'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summaries' [163r] (325/330)
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.24 of 1944.
Intelligence Summary of the
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
for the period 16th' to 31st
December 1944.
219. Shipping
Eleven ships called at Bahrain during the period
under report. Six of them were of British registry,
four American, and one Norwegian. The imports were
2,043 tons for Bahrain and 898 tons transhipment cargo
for Saudi Arabia. The exports consisted of 65 tons
general cargo and 93,644 tons petroleum products. One
ship was still in port at the end of the period.
220. Visitors
(i) The Senior Naval Officer
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
arrived on
the 21st and left for Khor Quwai on the 22nd.
(ii) Reference paragraph 198(ii) ^f Intelligence Summary
No.22 of 1944.
His Highness 1 uncles Shaikh Mohamed and Shaikh
Abdullali bin Isa returned from hawking in Neid on the
21st.
Italian labour for Arabian American Oil Company, Dhahran.
On the 16th Mr. C.W. Ohliger, General Manager of the
Arabian American Oil Company, arrived from Cairo by air
and left for Dhahran on the 17th. Mr. Ohliger has been
personally supervising the transport of eightyeight Italians
from Eritrea to Saudi Arabia. - It is understood that these
men are the vanguard of approximately 1,200 Italians who are
to be 'employed on construction work at Ras Tanurah. They
came to Bahrain by air and were transhipped into smaller
planes at Muharraq aerodrome and flown immediately to
Dhahran. His Highness the Shaikh though surprised granted
permission for this to be done and asked that Mr. Ohliger
should be informed that on no account did he desire the
. Italians to pay visits to Bahrain as is customary f-or the
American employees of the Company to do.
222. Qatar Affairs
Reference -paragraph No.212 of Intelligence Summary
No.23 of 1944.
The situation with regard to the supply of foodstuffs
and other quota goods to Qatar is still causing concern and
as far as is known the Shaikh of Qatar has made no effort
x to withdraw his guards from Zubara.
223. Bahrain Judiciary
After consulations 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.
His
Highness has decided that his nephew Shaikh Salman bin
Mohamed should go to Palestine to study Law and Court
Practice with a view to his being appointed a Judge in
the Bahrain courts on his return. The High Commissioner
for Palestine and the Palestine Government have very
kindly agreed to make the nec sssary arrangements for
Shaikh Salman’s legal training. It is hoped that he will
leave early in the New Year.
224. Muharram
The Muharram precessions were much better attended
than in previous years and the whole of the celebrations
passed off without any ificidenl whatsoever.
/225.
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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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