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'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary' [14r] (27/174)
The record is made up of 1 file (85 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1949-31 Dec 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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No.4 of 1949.
Vi**
SECRET.
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
16th to 28th February, 1949.
29. MOVEMENTS OF OFF ICIALS.
(i) Reference paragraph 20 (iii) of Intelligence
Summary No.3.
On the 24th Mr. C.J. Pelly, O.B.E., Political
Agent, Bahrain, returned from the United Kingdom.
(ii) On the 27th Mr. G.N. Jackson, M.B.E., left
by 'plane for Kuwait.
30. V ISIT ORS.
On the 2nd Major Beamish, Conservative Member
of Parliament for Lewes, Sussex, arrived in Bahrain from
Kuwait as the guest of M. Emile Bustaneh of the Contract
ing and Trading Company, Beirut.
(ii) On the 18th Mr. F. Bosworth, a private air
craft operator,arrived in Bahrain in his own aircraft. He
hopes to obtain the Bahrain Government's approval for the
establishment of an aircraft charter and training organisa
tion at Muharraq aerodrome in which he would later interest
local investors.
31. LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(i) Bahrain C oinage .
. „ . Highness Shaikh Salman is considering the
introduction of his own metal coinage for small denomination
coins from and including 8 annas downwards. It has been
estimated that the quantity of such coins in circulation in
Bahrain is from 5 to 6
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
(ii) Taxi Cars .
The considerable profits that were earned by
- taxi-car owners (often as much as Rs.1,200/- to Rs.1,500/-
a month) induced many Bahrainis to enter the taxi-car
business, and there have been constant additions since the
ena of the war of new model American and, later, English
cars to the taxi fleet. The business has now reached
saturation point (there are 236 taxis and taxi buses for
c.n urban population of 48,000 persons, many of whom travel
by oil company vehicle, private car, or donkey), profits
nave fallen by more than half, and the Bahrain Government
is reported to be refusing to issue any further tfexj car
licences.
(iii) Gold .
difference in price between the market
price of gold in Bahrain, where it is sold at Rs.80/- per
tola, and Bombay, where it is sold at Rs.120/- per tola,
encouraged some local Indians to buy gold in the one place
an sell it in the other. The gold was made up into
feminine ...
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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 1949. 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 contain information covering a wide range of subjects, including:
- shipping;
- visits of British and foreign notables;
- economic and commercial matters;
- local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, 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 Bahrain Petroleum Company, and the oil industry more generally;
- American interests in the region;
- local reaction to international events such as those in Palestine and Syria;
- 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.
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- 1 file (85 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 inside back cover with 87; 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 present in parallel between ff 1-87; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Summary'
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- front, front-i, 2r:86v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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