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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎168r] (348/414)

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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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is, however, still in residence, and the playing fields,
swimming pools, canteen, and cinema projector are still
in use as a recreational centre for units of the Persian
Gulf Squadron,
(iv) on the morning of the 22nd February, the R.I.N,
ratings attached to the Naval Base refused duty in sympathy
with the R.I.N, mutineers in India. The mutiny was passive
and the men returned to duty the following day,
(v) in July the disturbances at Abadan and other places
in South Persia necessitated transfer to the Gulf of H.M.S.
"Norfolk", Commander Captain G.P. Claridge, R.N. She arrived
in Bahrain on the 20th July and left on the 28th August.
On Sunday 4th August, the Queen's Birthday, the ship was
dressed overall and a Royal Salute of 21 guns was fired the
following day.
(vi) The ships in the Squadron were H.M.S. "Wren" and
H.M.S. "Wildgoose". H.M.S. "Loch Quoich^was also stationed
in the Gulf for a short period. ^
26. ROYAL AIR FORCE .
(i) Group Captain M. Lowe, C.B.E., held charge as
Officer Commanding, R.A.F. Station, Bahrain, at the beginning
of the year. He was relieved at the end of March by Squadron/
Leader V.P. Key, O.B.E., who held charge for the rest of the
year.
(ii) A considerable reduction was made in all ranks of
the Royal Air Force personnel in Bahrain during the year.
The use of the R.A.F. ward in the Bahrain Government
Hospital was therefore discontinued, and R.A.F. sick are
now treated at Muharraq.
(iii) With the discontinuation of the 'Ensign* class
1 planes no land aircraft were used on B.O.A.C. schedules
and they withdrew their personnel from Muharraq aerodrome.
The R.A.F. have, therefore, become responsible for the
application of the Bahrain Air Navigation Regulations to
all civil aircraft alighting at Muharraq.
(iv) At the end of the year the R.A.F. Assyrian Levies
both at Muharraq and sharjah were withdrawn and replaced
by locally recruited naturs, or watchmen.
27. AMERICAN CONSULATE* DHAHRAN .
Mr. Parker T. Hart held charge of the United
States consulate at Dhahran for the greater part of the
year being relieved of his charge in November by Mr. Waldo
E. Bailey, the present incumbent.
Relations between the consulate and this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
have continued to be friendly. At the request of Mr. Bailey
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. arranged an interview for him with the
Shaikh.
The consulate has been at some pains to boost
America and American business both in Bahrain and the
/ Trucial coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ......

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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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