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'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949' [‎155r] (309/372)

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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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BAHRAIN AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. INCLUDING
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 FOR THE YEAR 1949.
1. general.
The year was one of steady progress in Bahrain
helped by the increasing availability of supplies for
building and of machinery from the United Kingdom. The
local administration maintained its excellent record as
that of the model State of the Middle East. The major
question with political implications concerning the oil
industry was the division of the sea-bed. In Qatar the
starting of operations by the Iraq Petroleum Company and
concession hunting by the Superior Oil Company of Cali
fornia sud^suly brought that barren peninsula into pro
minence. On the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. oil Company operations
were also commenced in the wastes under the control of
the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi. In the hinterland kidnapping
for slavery, robbery, and other crimes were almost as
prevalent as they have always been in the past.
2. AL KHALIKAH .
(a) His Highness Sha itth Sir Salman bln Hamad
A1 Khalifah. K. C.I.E., Ruler .
S'
His Highness the Shaikh maintained good health,
his steady record of progressive administration, and
(except over the Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. question) friendly relations
with His Majesty’s Government and 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.
and 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. throughout the year. In May
he celebrated the marriage of his eldest son, Shaikh Isa
bin Salman, aged 21 years, to the daughter of Shaikh
Salman bin Ibrahim A1 Khalifah. In November he paid
a visit to Kuwait in H.M.S. ’’Wild Goose”, accompanied
by his brother Mubarak bin Hamad Al Khalifah and three
notables of Bahrain. He stayed there for three days.
He thought it incumbent on him to return the visit which
His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait made to Bahrain in
June.
0>) Shalkh-Mohammed bin Isa Al Kha lifah. C.B.E ..
uncle of His Highness .
As usual, this old man was on the move at various
times during the year. He visited the United States in
March in order to see his son Hamad (who is studying at
Stanford University, California) and to have his teeth
attended to. His visit cost the Bahrain Petroleum Com
pany Limited, who found themselves let in for paying for
it, a great deal of money and reduced one of their officials
who accompanied the Shaikh to desperation. Soon after
his return from the United States he left for Syria and the
Lebanon in June for a change, and in October he visited
India for medical treatment. He left for Cairo in De
cember and did not return till the end of the year. He
was made an honorary C.B.E. in June.
(c) Shaikh Abdullah bln Isa *1 Khalifah, junior
uncle o f His Highness .
Shaikh Abdullah married as his fourth wife a young
girl of 18, the daughter of Saiyid Ibrahim of Hidd township
in the island of Muharraq, on the 29th of January. He
left ...

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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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