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'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports' [43r] (85/416)
The record is made up of 1 file (206 folios). It was created in 6 Aug 1946-Jan 1949. 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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- 2 -
^ * Roy" L l Navy :
The niovoments of II#LI# 3hips in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during ipril v/ere
as follo\/s
Name of Ship#
I-E/IS ’♦Wild Goose”.
IlIS " Challenger" •
HUS "Loch Quoich".
D ate of Arrival.
13. 4. 47-
3. 4. 47*
20 . 4 * 47 .
Date of Depa rture.
20 . 4 . 47 -
6 . 4. 47*
29. 4. 47.
4* Dal nai n Petroleu m Co mpa ny ;
Mr# J#0. Pifer has been appointed by the Board of Directors of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company to bo Assistant Cenoial Manager of the Company.
Lir. Pifer v/aa in charge of the Mwali Refinerv r .
3* ;3ritish Over seas gjirw ays Co rporation :
3*0.4. C. have announced the opening of a new weekly service
U. K. -Bahrain - Karaclii - and return using Plymouth aircraft# The fiisrat
aircraft of this new service due to leave U#K. on 2nd LSiy.
6* Ochre:
Mr# E# Innes Pocock Waited Sir Bu Nai* r Island to prospect
for ochre.
7* Moy prin ts o j* ?x~u oial Shaikhs :
On the 16th of March Shaikh Sai* d bin Maktum, O.B.S., Ruler of
Dubai, accompanied by his two sons, Rashid and Khalifah, and about 150
followers, left for Qislu; Island on a hunting o:<pedition. The Political
Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, visited him on the 23rd. He reports that the
Shaildi’s men had killed 240 head of gazelle in about a month.
8# Umm al f^uw e.in:
On 7th April, the Shaikh of Sharjah visited the Shaikh of Umm al
Quwiin and was with him for an hour# Nothing that passed between them has
been disclosed, but it is believed that the Shaikh of Sharjah professed his
sincere friendship to the Shaikh of Umm al Quwain. Ho made a similar pro-
^ fesaion of frienrlship recently to Shaikh Said bin Maktum of Dubai, vide
paragrciph 9 of A.S.L.O’s report for March#
9# Tunnij~Kh awe-ti r dispute :
As a result of a blood feud, a bedouin oi the Khawati", a tribe
feudatory to the Shaikh of Ras al Khnimah, recently shot dead a Tunaiji
bedouin, a feudatory of the Shaikh of Sharjah. The man 1 s wife ms also
wounded and was brought to Sharjah for treatment. Her condition is not
serious. The Shaikh of Umm al Quwain has effected a truce for 45 days bet
ween the Khawatir and the Beni Qitab (on behalf of the Tunaij)#
10. Land i ng ar ra ngements :
There have been a number of complaints recently by the Bahrain mer
chant against the landing arrangements at Sitra and Manama. Cn the 8th His
Highness Shaikh Salman presided over a mooting attended by about thirty
prominent merchants. Nothing was decided at this meeting, but His Highness
has promised to consider any concrete proposals which may be put forward#
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The file contains the monthly intelligence reports of the Air Staff Liaison Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , based in Bahrain, for the period July 1946 to January 1949. The reports were distributed to several military and political offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, including the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Each report, marked secret, consists of several sections relating to geographic area, as follows: Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (including Saudi Arabia, Persia [Iran], and Qatar), Kuwait, and Muscat. Within each section is summarised intelligence on the following matters:
- shipping and air traffic;
- local news and tribal affairs;
- trade and industry;
- banking;
- the supply of electricity, water, and postal and medical services;
- the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy;
- the operations of oil companies and other private entities;
- smuggling and slavery;
- anti-locust operations;
- weather and meteorological data.
Many reports also include a list of exchange rates and local prices.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (206 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 208; 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/15/2/333
- Title
- 'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:207v, 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