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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [67r] (133/330)
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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SECRET
No.18 of 1943.
Intelligence summary of 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.
, Bahrain, for the
period 16th to 30th September 1943.
195. Shipping .
' Five steamers called at Bahrain during the poriod under
report, comprising one up-mail and one down-mail of the B.I.o.. .
Company, one Dutch tanker and two American ships.
totalled 530 tons for Bahrain, including 356 tons of sugar ^rom
' India and 227 tons of sugar for Saudi Arabia. t ^oieum
sistod of 38 tons of general cargo and 11,645 tons of petroleum
products.
196c Movements of Officials
Vr Bertram Thomas, O.B.E., Public Relations Officer in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, whose departure for Cairo ^ s -,^P or "burned
nanr-raoh 154 of Intelligence Summary No.14 of 1943 , returneu
rSKSn 5 La on 5 op!omncn 30th «
cv p-r-Mval came a telegram announcing that ho is to teay.. aaniv ±
forthwith to take up the post of Hoad of an ^ab Centre shortly
* to be opened in the Middle East for training young officers.
His departure will be a great loss to Bahrain, where he has
made innumerable friends.
/ - •
197o Visitors
Air Commodore G.L. cart ^> 11 • 3 ‘ 0 ; ’ f ^' C thG^OTning^f 8 ^
on the evensing of September 16th and 1 returned on
September 17th on his way down the Gulf. He retuo n>,a on
September 22nd and left again the following day.
198. Bahrain Governme nt Officials
Hr C D Belgrave, C.B.E., Adviser to His Highness the
Shaikh f^Acd by air from two months* leave in India on
September 19th.
199. Ramadhan • , ,
Shaikhs Latifa, wife of Hi %Highness the Shaikh^ gav.
it as her opinion to “^.Bolgrave that the ^ ay n P t £ 0
in Bahrain did not keep the fast thi year ^ of th ^ timos .
an accurate estimate, but it ^ , 0az j_ s wrote to the
A f=ew days hefore the end of H^thfng abouf i?. The only
Adviser and asked him to do som , . ° vince was the issue
action which he t 0 try and ensure that Moslems
coffeo-shops^for non-Mosloma
allowed to be kept.open during the day-time.
200. Id ul Fitr Fitr was on September 30th,
tha The first day of the Id '^i"p nltionl Agent. Rashid bin
when/usual calls w ? r ® P a ? d y str uJk off the list of merchants
Abdur Rahman Zayani has be- endeavours, which were
to be visited awing £° ht s smuggl ng n^ 3umnpry No.15 of 1943,
reported in paragraph 167 of _ - Ho- also marked by
and other undesirable activities. ine ^ Princas ,
the return to Bahrain ^tlgfaph 203 below).
Mohammad and Mansoor. (See para fe rapn
201 - 0va ” l! ” C 0 rp ° r ;f £ : „ , . h „ a boon t0 Bahrain
A number of oif icials o , G di ‘ c ^ ss matters connected with
during the period under rep air services through Bahrain,
the expansion of the torporc ^xui
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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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- '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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