'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [43r] (85/108)
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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action. The whole incident had for its causes the Shaikh of
Dubai’s greed for more territory inspired by his belief in
impending oil development, and the ability to exploit that
greed which his recently acquired wealth - obtained by the
war profiteering of his subjects - has afforded him.
169 - BAHRAIN STUDENTS FOR EGYPT .
The Bahrain Government is sending sixteen students
for a four years’ course of study in Egyptian schools.
Thirteen of these left Bahrain by air on the 30th and 31st
October and the remainder are due to leave on the 1st November.
170. AMERICAN SURVEY PARTY .
Reference paragraph 136 of Bahrain intelligence
Summary No. 16.
Lieutenant Moore intended to set out from Sharjah
for Muscat on the 14th October, leaving his party at Sohar
while he went on alone to visit the Sultan. He was, however,
unable to leave Sharjah on the 14th and now plans to take
his whole party with him to Muscat.
171. PEARLING.
Reference paragraph 145 of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 17.
The pearling season was to close officially
this year on the 31st October, but owing to the rough
weather encountered during the last days of the season all
the boats had returned to Bahrain by the 30th of this month.
There were 121 boats engaged in pearl diving this year and
a total of some 4,483 persons. The catch this year was
small but this is offset to some extent by the high prices
now being offered for pearls in the Bombay market.
172. SHIPPING.
Nine ships (2 British, 4 American, and 3 Panamanian)
called at the port of Bahrain during the period under report.
They discharged 3,793 tons general cargo for Bahrain and 4|-
tons for transhipment to the mainland. 71,000 torts of
petroleum products were exported from Bahrain during the
fortnight.
(Sid. ) C.J. PHLLY
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.
NS.
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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.
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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 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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- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary'
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- 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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