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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [95r] (189/206)
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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The proceeds of the race meeting are being
donated to the Red Crescent Society.
The first race provided a popular victory
for ’Leshgarr* ridden by the young son of the owner,
Haji Mansour al Araydh, who had practised every evening
for some weeks before the race. The third race, in which
three horses contested first place in a very close finish,
was won by Miss Hay on ’Twaisa’ , owned by Shaikh Khalifah
bin Mohammed bin Isa. The main event was won by His
Highness' horse 'Rabda' with another of his horses in second
place. The silver cup for first place was auctioned after
the meeting in aid of the Red Crescent and knocked down
to Mr. Khalid Aujan, a local merchant, for Rs.2,000/-.
(iv) Pump i ng Sta t ion .
Reference paragraph 245 of Intelligence Summary
No.18.
On the 11th His Highness Shaikh Salman formally
opened the new pumping station in Manamah erected by Messrs.
Holloway Bros, to supply the town with piped drinking water.
(v) Wells .
The wells in most private houses in Manamah
are very badly kept by their owners and are in a filthy and
insanitary condition. The Bahrain Government have been
contemplating the sealing up of many of these wells now that
Manamah has a piped water supply, and a recent tragedy may
force*them to take immediate steps to this end. On the
12th a servant who descended one of those wells to recover
an eating mat that had fallen into it was overcome by the
gases he had disturbed in his descent and drowned. A se
cond servant who descended to search for the first suffered
a similar fate. A third man who attempted to enter the
well was also affected but was pulled up in time to save
his life. The State Medical Officer was summoned and,
after the two bodies had been recovered, he chlorinated the
well and orde red ithat no person should go near it until it
had been sealed up.
(vi) Cinemas .
Reference paragraph 215 (v) of Intelligence
Summary No.16.
The "Pearl Cinema" closed during Mohurram and
only reopened on the 7th of this month. During the time
it was closed a new projector and sound apparatus,which
were ordered from the United Kingdom,have been irstalled
and arrangements made for thu showing of several new
Egyptian films. With these improvements it is now draw
ing full houses nightly.
Yet another cinema is nearing completion in
Manamah and will be opened shortly. It will be the
fifth Arab cinema in Bahrain.
Bz. (vii) Banco School .
The Bahrain Petroleum Company have opened
a school in which English and Arithmetic are taught to
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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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- Open Government Licence