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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [117r] (233/432)
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. .
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SECRET o
Intelligence Summary of 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.
, Bahrain, for
No. 9 of 1940. the period 1st to 15th May
1942.
67. Shipping .
(i) S.3. "Itinda" (British) arrived on the 2nd and left
on the 3rd May after discharging 1,306 packages for Bahrain.
(ii) S.S. "Barpeta” (British) arrived from India on the
5th May and left on the same day with 24 packages general
cargo for Gulf Ports, after discharging 4,065 packages for
Bahrain and 3,542 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(iii) T.V. "Vera” (Norwegian) arrived on the 3rd and
left on the 4th May with 5,960 tons Gasoline and 3,195 tons
Kerosene for Sydney, Australia.
(iv) S.S. ’’City of Derby” (British) arrived on the 5th
and left on the 6th May with 9 packages aircraft and spare
parts for Basra, after discharging 401 packages for Bahrain.
(v) S.S. "City of Lille” (British) arrived on the llth
May and left on the same day with 4 drums merchandise for
Abadan, after discharging 2,594 packages for Bahrain and 3
packages for transhipment to the mainland,
(vi) S.S. ”Ensley City” (United States) arrived on the
llth and left on the 12th May with 76 packages general cargo
for the United States, after discharging 4,057 packages for
Bahrain and 383 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(vii) S.S.”Khuzistan” (British) arrived on the 9th and
left on the 13th May with 840 packages empty drums and tins
for Abadan, after discharging 2,933 packages for Bahrain and
4,432 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(viii)S.S. ”Tarraqi” (British) arrived on the llth and
j . p, ^ - -<o+v, Mo V after discharging 9,450 packages for
Bahrain.
68. Movements of British Official s.
(i) The Hon’ble Lieut-Colonel W.R.Hay C.I.E., Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, arrived in the afternoon of May
8th by L.T. ”Nearchus” and left for Bushire on the^night of
May 9th. During the course of his visit he saw His Highness
Shaikh Salman at Rafa'.
(ii) Messrs. Walker and Ousman, of the Jedda Legation,
accompanied by Mr. Berksen, Manager of the Jedda branch of
the Netherlands Trading Society, arrived from the mainland
on May 6th and returned on May 8th.
69. Other Visitors .
(i) Mr. Alexander Kirk, United States Minister to Egypt
arrived at Bahrain in the afternoon of May 9th, having left
Cairo the same morning. He travelled in a Pan American
Airways machine which only stopped once, at Habbaniya, on
the journey here. He was accompanied by members of the
Legation staff, by Mr.Twitchell, Head of the Agricultural
Mission, and by Mr. Khair ul Din ul Zarkali, Councillor to
the Saudi Arabian Legation at Cairo. On the evening of
May 9th members of the American community in Bahrain met
Mr. Kirk at a dinner party given by Mr. Ward P. Anderson,
Officiating General Manager of the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
On the morning of May 10th Mr. Kirk and his party called at
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and were then taken 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.
to
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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:
- international shipping and the activities of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and commercial transport companies such as Imperial Airways Limited;
- the movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables;
- local affairs of Bahrain, as well as news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Persia [Iran], and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- economic matters and food supplies;
- foreign radio broadcasts and press, with a focus on anti-British sentiment;
- the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund;
- defence matters;
- smuggling of gold and arms and the traffic of slaves;
- meteorological data;
- medical matters.
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.
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- IOR/R/15/2/314
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:215v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence