'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [7r] (13/108)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1945-31 Dec 1945. 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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a temporary fall 'due to first reactions to the allied suc
cesses being somewhat wild selling by gold speculators,
16. Anti-Locust Campaign on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
During the course 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.
's recent tour
on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
he met two members of the Anti-Locust
Mission, one a Punjabi Mussulman and the other a Sikh from
the Amritsar district, working in the interior. They appeared
to be carrying on their work in difficult and strange sur
roundings with great good humour and keenness. Some hatching
is expected shortly from the Ras-al-Khaimah area, probably on
much the same scale a*s occurred last year. The Anti-Locust
officer has not been able to make a very wide survey of his
area owing to lack of mechanical transport necessitating the
use of camels with the consequent slowing up of the work.
17. Qatar Affairs
Reference paragraph 22 of intelligence Summary No.24 of
1944.
Recently the Shaikh of Qatar informed 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.
that it was his intention to replace his guards at
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
by
three watchmen whose sole duty would be to look after the fit
tings, &c., of the fort. The difference between a watchman
and a guard is it is feared too subtle to be detected by His
Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain.
the period under review interrupted
Bahrain and on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
18. Weather
Once again rain during
communications both in
19. Meteorological
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
Maximum humidity
Minimum humidity
Rainfall during the
77 F on the 21st.
49 F on the 28th. '
100 % on the 17th.
61 % on the 18th.
period 1.24 inch
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(Sd.) T. HICKINBOTHAM
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 year 1945. 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 is numbered from 1 to 24 and 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:
- shipping;
- the movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables;
- local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the wider Middle East;
- economic matters and food supplies;
- Bahrain Petroleum Company and other matters of oil;
- a visit to Bahrain of the Indian Film Unit;
- the Bahrain ruling family;
- the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit;
- workers' strikes in Bahrain;
- local crime;
- regional boundary disputes;
- weather and meteorological data.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; 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 2-13; 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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- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:53v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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