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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [‎154r] (307/720)

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The record is made up of 1 file (358 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1941-15 Feb 1944. 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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Diba-Hisn.
On 30th March 1941 Shaikh Humid bin
* Abdul lah,nephev/ of
the Regent of Kalba occupied Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Madha in which there are three
villages - Madha, Ghuna and Hayar Rani Harnid in tiie Shaxnaliyah
District. This aggi’avted the situation and hostilities on a large
scale were resumed between the Shahuh and the Qawasimo On 15th April
L.ie Wali of fjinas, ’Ali bin Mudhaffar, succeeded, through the help
the Shaikhs of
of/Fujairah anu Abu Baqarah, in arranging a two months Truce pending
a final agreement between the Regent of Kalba and the Muscat
Authorities. On 10th June hostilities were again resumed between the
Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. and the Shahuh at Diba as a result a few men v» r ere killed and
wouiided on both sides. In July the Sultan of Muscat deputed saiyid
Ahmad bin Ibrahim to setule matters with tlie '^awasim. Owing to the
uncompiomising attitude of both sides no final agreement was reached
but the Truce was extended for another two months so as to give time
to the Regent of Kalba to meet the Sultan and settlemthe matter with
him. On 16th August the Regent of Kalba left for Muscat where he
stayed for 11 days and then returned to Kalba. No agreement was reach
ed between the parties and the matter was postponed for another two
months. In December the Sultan again deputed Saiyid Ahmad bin Ibrahim
to settle matters between the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. and the Shahuh but was not
successful. When he was on his way back to Muscat he called at
Fujairah and with the help of the Shaikh of Fujairah agreed with the
Regent of Kalba to remove tlie upper portion of the tower("Murabba*ah
in return for which the Muscat Government would compensate the Regent
'viuh Rs.600/-. The Regent of Kalba sent men on his behalf who
apparently did some demolition and he then sent a messenger to Muscat
that he had fulfilled his part of the agreement and asked for Rs.60C/-
At the seme time the Shahuh also sent a messenger that the Regent had
only taken off the upper battlements of the tower, which was not
auf^^cient according to tlie agreement. The Sultan f s Representative
refused to pay and vsent a reply to the Regent that no money would be
paid unless he did the demolition agreed upon©
(ii) On 2nd October Shaikh Khalid bin Alimad,Regent of Kalba,
moved -rom Ajr.ian to Kira with his brother, nephews and all members
- ^ , . paragraph 6 of
ox their families contrary to the agxxxrsiHxi terms of/the agreement
dated 24th June 1927 according to which he undertook to
keep out of

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Office, as well as the reports themselves.

Present within the file are the reports for the years 1940-43. Each Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. report contains a prose statement and sometimes statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Officers; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Agriculture; Municipalities; Customs; Public Works; Electric Department; Pearling Industry; Boatbuilding and Shipping; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of British Notables; Visits of Foreign Notables; Visits of Arab Notables; Qatar; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Foreign Interests; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund; Accidents Within Port Limits; Education; Royal Air Force Levies; Economic; and Cable And Wireless Ltd. Each subject comes under its own sub-heading. Each report is signed by the officiating 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 the time of submission to 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. at Bushire.

Each report on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. contains information on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Trucial Shaikhs; British Interests; Tours; Aviation; Royal Navy; Shipping; Medical; Raids and Disturbances; Oil; The [Second World] War; Red Oxide; Pearling; Fighter Fund; Local Affairs; Royal Air Force Levies; Economics; Security; Population.

Preceding each report is correspondence between 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. and the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include: Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer; the Postmaster or sub-Postmaster of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals (men's and women's), the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and the Medical Department of the Bahrain Government; representatives of Bahrain Petroleum Company and Petroleum Concessions Ltd; the Political Officer at Sharjah; and representatives of The Eastern Bank and Cable and Wireless Ltd.

At the back of the file (folios 355-59) are internal office notes.

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1 file (358 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. A previous foliation, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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