Skip to item: of 432
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [‎19r] (37/432)

This item is part of

The record is made up of 1 file (214 folios). It was created in 20 Jan 1941-31 Dec 1942. 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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

(ix) /-
2
Adviser to the Bahrain Government along with other im
portant personages, called at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to pray him then-
respects.
Dr. and Mrs Dame, prior to their departure to the
United States of America, on leave, called at the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on the 17th February 1941.
Bahrain notables paid a call on the Political
Resident on the morning of the 18t$i. Thefollowing
day, Shaikh Mohammad bin 'Isa, who had not accompanied
the Shaikh of Bahrain on his visit to the Political
Resident, paid a separate call on the Political Resi
dent .
On the evening of the 17th February, His Highness
the Shaikh of^Bahrain gave a banquet in honour of 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. . Among others, the following were
present: Commodore and Mrs. Graham, Major and Mrs. Al
ban, Mr and Mrs Belgrave, Captain and Mrs Howes, Mr and
Mrs deGrenier. Before the guests took their departure•>
His Highness presented 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. with a oho-
tograph of himself along with a cheque of Rs. 30,000/-
for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund.
(ii) About the middle of the month, the or^ce of
sovereigns rose fromRs.32/- to Rs.36/- to~Rs.36/4/-.
The reason for this is probably due to the fact that mer
chants dealing with Japanese firms received a telegram
on the 16th February raising all prices by 25%. This-
coupled with the uncertainty in the far east has caused
some uncertainty.
(iii) Prices of some Japnnese goods have only risen abo&t
5 % and it i s stated by a prominent piece goods merchant
that the stocks of Japanese piece goods in Bahrain will
last for three years. Trade in Japanese goods received
a set back as a result of a rumour^ spread in the bazaar
on the afternoon of the 16th February that war had broken
out between Japan and Great Britain.
(iv) A petition^containing some 60 signatures of pro
minent merchants in Bahrain has been received complain
ing of extraordinary delay in censorship in India of air
mail covers addressed to Bahrain, the average delav from
the samples submitted, amounts to 15 days.
(v) A^letter has been seen in censorship in which the
Kuwait Director of Education informs Shaikh Abdullah bin
Isa that a party of 32 schoolboys will be arriving in
Bahrain via Dhahran.
(vi) A^letter been in censorship contains the reply
of the Director of Education Kuwait to a complaint sent
to him by Kuwaiti students in the Bahrain Technical School
at the close of which he says that he is having indeoen-
dent enquiries made into the matter.
(vii) There is some public indignation at the recent
appointment of a Jewish teacher in the Manamah school
in place of a Muslim who has been transferred to Rafa/ .
Two Lebanese teachers, Husni Maleh and Sa 1 id
Tabbara have arrived at the Manamah Technical School.

About this item

Content

The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain for the years 1941-42. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, 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. , and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Most of the reports cover a two week period, though due to holidays, tours, and work pressures some cover an entire month.

The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject, often closely connected to the Second World War. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:

Folios 57-61 are correspondence relating to the alleged sinking of an Iranian dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. by a British man-of-war in March 1941.

Folios 85-88 is a list of prominent individuals in Bahrain, compiled by 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. at Bahrain, Reginald Alban, and submitted to 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire.

Folio 122 is the statement of thirteen Qatari sailors who were aboard a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. sunk by a Japanese submarine on 12 April 1942.

Folio 176 is a telegram from the Government of India in New Delhi requesting that intelligence summaries differentiate between truly confidential content and that which can be distributed more widely.

Folio 190 is a letter, dated 15 October 1942, from Charles Geoffrey Prior, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 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. at Bahrain, regarding the risk of including information about the revival of the slave trade in the Gulf in his diaries due to their wide readership.

Included in the file 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 Naval Officer in Charge at Basrah regarding prominent people of the region and events of the war.

On the inside of the front cover is the distribution list for the summaries.

Extent and format
1 file (214 folios)
Arrangement

The file is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 216; 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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [‎19r] (37/432), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/314, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100025549535.0x000026> [accessed 28 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025549535.0x000026">'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [&lrm;19r] (37/432)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025549535.0x000026">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000129/IOR_R_15_2_314_0037.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000129/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image