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'File 5/5 Piracy and Attacks on Country Craft' [7r] (14/45)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1933-9 Mar 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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No. c \b\ hyof 1351
Office of t/ift Adviser to
the Ck)verniiient, Bahrain.
Dated, Ramadan 18, 1351
1 5 JAN 1933
i?'roni
To
The Adviser ?
Bahrain Government,
Bahrain.
H. B. M's
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.
Sir,
I have the honour to report that on the night
of Friday, January 6, 1933, two Bahrain fishing
boats Ismail joliboats; returned to Maiiara^ and
separately reported to the Amir and Police that
they had been fired on by Persian Bellums on Fisht-
Al-Jabrin. One shot had been fired at one of the
boats on Wednesday morning and four shots at the
other boats on Thursday before midday.
A launch with a party of Police and the
nakhudas of the fishing boats was sent out on Friday
morning. Two Persian bellums, one empty and tae
other loaded with sugar, were found anchored on the
fisht. The first boat, the larger of the two was
boarded and searched but no arms or ammunition were
found. The nakhuda of this boat, said when the
police arrived, that he knew the cause of their
coming was owing to the shooting by the second bellum
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This file contains correspondence between the British 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; the British 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. at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and the 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. , London.
The correspondence concerns an incident in January 1931 when two Tangistani boats opened fire on Bahraini fishing boats and a discussion to erect a stone pillar on Fasht al-Jārim where the incident occured in order to designate it as Bahraini territory. The remainder of the correspondence concern the looting of the steamship Star of Mex which ran aground at Rā’s al-Ḥadd on the coast of Oman in February 1947.
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Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 22, ending on the inside of the back cover.
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- 'File 5/5 Piracy and Attacks on Country Craft'
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- 7r:9v
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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