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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [44r] (87/206)
The record is made up of 1 file (100 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1948-31 Dec 1948. 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.10 of 1948.
* T C\A O * '»
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMARY FOR PERIOD
1st to 15th June, 1948.
135. MO VEMENTS OF OF FIC I A LS,
•Reference paragraph 122 (ii) of Intelligence
Summary No.9.
His Excellency the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
returned
from Kuwait on the 3rd, He left again for Kuwait on the
13th and returned on the 15th.
136. VISITORSo
(i) Reference paragraph 123 of Intelligence
Summary No.9.
On the 5th Mr. Wilfred Thesiger left Bahrein
by air for London,
(ii) On the 28th May the King of Cambodia, accompanied
by his suite and two French diplomats, stayed the night at
the B.O.A.C. Rest House at Sharjah on his way to France,
(iii) On the 3rd Shaikh Abdul Aziz, son of the late
Shaikh Hamad al Thani, accompanied by his brother Shaikh
Muhammad and four servants, arrived in Bahrain from Qatar.
On the 6th the party left by air for Karachi. On the 14th
Shaikh Muhammad arrived by air from Karachi en route to
Qatar.
137. C ALLS ,
On the 12th His Excellency the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
took Major R.E.R. Bird of Petroleum Concessions Limited
and Lieutenant Templeton Cotill, R.N., to call on His
Highness the Ruler of Bahrain.
138. PETROLEUM D E VELOPMENT (TRU CI AL COAST?) LIMITED .
(i) Reference paragraph 110 (iv) of Intelligence
Summary No.8.
Under an agreement concluded recently between
the Ruler of Sharjah and the Shaikh of Himriyah the latter
agreed to afford the Oil Company every assistance in return
for a lumPsum payment of Rs,6,000/-- and annual payments of
Rs.4,000/-, The Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, ar
ranged the negotiations but took no part in them beyond as
sisting the Ruler of Sharjah by informing Himriyah that
His Majesty's Government were likely to regard Himriyah
as a fief of Sharjah and that the Oil Company would not
deal direct with him.
(ii) Reference paragraph 110 (i) of Intelligence
Summary No.8.
Major Bird has returned to Sharjah from Muscat.
The Sultan seemed extremely perturbed by the Company's
direct...
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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 1948. 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. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following:
- shipping;
- visits of British and foreign notables;
- economic and commercial matters, including the pearling industry;
- local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- the work of third parties in the region, such as the Bahrain Petroleum Company, Gray, Mackenzie and Co., and Petroleum Concessions Limited;
- labour matters, especially strikes and unrest;
- local reaction to international events such as the end of the British Mandate in Palestine and the death of Mohandas Gandhi;
- the activities of the Royal Navy;
- the supply of electricity, water and telecommunications;
- aviation;
- the work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit;
- the traffic of slaves;
- quarantine and medical matters;
- weather and meteorological data.
The final page of the final report appears to be missing.
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- 1 file (100 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/319
- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:102v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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