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'File 8/34 Saudi Arabia - Bahrain Weekly Diaries' [17r] (33/42)
The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in Dec 1933-29 Mar 1934. 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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SECRET,
Laary of News from Sa f uoii Arabia ,
fticr.ll ol' 1934.
1. It was reported on tiie lOtn llarch that the represent
atives of His Majesty King Bin Sa f ud,who were to have
arranged boundaries with representatives of the Imam Yanya
of Yemen,had returned disappointed,as the Imam was putting
forward impossible demands. It was said that the Imam did
not wish to fight,but was adopting dilatory tactics m order
to compel His Majesty to maintain an army near the frontier
indefinitely and so to exhaust them.
2. It was reported on the 10th March that King Bin Sa'ud
had ordered people for the third time to pray for rain.
3. People in the Hasa province are said to be praying
against King Bin Sa T ud because oi his extortionate demands.
4. The Geologists of the California Arabian Standard Oil
Company were reported on the 14th March to have put marks
at Sarrar and at Al Rala f near ^atit. They are reported
to have said that if oil wells are sunk at Ltohran,the oil
supply ol Bahrain will be attected.
Ibth March 1934.
/I
Lieut-Colonel
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.
,Bahrain.
Distribution .
The Honourable the
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Bahrain.
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.
,
Kuwait.
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The file contains weekly reports on the affairs of Saudi Arabia, compiled 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 and distributed to the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait. The reports, marked secret, consist of brief summaries of intelligence gathered in Bahrain on the social and political affairs of Hasa, the Saudi-Yemeni conflict in Asir [ʻAsīr], the activities of Standard Oil Company of California, and other miscellaneous items of news.
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- 1 file (19 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 20; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-20; these numbers are written in a combination of blue crayon and pencil, are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 8/34 Saudi Arabia - Bahrain Weekly Diaries'
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- front, front-i, 2r:20v, 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