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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [49r] (97/330)
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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(ii) The d^f-t»h of Shaikh Moh^mod bin All f1 Khslifeh was report
ed in the last Bahrain Intelligence Summary. His place on the
Bench of the Bahrain Junior Joint Court has been taken by Sh-ikh
Ali bin Khalifah bin Daij, who has hitherto been President of the
Majlis ul Tajara* The new President of the Majlis ul Tajara is
Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad, a brother of the Bulcr of Bahrain who
was for some years a Magistrate on the Bench of the Senior Bahrain
Court.
149. Bate s
Ti) The local crop is beginning to ripen and promises to be
an excellent one.
(ii) The Amir of Hasa (Saud bin Abdullah bin Jiluwi) has written
to the Hulers of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Sheikhdoms askiag them to warn
their subjects not to come to Hasa to buy dates as none are
available for sale. If they do come, he adds, they will only
waste their own time and that of Saudi Government officials.
150. P ersian Gulf Fiahter Fund
During the period under report Bahrain merchants have con
tributed more than Es 25,000 to this Fund.
151. Bahrain Petroleum Company
(i) Messrs. Gray Mackenzie & Co., Ltd., the principal Bahrain
Shipping Agents, wore warned several weeks ago by the Bahrain
Petroleum Company that 18,000 tons of material required for the
proposed K^finary Extension would bo discharged at Bahrain over
a period of seven months beginning from October next. They have
now been asked to be prepared to unload 40,000 tons of material
in the reduced period of four months. It will be necessary for
them, if they are to bo able to carry out such a heavy unloading
programme, to recall from Basrah a number of lighters v/hich have
been hired to the I.V/.T. there.
(ii) Mr. Hillman, the American Engineer in charge of construc
tion work in the Hefinery Extension, Left Bahrain for Cairo an
route to Asmara on July. 14th. At Asmara he hopes to recruit
American labour for the new project.
(ill) An opportunity occurred at the beginning of the month for
a number of British employees of the Company to travel home to
the United Kingdom for leave* Unfortunately intimation of this
opportunity, which is the first which has occurred for over three
years, was received too late for advantage to be taken of it.
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company at Abadan were more fortunate and
were able to send off as many as 35 men.
152. Meteorological
Maximum temperature ••• 105,2° on July 12th
Minimum temperature ••• 78,9 on July 6th
Maximum Humidity .. * 80^5 on July 3rd
Sd/- 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 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'.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (163 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:164v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence