'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [‎102r] (203/206)

277. SLAVERY .
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There h ? v e i been numerous reports reaching
the kidnapping and enslaving of persons on the
Bahrain of
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and, to a lesser extent,°in Qatar. The
population of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. have been hard hit by the
^ lved their main industry,
been many cases of fathers selling
of persons selling themselves into
market for slaves seems to be
where they are taken to Qatar and
Rs m 4 n 000/ meS fr ° m S^ilrfbifwher^'a girl'will ^otch"^ 6 ^
rto.4,uuu/“ or more.
pearling, and there have
their children and a few
slavery. The immediate
located in Buraimi, from
Saudi Arabia where slaves
278 SHORT W t.VE' FREQUENCIE S .
' noiTt-io-i d meetl ^ s ve keen held recently at the
\rnrt ml 1 , R « sldfenc y» Ju V' lr ’ to discuss the allocation of
onort wave frequencies m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. area. They
flfcre attended by representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum
BritiQhV et r° leu f.Concessions Limited, Cable and Wireless,
■ Overseas /.irweys Corporation, and International
^erca_o Ltd., and an mramco representative later had » dis-
to S m*ke wlth ,°H of V? Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. staff. it was decided
Musc-r,; and Kuwaiti ' ? ' St Ci fr at Bahrain, Sharjah,
279. W1TER CONSERVATION.
No.20.
Reference paragraph 268 of Intelligence Summary
■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. has written to His Highness
expressing the concern that His Majesty's Government take in
tw Pr £ Per cons f rVf T 1 ? n of Wf,tt =r in his territory and asking
that when exp-rt opinion is given him by the Bahrain Petroleum
thTh 7 S n°aH n0 ' ilsre ! = ' rd it- His Highness has replied
tl 1 h '. -o _ equally concerned m the proper conservation of
water in his territory and that he has always followed the
a vice of bapeo. This’ is an old chestnut - and so it goes on!
280. TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
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, (i) Dube 1.
of
on
bin
-p , . 0 , n the 14 tk Shaikh Saqr bln Muhammad, Ruler
?LE hslI ? sh ’ arrived at Sharjah. He left for Dubai
Lllf AHl VH'd on.Shaikh Rashid bin Said and Jumah
Maktum (Sheikh oaid being away hunting) and renewed his
inendly relations with them. He called on Mr. H.M. Jackson,
Representative of Petroleum Development (Truciel Coast) Ltd.,
rn Dubai and then returned to Sharjah when he left for R-s
al Khaimah on the 17th.
(ii) Sharjah.
c . T Re^erbnce paragraph' 270 (v) of Intelligence
Summary No.20. # ' 6
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dvi • -p 4 -v, negotiations produced no result as the
+ ^1 : he Ben:i - Qitab and his nephew were obdurate in their
towards the Shaikh of Sharjah. Both parties were
called to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. but no settlement was arrived at between