Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎120r] (241/1077)

(xii) S* $. tichtenfele (German) arrived here on the
14th end left on the 16th October 1938 after discharging
14419 packages for Bahrain and 957 peckages for transhipment
to the mainland*
^eysMirtfi aL ariMah. Iffllslal*
(i) The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trencbard
Fowls, KeC*I*£** C*B*K*, Polities! Resident in the Persian p
Gulf, left on the 2nd October 1938*
(ii) Mr* H* Weightmen, I*C*5* f 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. , Bahrain,
left for Dubai in fi«! *S* eptford on the 15th October 1938* '
120 . aenufc angMH
Mr. C.D. Belgrave, C.B.S., Adviser to the Bahrain
Government, returned from leave on the 3rd October 1938.
121 . For.Ian Intereeta
Mr* lax W. Thornburg, Vice President of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company Limited, arrived on the 8 th October 1938*
122. Local Affairs
On the 9th October Shaikh All bln Vohammad al Khallfah
and Shaikh All bin Ahmad al Khallfah went to Jennusan village
by car, taking with them about six of their servants* It is
also reported that they had liquor and prostitute# with them,
-hile they were at the village, the Baharlne villagers object
ed to the noise they were makingt and a cuerrel ensued, in
the course of v;hich one of the villagers received a gunshot
wound in the face. 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. has suspended the
Junior Joint Court, on which Shaikh All bln I ohammed sits
with the Indian Assistant.
123.
Mr. G.W.K. Smith, of Messrs* Cray, Mackenzie and Company
Limited, is at present in Bahrain, awaiting permission from
the Saudi Government to cross to the mainland and set about
opening a shipping agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for his firm at Has Tanure, where
they will handle the work of the California Arabian Standard
Oil Company.
(ii) <>hen the channel# to Bee Tenure have been adequately
buoyed, steamers of the British India Steam Navigation and
other shipping companies will call there*
124* l T^,lsa a „C i 9§al
Shaikh Juaa bin Maktum, brother of the Huler of Dubai
colled on 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. on the 6 th October 1938, and
informed him that the situation in Dubai was tense and that
hostilities were likely to break out. 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.
gave him a letter for the Shaikh in which it was again impres
sed upon him that in the event of trouble in Dubai, he would
be held responsible for the lives and property of British
subjects resident there. At the same time the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent,
Sharjah, was Instructed by telegram to impress on both parties
that/