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No« 9 of 1944
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Intelligence Summary tf‘the
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain,
fmr 4 the period 1st to 15th
May 1944. .
Sixteen ships were in port during the period under report.
Ten of them were of British registry, four American, one Pana
manian, and one Norwegian. Total imports were 8,764 tons of
which 146 tons were transhipment cargo for Saudi Arabia. The
imports were mainly Oil Company construction material. The
exports were 41,826 tons petroleum produets, 360 tons U.K.C.C.
sugar, and 76 tons general cargo. Two ships are still in port.
75. Movements of Officials
On the 8th ef May 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. flew to Sharjah and
returned on the 11th.'
76. Visitors
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(i) Reference paragraph 67(v) of Intelligence Summary No.8
cf 1944.
Shaikh Hazza bin Sultan escorted by His Highness the
Shaikh *f Bahrain paid an official call on 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.
on May 1st.
(ii) Oh the 5th of May a severe dust storm occurred during the
course of which General Sir Bernard Paget, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.,
Commander-in-Chief Middle East, Mr. S.R. Jordan His Majesty's
Minister at Jedda, Majer-General Dowler, M.G.A., Dr. Bailey »f
the Middle East Supply Contre, Cair«, Shaikh Abdullah Suleiman
the Finance Minister of the Saudi Arabian Government, Mr. Mann
Vice-Consul Jedda, and various Staff Officers arrived most un
expectedly. The party were en-route from Jedda to Ibn Saud's
Camp near Ramah but were forced by bad visibility to come to
Bahrain.
On the 7th May, the weather having in the meantime
improved, the party continued their journey to Saudi Arabia.
His Highness the Shaikh paid a call on the Commander-in-
Chief Middle East and Mr. Jordan at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on Saturday the
6th of May and entertained them to dinner the same evening.
(iii) On the 11th Mr. Rattinson the General Manager of the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company at Abadan arrived in Bahrain on a visit to
the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited. Mr. Pattinson accom
panied by 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. paid a call on the Shaikh on the
13th. - -
(iv) Saiyid Nasir bin^Stfto^d who was at one time the Wali at
Qariyat and has recently vacTft^ed the appointment of Vali of
Luwan called on 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. on the 13th. It appears
that he is on his way back to Muscat from an abhortive attempt
to visit Ibn Saud for the purpose of obtaining a present.
(v) On the 8th Mr. R. B. Stewart the Assistant Director
(Commercial) of the British Overseas Airways Corporation ar
rived in Bahrain on inspection duty. Ho left by air the next
morning.
(vi) On the 15th Mr. F.W. Ohliger the General Manager of the
Arabian American Oil Company arrived in Bahrain from the U.S.A.
on his way to Dhahraha.
77. Zubara
On may 2nd 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. accompanied by Mr. C.
Dalrymple Belgrave, C.B.E., Adviser to His Highness the
Shaikh" of Bahrain, paid a visit to the ruined town of Zubara
on the west coast of the Qatar peninsula. The object of the
visit was to examine the limits of the ruined tov-n and the
ring of ancient forts which encircle the Zubara area. The
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