'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [52r] (103/330)
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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For three years no British onployoo of the Company has
bean able to take homo leave, and, until very recently, there
seemed to bo no hope of leave prospects improvin'. Now, how
ever, there appears to be a chance of a few inon nottin? hone
on leave almost immediately and the reaction from the formerly
existin' state of neurotic >:loom has been tremendous. During
tho last fifteen months the Political Ayunt has given inter
views to a Ion; succession of men, weary, restless and depressed.
The same men now, though they may not thornselves be among the
few who are scheduled for home leave in the near future, fool
that the clouds are lifting and that the and of tho long period
of hopeless waiting is at hand. Their spirits have wonderfully
revived, and with this revival of cheerfulness has come an
increased capacity for work.
160. i:otcorulu ‘,ic;-l
(i) Mexinun tamp a r a tur e
Mininun t emperaturo
Maximum humid! ty
z<W3
••4 109*5° on July 26th
•44 80*2° on July 17th
44 * 87% on July 20th and 21st.
(ii) Saturday July 24th was, in the unanimous opinion both of
natives find foreigners, the worst day climatically they had ever
experienced in Bahrain. His Highness the Shaikh described it_
in conversation with 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.
as ^ghair shakl'*, unique*
Heat and humidity combined to make the atmosphere insufferable.
People, walking, loft a trail of wetness behind as if they had
just emerged from the sea. Birds took refuge in the shade of
trees or house-verandahs, and stayed there, gaping, too exhausted
to search for food for themselves or their hungry nestlings.
Residents of Manama who could by any means make their way to the
Ardhari Pool did so, and plungod into the water there. From
Hedd crowds waded out through the hot sea to the cool sub
marine springs a little distance away. The temperature inside
the Refinery was 130°. Conditions wore, indeed, so extraordinary
— even for Bahrain -- that people did not complain* they greeted
each othv^r with smiling sympathy as do people who meet under the
shadow of some great and common calamity whose effects are yet
known to be short-lived. In spite of the abnormality of the day,
the figures recorded by the Bahrain Balloon Observatory on July
24th wore not particularly remarkable# They were
Maximum temperature •# 104.1^
Minimum temperature •# 85#2
Humidity •« 86%
Sd/- 3.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'.
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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'
- 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