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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [237r] (473/720)
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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Intense local excitement was caused and religious cere
monies on the two concluding days of the festival were
somewhat disorganised. The Incident had no political
significance and the temporary excitement which was caused
would have died away completely in a few days if it had
not been for the judicial proceedings which ensued.
(ii) A Kuwaiti boom left Bahrain on the 19th February
bound for Kuwait with a cargo of silver
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
and Saudi
riyals to the value of more than a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
* The
boom never reached Kuwait, but the bodies of the nakhuda
and five of the seven members of the crew were subsequently
seen floating on the sea near Jezirat Abu All. A launch
sent from Kuwait to search for the missing boom succeeded
in locating the wreckage and in salvaging from it
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
and riyals to the value of about to*1,16,000•
(iii) A local sensation was caused by the arrival,
on May 5th, of thirteen sailors from Qatar whose
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
had
been sunk by an enemy submarine. In Bahrain the sailors
were hospitably treated by everyone, and were given an
interview by H.H. the Shaikh. Thqy were repatriated to
Qatar at the expense of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
(iv) In order to provide relief for the poor of
Bahrain a committee of Arabs was formed in the middle of
the year under the
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa
to collect money in Manama and MUharraq. Within a very
short time of the formation of the committee, to.11,000/-
was collected from Arabs, Sunni Persians and Indians. Ho
collections were made from the Shla community nor were
the Shias invited to join the committee. The Shias felt
bitterly their exclusion from participation in this
philanthropic
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/2/299
- Title
- 'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:13v, 56r:61v, 69r:69v, 93r:126v, 144r:146v, 151r:187v, 189r:193v, 208r:211v, 219r:261v, 265r:265v, 308r:313v, 315r:319v, 332r:359v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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