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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Reports' [205r] (409/432)
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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and that source, as a result of continuous pilfering and pettp
thieving, is rapidly drying up. The number of guards at ,Awali
is increased from time to time, but - quis custodiet ipsos
custodcs?
254 c E arl Haig Fund .
’Poppy Day’ collections on November 11th realised a
sum of Rs 2550,/ This compares with Ps 1796/4/- collected in 1941,
and Rs 2168/2/- in 1940.
255. Qatar .
Reference para 240 (ii) of Intelligence Summary No.21
of 1942 in which it was reported that Dr. Storm left for Dchah
on November 12th in response to a summons from the Ruler,^Shaikh
Abdulla bin Qasim al Thani„ Dro Storm returned to Bahrain on
November 24th„ Shaikh Abdulla had sent for him primarily to
treat his second son, Shaikh Hamad, who is suffering both^from
diabetes and from high blood pressure. In Dr. Storm's opinion
Shaikh Hamad’s health is likely to deteriorate' still further,^and
it is questionable whether he will live for more than a very few
years longer.
During Dr. Storm's visit the Ruler, Shaikh Abdulla, h-d
a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning. He was unconscious for
several hours, and while Dr. Storm was administering an enema in
one "room, grave clothes were being prepared next door. It is
probable that, but for Dr. Storm's presence on the spot, 3h ikh
Abdulla would have died.
Since the family clearly require regular medical
attention, the Ruler has asked the Qatar Oil Company ^to allow him
to employ Dr. Dhami, the Company’s Sikh doctor who ^ will^ no longer
be required by them at Dukhan. The request is being given
sympathetic consideration and will probably be acceded to. Dr.
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256
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Dhami is a reliable though not highly qualified doctor
nothing against him politically, and the presence of a doctor in
Dohah is to be welcomed for many reasons. His chief failing is
his avarice - a quality of which, in Oatrr, he will not have t u:;
monopoly.
Dr. Storm reports that the general attitude of Shaikh
Abdulla and his entourage was markedly pre-British — far taore sc
than it was eighteen months ago.
The illness of Shaikh Abdulla has stimulated discussd n
about the succession to the Shaikhdom. It is generally ^cceouel
that Shaikh Abdulla will be succeeded by his second son, shaikh ^
Hamad (the elder son, Ali, being a recluse who has severed himsole
entirely from the conduct of public or tribal affairs)? Br. it i (
of interest that Shaikh Hamad's own successor is expected o oe
his nephew Jasim bin Ali bin Abdulla, and not his own son, ais^
called Jasim.
Mete orological . n
Maximum temperature 91 u on November 19th.
Minimum temperature 63° on November 27th.
Humidity only twice fell below SOS, and was 9C? or
more on six days during the period under report. Maximum
humidity was 97% on November 28th.
The arrival of winter is still awaited.
3d. E.B. Wakefield.
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.
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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