab countries.