'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎69r] (137/206)

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BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
1st to 15th September, 1948.
200. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) On the 4th His Excellency Lt. Colonel
A.C. Galloway, C.I.E., O.B.E., 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. , Persian
Gulf, left for Kuwait in H.M.S. "Wren 11 . He returned to
Bahrain on the 8th.
(ii) Reference paragraph 186 of Intelligence Summary
No.14.
On the 9th Major and Mrs. J.E.H. Hudson returned
from Mosul.
(iii) On the 13th Mrs. A.C. Galloway arrived by air
from the United Kingdom. She was met at the Muharraq aero
drome by Colonel Galloway and 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. .
201. V ISITORS .
(i) On the 2nd Admiral Connolly, Commander-in-Chie^,
U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, ac
companied by 16 Staff Officers, arrived in Bahrain by air
from Karachi and left on the 3rd.
(ii) Captain Ludovic Porter, R.N., Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , stayed at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. from the 2nd to the 14th
September.
(iii) On the 3rd Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr Al-Qasimi,
brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, arrived in Bahrain by R.A.F.
’plane. He was accompanied by two of his sons. He is
staying in Qudhaibiyyah Palace as His Highness' guest.
202. C ALLS .
(i) On the 4th His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain,
called on 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. at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
(ii) On the 11th 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. exchanged calls
with Commander Best, the new Commanding Officer of H.M.S.
’’Loch Quoich".
(iii) On the 5th Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr al Qasim,
brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, called on 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. .
On the 15th he called on His Excellency the Political Resi
dent at Jufair.
203. PAID -I -A ZAM MO H AMM ED AL I JI NNAH.
Mr. Jinnah's death came as a great shock to
local Pakistanis and to members of all communities in Bahrain.
The next day, the 12th September, all shops and offices,
including the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , were closed and flags were flown at^
half-mast on public buildings. In the evening a memorial
service was held in the luma’ Mosque in Manamah where speeches
were made in praise of the dead man. Cinemas were closed.
204. Bahrain