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'File No. 4/5 Weekly Diary Files. 1913' [26r] (68/394)
The record is made up of 1 file (195 folios). It was created in 13 Jan 1913-27 Dec 1913. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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LOOA l . QFFIOTALS.
55. Reference para 44. Sheikh laa aaid Ma sons returned from
the Interior on the 8th.
(HASA).
56• Mnhammad Effendi Treasury Officer of Hasa arrived from
Hasa on 4th Karon and left for Busreh wRtSxisffc same day Per
S.S. "Barala".
57. On 4th March arrived from Haaa iuz Ba^hi Ali Bey and
Dhabit Muhammad Sffendi and l^ft for Katr on nth March. These
officers are said tn have been deputed to investigate about
the cause of the recent trciibie between the earrison there
and some of the inhabitants of Doha. They are also carrying
some confidential message of the Mutasarrif of Hasa to Sheikh
Jasim A.l Than! .
LO 0 AL GO V EHKM ENT .
(HASA).
58. Yuz Bashi Ahmed Effendi and Dhahit Rauf Effendi arrived
with 40 soldiers from Busreh by S.S. n Sudrie H , on 7th March.
They have brought with them provisions for the Hasa garrison.
The party is going to leaver shortly for Ojair. They applied to
Sheikh Isa not to charge customs on the provisions and the
latter is said to have complied with their request. The Busreh
give
Agent of the Arab steamers» LTd#, asked the local Agent to/his
good offices to the said party.
OUSTOMS.
( hasa )•
59. Yaqub Rffondi an officer of the Customs Department arrived
from Bucroh on 7th March by S.S. "Budrie*, and is putting up
as a guest, of Yusuf bin Aimed Fanoo for whom he brought a
letter
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrein.
9th March 1913.
?0R THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, 8TH MARCH 1913.
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This file contains weekly news reports, weekly or fortnightly quarantine reports and occasional secret commercial intelligence reports for the period covering the week ending 11 January 1913 to the week ending 27 December 1913. The news reports and secret commercial intelligence reports were written by Major Arthur Prescott Trevor, 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. at Bahrain, or the Head Clerk on his behalf, while the quarantine reports were based on information furnished by Dr F K Boomla, Quarantine Medical Officer, Bahrain. In addition, the file also contains a letter (f. 61) from 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. to the Clerk-in-Charge, Telegraph Station, Henjam [Hangām], dated 9 May 1913, regarding the news report of ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's [Ibn Sa‘ūd] conquest and occupation of al-Hasa.
The weekly news reports typically include information under headings: Local Officials, Arrivals and Departures of Steamers; Movements of HM's Representatives; Miscellaneous; Customs; Condition of Country; Local Government; Foreign Interests; British Interests; and Condition of Roads, Post & Telegraphs. Under these headings appear occasional sub-headings indicating location or topic, for example: Hasa, Katr [Qatar], Katif [al-Qaṭīf], Hasa-Ojair Route and Pearling.
The quarantine reports are a summary of inspections carried out by the Quarantine Medical Officer and record the name of the steamer, date and time of arrival, from where it has arrived, number of passengers landed at Bahrain, details of the quarantine inspection and whether a Free Pratique was granted. The quarantine report for the week ending 27 December 1913 appears on folio 6 of 'File No. 4/1 Diary File 1914' [IOR/R/15/2/56]. The secret commercial intelligence reports focus on ships of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie landing and offloading cargo at Bahrain and give details of the nature and amount of the cargo and from where it has come.
Details contained within this file include: Qatar and Bahrain affairs; British relations with the Āl Khalīfah family; Turkish activities in Eastern Arabia and Qatar; the Muslim Literary Club (Nādī al-Adabī al-Islāmī) at Manama (f. 24); action against prostitutes and pimps in Manama (ff. 35 and 43); Ibn Sa‘ūd's opinion on the pearling industry (ff. 99-100); visit to Bahrain by Seyyid Hibetuddin Sharistani [Sayyid Hibat al-Dīn al-Shahrastānī] (ff. 1G-2); Shaikh Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá's pilgrimage to Mecca (f. 4); illness and death of Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thāni and the succession of his son, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh (ff. 103 and 107); confering awards to Haji Abbas and Assistant Surgeon G K Monani (f. 27); the pearling season; Ibn Sa‘ūd's conquest and occupation of al-Hasa (f. 57 onwards); celebrating the birthday of King George V (ff. 76-77); visit to Bahrain by Tawfīq Djana editor of Al Houmara journal of Beirut (ff. 135-136); the Qāḍī of Bahrain, Shaikh Jāsim bin Mahzā’; Bahrain merchants, including Yūsuf Kanoo, Yūsuf Fakhrū and Shaikh Muqbil; foreign merchants, including Messrs. Robert Wonckhaus & Co.; Mr L Reinhorn, Mr Habib, Mr Rosenthal, Mr Karl Dermer and Mr Peck.
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- 1 file (195 folios)
- Arrangement
The weekly news reports are numbered throughout 1913 from 1 to 51, with paragraph numbers running throughout from 435.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation system commences on the front cover and continues through to the back cover; the foliation numbers are written in pencil, are circled and may be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 1G.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/58
- Title
- 'File No. 4/5 Weekly Diary Files. 1913'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1gv, 2r:188v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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