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'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949' [116r] (231/372)
The record is made up of 1 file (184 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1950-20 Jul 1950. 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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accompanied by Shaikh Hazza of Abu Dhabi, visited
Sila and there found the Americans encamped under the
protection of a Saudi Amir Haiyif and some armed
Saudi guards# On 23rd April, an unfortunate incident
took pXace in v/hich the Saudis disarmed tv/o
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
guards and detained the Political Officer for some
hours. When the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
rifles v/ere eventually restored
the Political Officer and Shaikh Hazza returned to Abu-
Dhabi and thence to Bahrain and reported v/hat had
occured, to 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.
. This matter, together
with the general question of the Saudi-Abu Dhabi
boundary was taken up with the Saudis at governmental
level. AH Saudis and ARAICO personnel had been with
drawn from the area by the end of April.
The Ruler of Abu Dhabi, anxious to grant a sea
bed concession to Superior Oil Company has informed the
Petroleum Development (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Limited, that he
considers their existing concession covers the land only,
a condition with which the British Company cannot agree.
Although he has been called to arbitration under the
terms of his concession, he has so far failed to nominate
an arbitrator. Partly on account of the bad relations
between himself and the petroleum Development (Trucial
\
Coast) Limited and partly through suspicion of Dubai,
Shaikh Shakhbut tried in October to prevent the entry
of Dubai dhows, chartered by the Company, into Khor-
Ghanadha. The Political Officer having informed him that
the Petroleum Development (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Limited were
entitled, under the terms of their concession to employ
such craft, he withdrew his objection, but later tried
to impose a tax upon them.
In June, the Ruler received a loan of 4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
from P.C.L. much of this sura is believed to have
been spent on consolidating his position in Buraimi.
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1949 Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 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 the reports themselves.
The correspondence is between 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. and representatives of institutions active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; British Postal Agencies; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); British Bank of Iran and the Middle East (formerly Imperial Bank of Iran); and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 106-22) and Qatar (folios 99-102) reports are submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Political Officer at Sharjah and the British Agent at Doha, respectively. Both final reports are then submitted 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 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 Bahrain.
The final report (folios 155-183), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Qatar reports, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. General; 2. Al Khalifah; 3. Education; 4. Agriculture; 5. Municipalities; 6. Water Conservation; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Automatic Telephones; 10. Pearling; 11. Bahrain Fisheries; 12. Sale of Landed Property to Foreigners; 13. Deportation of Undesirables; 14. Currency; 15. Customs; 16. Food Control; 17. Shipping; 18. Post Office; 19. Administration of Justice; 20. Police; 21. Economic; 22. Medical; 23. Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; 24. Cable and Wireless Limited; 25. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 26. Royal Navy; 27. Unites States Navy; 28. United States Consul, Dhahran; 29. Visitors; 30. Items of Interest; 31. Weather. Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.
Folios 184-85 are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (184 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 186; 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 2-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 91r:95v, 98r:103v, 105r:122v, 140r:141v, 153r:185v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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