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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎153r] (318/414)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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the year, and at the beginning of the term several
hundred were refused admission as there was neither
accommodation nor enough dKKtiax teachers. Demand
for education is growing, especially in the towns,
and the few private schools which exist are also full.
In the Government schools the standard of educa
tion is good and compares favourably with that of schools
in Egypt, Syria and f Iraq.
A new secondary school building was built in
Manama, and the old secondary school building was made
part of the hostel.
At the beginning of the term 19 Egyptian teachers,
selected by the British council in Cairo, were added to
the teaching staff.
The twenty Bahrain students studying in Cairo
were brought back to Bahrain because of the political
conditions and because they showed little progress.
Three of the best of them were later sent at Government
expense to the American University at Beirut, and some
of the others were also sent there by their parents.
•Those who did not continue their education abroad found
posts in Bahrain.
An attempt was made by the British council to
provide a Director of Education, but nothing came of this
effort and Mr. Ahmed Omran continued to officiate in this,
capacity. He visited England under the auspices of the
British council during the summer and was shown as much
as possible of English schools and places of educational
interest.
(iii) GIRLS' SCHOOLS .
No new girls' schools were opened in 1946, and
many students were refused admission owing to lack of
accommodation, staff and equipment. A special needle
work teacher was appointed for each school, and a special
needlework mistress appointed to superintend the work in
all the schools.
Eighteen students took their school leaving certi
ficates.
(iv) TECHNICAL SCHOOL .
A section for motor repairing and electric welding
was opened this year, and there was an increase in the
number of students in consequence. The school also pro
vides classes in carpentry, fitting, blacksmith's work,
and turning. Several local teachers were enlisted.
5. AGRICULTURE .
Two large plots of land adjoining the Manama
Municipal garden were brought under cultivation, and
at Jidda island more land was cultivated and irrigated
from the new artesian well which was sunk at the end of
1945. The amount of land under cultivation is steadily
increasing as landlords find that they can obtain good
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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year by 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Political 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. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.

The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.

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1 volume (203 folios)
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There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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