'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [‎26r] (51/146)

SECRET.
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY No.10 FOR PERIOD
16TH TO 31ST MY, 1946-.
102. MOVEMENTS OF OPPTCTAT.S .
„ T ^ ? n l 6th t * 16 Hon'ble Lieut-col. W.R. Hay, C.S.X.,
by 'plane from India and assumed charge as
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
t jt» 4 . ? n t J le 17th tlie Hon’ble Sir Geoffrey prior, K.C.I.E.,
leit ior Cairo by air.
Dnn ^^ i ^ A 0n 2 0th captain H.D.H. Ranee, the Assistant
Agent, left by air for Sharjah and returned on the
<dord.
Wnn ' C * J * Pelly, O.B.E., Secretary to the
^ he ,P olitlcal Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , arrived from
Bushire by the s.s. "Barpeta".
103 • VISITORS .
(i) On the 16th Mr. A.A. Helmi of the Anglo-Iranian Oil
at sh,r),h »«i*«
( i i'> 0n , the I9th Mr. G.E. Reid of Messrs. Holloway
?h Baghdad Office arrived in Bahrain by air and left on
the 26th. The purpose of his visit was to draw up preliminary
• f °T'installation of the piped drinking water supply.
Work is likely to start within a year.
pni 31s ^ Shaikh Mohammed bin Saqr, brother of the
5v! le J\ Sharjah, arrived by air for medical treatment in Bahrain,
7 a ? c o m Panied by his son Khalid and they are the
guests of His Highness. The Shaikh complains of pain in the
knees, but it is taxing the skill of all the Bahrain doctorl to
find something the matter with him.
104. CALLS .
HifJ Hi g hneas Shaikh Sir Salman bin Hamad
k.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain, paid a formal visit to
in\he n P erIian"GSf W ;?'th ay I Politioal Resident
, i ^ arsaan Gulf, at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . He was accompanied bv his
Mn isi a^KhaliShH^E? ISa al Khallfa ^ Shaikh Abdulla
., . fj 10 Hon'ble 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. , accompanied bv
Agent and the Assistant political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , returns
his call the same day at the Ghadhabiyah Palace.
° n 21st the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. called on Shaikh
residence ^ 1 &1 Khallfa ’ at the lat^r'sMuharraq
0n the ? 6th Khan Bahadur Haji Abdul-Asiz bin Hasan
ai-Qasaibi gave a tea party at which the Hon'ble the Political
wlre d present? POlltlcal A ^ ent and the Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
fo-n ?K-, th ?^ 29 t l? is Highness Shaikh Salman gave a dinner
for the Hon'ble the Politioal Resident at his Palace at Rafa"!
S® ? u ® ats ino J ud ®J 3 he -P^itica 1 Agent and the Assistant polil
al Agent and chief officers of the various State Departments.
(Cont'd)