'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎58v] (116/206)

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 file (100 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English in Latin script

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