'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Report' [‎19r] (37/154)

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N o o 7 OF 1947 ,
BAHRAIN INIHLLIGjINCR SUIiiiAHY FOR PRRIOD 1 ST TO
15TH APRIL, 1947.
73.c MQVHIilNTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) On the 1 st Mr. 0 .N. Jackson, PI.B.E. , Political Officer,
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , arrived in Bahrain by air from Sharjah and returned
on the 9th by R.A.F. 'plane.
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(ii) On the 12 th the Political Agont left Bahrain in the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch on a tour of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
(iii) Reference paragraph 60(ii) of Intelligence Summary No. 6 .
On the 13th the Hon’’ble 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. returned to Bahrain in H.M.S. "WILDGOOSE". He was
accompanied by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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72. VISITORS .
(i) Mr. W.L.F. Nuttall, a member of the Petroleum- Division
of the Ministry of Fuel & Power recently visited ^atar and Bahrain.
He called on 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. on the 10 th.
(ii) Mr. G.C. Van Wageningen, a civil engineer of the Dutch
Airline"K.L.M.", arrived in Bahrain on the 12th, and called at the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. the next day. He is on a visit of inspection of airfields
• in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and stated that his company might wish to fly
through Bahrain.
73. CALLS .
On the 10th 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. called on Shaikh Abdulla
bin Isa, G.I.B., at P-uharraq.
74. PETROLE UM CONCESSIONS LI PITTED,
Reference paragraph 63 of Intelligence Summary No. 6 .
The geophysical party have completed their survey 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 have left Sharjah by air for Basra.
75 o UMH AL wAlii/ a IN.
On the 7th of April the Shaikh of Sharjah visited the
Shaikh of Umra al ^aiwain 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 qaiwain. He made a similar profession of friendship recently
to Shaikh Said bin Maktum of Dubai, vide paragraph 53 of Intelligence
Summary No. 5 . ,
76 . TUNAIJ-KHAWATIR DISPUTE .
As a result of a blood feud, a bedouin of the Khawatir,
a tribe feudatory to the Shaikh of Has al Khaimah, recently shot
dead a Tunaiji bedduin, ; a feudatory of the Shaikh of Sharjah.
The man's wife was also wounded and was brought to Sharjah for
treatment. Her condition is not serious. The Shaikh of Umm al
qaiwain has effected a truce for 45 days between the Khawatir and
the Beni qitab (on behalf of the Tunaij).
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