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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [129r] (257/432)
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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<* 5 "-
think, without seme truth) that the real object of Shaikh
Said’s visit to Bahrain was to purchase motor cars and spare
parts which he could not obtain anywhere else. It is true
that Shaikh Said has purchased motor cars and spare parts
in Bahrain 5 but he was able to do so only after the Political
Agent had engaged on his behalf in a hectic diplomatic duel
with Shaikh Salman, who had sent orders to his Adviser that
Shaikh Said must not be allowed to make any purchases in the
bazaar for export to Dubai» Shaikh Du'aij bin Hamad took
clever advantage of the situation; He pleased the Political
Agent by allowing his car to be sold to Shaikh Said 5 and he
pleased Shaikh Salman by extorting from Shaikh Said twice the
price which had been paid for the car when it was new;,
Shaikh Said of Dubai intends to leave Bahrain on
the 5th or 6 th June. The A1 Khalifah are too well-mannered
to permit signs of their hostility to Shaikh Said to appear
openly, but his visit will leave them with a good stock of
material for pleasantly malicious".anecdote.
When the atmosphere has grown less electric 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.
proposes to remind Shaikh Salman that, in the
dispute between Shaikh Said bin Maktum and Shaikh^Mana, the
sympathies of Ibn Saud were wholly with Shaikh Said.
89. S mall pox and typhus .
(i) Dubai has now been declared free from small pox.
(ii) There is an unusually extensive outbreak of small
pox in Bahrain, but deaths have been comparatively few,
(iii) Three cases of typhus (one fatal) have been reported
from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company camp at
Dhahran.
90. Local Affairs .
(i) Reference para 76 (ii) of Intelligence Summary No.9
of 1942 in which it was reported that steps were being taken
by the Bahrain Government to restrict the activities of pros
titutes to certain specified quarters.
The prostitutes of Manama resent Government inter
ference with their trade, and have threatened that, if^the
restrictions recently enforced are not removed, they will
either (a) emigrate to Kuwait or (b) go on strike. The junior
members of the A1 Khalifah are greatly worried by the situation
which has now developed.
(ii) A play performed by the boys of the Manama Secondary
school raised Rs 2001, which has been presented to the Persian
Gulf Fighter Fund.
91.- Bahrain and Qatar .
Reference para 63 of Bahrain Intelligence Summary
No .8 of 1942 in which it was reported that the reason for the
Shaikh of Bahrain* s action in tightening up the restrictions
on the entry into Bahrain of subjects of the Shaikh of Qatar
might be to provide an opportunity for the re-opening of the
Zubara question.
It is now possible to confirm this conjecture. At
an interview with 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.
on May 24th K.H. the
Shaikh related at length the whole history of Zubara (as seen
through Bahrain eyes), and enumerated the advantages which
would accrue to the Shaikh of Qatar if friendly relations
between the two Sheikhdoms could be resumed. The Shaikh of
Bahrain is not prepared to give up his claim to sovereignty
over Zubara, and it is possible that the Shaikh of Qatar
/ will
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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.
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- 1 file (214 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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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