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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [‎31r] (61/330)

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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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92 • Iho Poaplla^
. , .Ouj'inj! tha last faw days of April paarling craft h»va bamin
- th ?.P^' rlln S banks. Tha eaaaon has he,-»un^in
Of ?T^om ^♦K Pt £? 1 2 m *i rhioh cont r“ 8t8 a^onoly with the atmosohara
onie 1 ^!" 1 ^ ^ ioh th 2 P I ' 0S P Q « t3 °* the "diva" wara dnviaa'ted
n-kLi^T rZ l Cj7 ° b i r 0P^3antativo pearl merchants and
in^ho fJ*..J ha 'i eh ' nnS ?. Df outlook 13 du® to a number of causes,
f * r . 3t Pl«cs» it was realised several months a^o by the
Khhat»n????? 0nt ^ unemployment and economic distress would
ba substantially relieved if pearling operations could be under-
tckan on a largo scale this year. They therefore took timely
t0 ,? lv 2 PJ^tioa.l encouragement to owners of pearlin'* boats
o11 who finance diving operations. Diving foes for' the
Oc.scn were waived, and it was announced several weeks ap>o that
provisions for the pearling fleet would not have to be purchased
in th„ open market but would be made available by the Bahrain
Government in adequate quantity and at a concession price. To
nnnt stimulus to enterprise has been added encourago-
rw?n-> 1 ?/^?v, UnaXp + C < ed J forra " P rlco o:f pearls has again risen
owing to the sustained demand from the Indian market. '
alao m ? nt,h for tha Bahrain Government - and
^° t f ^ thG 1 Poll ^ lcal J ^? nt » who had suggested that they should
^P* ^he policy described above. At the beginning of April the
dates ordered from Basrah had still not arrived, and the stock
of cereals in the island was insufficient to provide both for the
fo-+,mn 8 +^ Ce + ? ’ nd , for the resident population. But the wheel of
fortune then turned; several shipments of cereals arrived, and
favourable winds brought the long-awaited dates from Basrah. No
r’”- ^ n . B ''? r!> i n 0X0 °P t H is Highness the Shaikh, the Adviser to
Gover « ment ^ nd 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. knew how near the
G °V 2 rnmont was to failing in its undertaking to provide
f<n^ f * r thQ P earl inS fleet; and, since this knowledge was con-
fined tc so few f public oonfidenao rem^inod unirapp.irod,
being issued to the crews of pe^rlin/^ bo^ts on
the following sc^le
Riqe 6^ lbs per head per month
Wheat l&J lbs ,f »»
Dates 48 lbs ,f
93. _The Shaikh of Qatar
^ Shaikh Abdullah bin Oyisim al Thani, C.I.B., Bulor of Oatar.
has been seriously ill with gastric trouble. He was visited in
the last week of April by Dr. Storm who reports that the Shaikh
is now convalescent.
94. M^teoroi,on;^a;
Maximum temperature •• 104on April 29th
Minimum temperature .. 66.8 on April 16th
Humidity exceeded 80 % on ten days and 905$ on four days,
the maximum being 94% on April 24th.
Sd/- S.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 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:

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)
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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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