'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [99r] (197/330)
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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3.
fit to address a letter to each of then on the srrhject of Slave
Trade and warned then to take steps to exclude the aforesaid
gentlemen from their domains.
50, Saudi Rials
Although the export of Saudi Rials is forbidden from Saudi
Arabia they are beiny brourht into Bahrain in considerable numbers
and- during the last 15 days the Ayency has been asked to yrant
export permits for exactly 100,000 rials. Accordin' to the poiicy
at present being followed — a policy which it is understood is in
accordance with the views of His Majesty f s Minister at Jeddah —
no export permits have been granted. This does not mean that the
rials will necessarily remain in Bahrain but it does mean that the
enterprising Kuwaitis who are the principal dealers in this commo
dity will find it more troublesome to export their goods to Kuwait.
51, Bahra in Bro adcasts
.On the .’BOth a trial broadcast was made by the Public Relations
Bureau on a new wave length on a much more powerful transmitter than
that previously in use. The results of the trial were extremely
satisfactor- 2 r except on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
where apparently the broad-
cast was never heard. Application has been made through the
Ministry of Information in Cairo for permission to introduce regu
lar broadcasts on the new wave length and it is hoped that it will
not be^long before the nightly programme is put over on the new
transmitter. The broadcasting studio is being redesigned with a
view to eliminating echo and the slightly microphonic effect caused
oy an unusually thin connecting wall'. It is hoped that recording
equipment .will shortly be available from Cairo and the programme
v/ill thus be vastly improved by the introduction of items of ourely
inter-Gulf interest.
o2. Interr uptio n of Gable s
It has been reported that cable communication between Bahrain
and Fao has again been interrupted and # that telegrams for Irag'will
oe forwarded by wireless to Bushire and then by cable to Fao.
55* Wreck, of a Kuwai t ’’Boom".
X
4/
On the JOth a severe storm started and the wind blew conti
nuously at gale force for 40 hours. On the 31st a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
belonging
to Haji Ahmed A1 Ghanim of Kuwait and captained by Saad al Kitami'
started several seams due to the high sea running and was beached
by her captain in order to save the lives of the crew on a sandbank
2 0 miles nprth of Bahrain. The captain and crew were brought off
the following day by a small vessel and it is honed that the major
portion of the cargo which consists of dates and'date stones will
be salvaged. It is even possible that the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
Itself can be
repaired. The action of the captain in beaching his vessel is
commended locally as had he endeavoured to make Bahrain it is cer
tain that the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
would have sunk and more than probable that the
lives of the crew would have been
54. Me teorol ogical
lost.
During the period under review the weather changed for the
uorse ana high temperatures v/ere recorded with considerable humidit v \
The highest temperatures were 91 F on the 16th and the 21st.. while*'
the humidity exceeded 91% on 6 days between the 16th. and the 31st.
SKM.
3-4-44,
(Sd.) T. HICKIIT30TIIAM
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)
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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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