'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [41r] (81/330)
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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trrveiling to Bf»hr^in in the Oil Comprny's launch hnd trken out
some sovoroigns with them. As the Snudi 'lovornment Customs laun
ch was not available, the Saudi Police borrowed another launch
from tho Oil Company, pursued tho first launch, caught it up,
and removed tho two smugglers with their gold. It is not known
what punishment was inflicted on tho culprits#
(ii) A few weeks ago Shaikh Abdul Rahman al Tubaiahi, Ibn
.Baud’s Chief Chamberlain* brought his wife to Bahrain for medical
treatment# Included in the party was a young lady, heavily
veiled, who was treated with considerable respect, but was*never
addressed or referred to by name. It is nov/ generally believed
that the young lady was an unmarried daughter of Ibn Baud’s whom
her father allowed to accompany his trusted Chamberlain to Bah
rain on condition that her identity was kept strictly secret#
This story is rendered the more plausible by the fact that the
party brought over to Bahrain one of Ibn Baud 1 s private cars
which Abdul Rahman al Tubaishi would hardly have been lent solely
for his own use,
(iii) Dr. Harrison, of the American Mission Hospital, has for a
long time been trying to obtain permission from Ibn Baud to
establish r Hospital at Hasa. At recent visits to Riyadh doctors
from the American Mission have been so favourably received th^t
Dr. Harrison thought the time was ripe for the fulfilment of
his ambition, and he was able to persuade Bin Jaluwi, tho Gover
nor of Hasa, to write to the King recommending most strongly that
permission bo granted for tho establishment or a Mission Hospital
at Kofuf (HnsaJ# It is understood that Ibn Baud’s advisers gave
expression to different opinions about the advisability of open
ing a hospital* but eventually conservative views prevailed,*and
Ibn Baud has written to Dr. Harrison informing him that it is
at present impossible for a hospital to be opened at Hasa.#
126# Typhus
Referonce paragraph 101 of Intelligence Summary No. 9
of 1943.
One case of typhus has occurred in Bahrain. The patient
wa.s a Persian who had come in a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
from Bandar Big. Symptoms
of the disease only became apparent after he had been in*Bahrain
for some days.
127# Bahrain Government Hospital
During tho month of May British Service personnel to the
number of 34 wore treated as in-patients at tho Bahrain Govern
ment Hospital. Sixteen of the patients wore not actually serving
in Bahrain but were brought here from other stations for medical
treatment.
128. Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited
Reference paragraph 116 (ii) of Intelligence Summary No.
10 of 1943, : >
Mr. Ward P* Anderson, General Manager of the Bahrain Pet
roleum Company Limited, left Bahrain on Juno 3rd and arrived in
New York on June 15th.
129. United Nations Day
Stimulated by the infectious enthusiasm of Mr. Bertram
Thomas, Public Relations Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, all commu
nities in Bahrain combined to celebrate with eclat June 14th,
United Nations Day. Flags of the United Nations (including,
optimistically, the Turkish flag) decorated the scene of public
and private parties or entertainments, and a special broadcast
from /-
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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)
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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
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- '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