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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [30r] (59/330)
The record is made up of 1 file (163 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1943-31 Dec 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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V
Intelji^cneo Sunra^ry of the
Political Agont t Bahrain* * for
the period 16th to 30th A»ll
1943 •
SBCRBT
No, 8 of 194 t 3
87t Shipping
Sec Appendix to this Sunraary#
88, Movemonts of Offio
n . , .f'* Th,mos, Public RelatUns Officer, returned f*«»
Riyadh, via Jeddah and Cairo, on 19th April,
89% Visitors
tt it F * r, « c °y^0| Technical Advisor (Post Control) to the
lUK.C.C,, Cairo^ arrived for a short visit of inspection o* 25th
* H 2 was favourably impressed by the general cleanliness of
Bahrain. He gave advice about the storage of cereals and methods
or protecting them trom the ravages of rats,
.i (ji) Commodore C,F, HammiH. R*N,, Senior Naval Officer. Per-
days f rrriVGd on 28th and left after a visit of a few
3o;
90* Bahrain Government Official
Ivh*. G.W,R, Smith, the newly appointed Director of Customs,
took over charge of his duties on 17th April. Mr. Smith was fir
mer ly ^ employed by Messrs. Gray Mackenzie, and has Considerable
experience of shipping and commercial conditions in the Gulf,
91* Food Supplies
^ order to oke out to the maximum extent pos-
siDlo the small stock of rice still remaining in the island, the
:ion 3 been reduced to 4 lbs per head per month. The
monthly cereal ration per cadult per month is now
Rice 4 lbs
Wheat 4 lbs
Flour 12 lbs
Individuals who cannot afford rice are given the option of our-
chasing an additional 4 lbs of wheat inlieu of rice.
(ii) Dates, During the period under report favourable weather
conditions enabled a good number of country craft to make the
voyage from Basrah with cargoes of dates. Stocks of dates in
Bahrain are not yet sufficient to last the resident population
thQ ncxt • r °P» k ut more are on order from Basrah, Mean
while, sufficient have arrived to permit the demands of the pearl
ing fleet to be satisfied in full.
(Ill) Food distribution. It has tMccn many months of patient
work to organize an efficient system of food distribution through
out the island. The system is now working smoothly, but local
arrangements have continually to be adjusted to meet local needs.
For instance, there is a general migration at the beginning of
the summer from towns and certain villages to coastal areas
(a migration which was accelerated last year by fo*r of ^ir
raids - vide paragraph 61 (iii) of Intelligence Summary No. 8
of 1942), and it has been necessary to transfer the names of large
numbers of ration-card holders from one r supply area 1 to another
one. Adjustment in the existing organization has also been
rendered necessary in Manama, where it has boon found that the
issue of rations on a weekly or fortnightly basis does not meet
the needs of very poor people who can only afford to purchase
rations for a day or two at a time. Five shops have therefore
been selected at which rations will bo issued on a daily basis
only.
92A
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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 1943-44. 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. Each report covers a two week period.
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 regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar (particularly Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ), 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;
- the activities of the oil companies;
- War funds;
- defence matters;
- smuggling of gold and arms and the traffic of slaves;
- American interests;
- meteorological information;
- locusts;
- medical matters.
Appended to most reports is a table containing shipping data.
Written by hand on the cover of the file is: 'Destroy, but retain '44 summaries'.
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- 1 file (163 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 165; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-73; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/315
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries'
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- front, front-i, 2r:164v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence