File 12/9 Visits to Bahrain of government officials and others [250r] (504/578)
The record is made up of 1 volume (285 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1935-6 Aug 1940. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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channel at that point and for tidal reasons# This gap is
about to be closed by a sY/ing bridge now under construction
by Messrs. Holloway Brothers v/ho have just completed two much
larger bridges in Bagdad.
14. The population of Bahrain is about 125,000 of v/hom
1,600 are British Indians and some 8,000 or 9,000 are of
Persian origin. There is a British community of about fifty
including Mr.C.D.Belgrave who is British Adviser to the
Sultan, an Inspector of Customs, tv/o engineers, a doctor and
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a lady doctor, in the camp of the Bahrain Oil Company there
is an American and British staff of 500. in accordance with
an understanding when the concession was granted the Amei'icans
are being gradually replaced by British subjects. There is
also a British naval station, l was told that the Arabs, owing
to their laziness and lack of constructive ability have lost the
predominance they originally held with the exception of the
family of the Shaikh who is achieving complete pre-eminence
owing to the large increase in his revenues resulting from
oil royalties. Mr,Hugh V/eightman, 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.
, was
good enough to call in his launch to take us to stay with Mrs.
Weightman and himself at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and Consulate. On the
following day Mr.Weightman took me to pay my respects to His
Highness the Shaikh at one of his palaces some miles av/ay from
the capital, where we were entertained to the usual Arab meal.
15. also visited the tombs which are one of the most
intruguing features of ancient Bahrain. They consist of a
series of large mounds, each one of which seems to <x>nstitute
a kind of family mausoleum and to contain a number of graves
some evidently for children. The graves face in different
directions apparently haphazard, and the one 1 saw which was
opened up for the first time in my presence was v/ell made v/ith
smooth faced stones for the sides and bottom, the top being
/ covered
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The volume contains correspondence sent and received by 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 Bahrain regarding the arrangements and programmes for visits to Bahrain of the following:
- the Minister at Jedda, Sir Andrew Ryan, visiting the Gulf;
- 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 Kuwait;
- Mr Rendel of the Foreign Office;
- Dr Pawelke, Secretary to the German legation in Baghdad;
- Mr Loxle;
- the British Ministry at Tehran, Mr and Mrs Seymour, visiting Qatar and Bahrain;
- Princess Alice and Earl of Athlone, on a private visit to Ibn Saud and to Bahrain, Qatar and to the California-Arabian Standard Oil (CASOC) oil camp at Al Khobar;
- the British Ministry in Jedda, Sir Reader Bullard;
- the British Ambassador at Baghdad, Sir Basil Cochrane Newton visiting Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat and CASOC at Dharhan (account of his tour on folios 246-256);
- Emir Saud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd] visiting Baghdad;
- the Officers of the Geological Survey of India visiting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The documents in the volume are mainly in English. There is correspondence in Arabic with English translations, with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, and the Government of Saudi Arabia at Al Khobar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (285 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 260-283. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 , and terminates at the inside back cover with 287; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present between ff 5-259 and ff 260-283 respectively. These numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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- Title
- File 12/9 Visits to Bahrain of government officials and others
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:24v, 27r:43v, 46r:63v, 64v:67v, 68v:131v, 132v:155v, 158r:162v, 165r:168v, 170r:170v, 171v:173v, 176r:187v, 188v:202v, 203v:217v, 218v:224v, 227r:227v, 231r:234v, 236r:287r
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