'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940' [21r] (46/376)
The record is made up of 1 volume (184 folios). It was created in 19 Jan 1938-15 Jan 1941. 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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to His Highness the Shaikh with the object of extracting a
motor car or at least a thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
each from him, are
now in full swing* Even Shaikh Hamad, generous as he is, is
getting extremely tired of these people and has besought my
assistance in putting them off. He regretfully declined my
suggestion that he might manage matters himself by return pre
sents of equally worn-out camels to his visitors.
(iii) A fire occurred at No. 56 Well in the Bahrain Pet
roleum Company* s Oil Field on the 17th April. This is a new
M edge well” and a test had just been made which resulted in a
good deal of oil lying about the rig. By the most extraordi
nary misfortune a spark from an engine just being started fired
the oil-soaked clothing of a cooly, and while he himself was
being extinguished in the mud-sump the fire spread to the der
rick floor. It was however extinguished quite quickly and no
serious damage was done.
48.
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
(i) Reference paragraph 29(i) of my Summary No. 5 of 1938.
The Shaikh of Abu Dhabi has had the impertinenc e t o en
quire
Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios.
why he has been deprived of the good offices of His Majes
ty* s Government, and to enquire also what reasons we have for
stating that s lave trading goes on through his territories.
Since the latter enquiry appeared to indicate the* the intention
more of suppressing informers than of slave traders, he has re
ceived the reply that since he is the Shaikh he presumably knows
all that is going on in his Shaikhdom and that it is his busi
ness to put a speedy end to slave traffic.
(ii) Shaikh Khalid, the Regent of Kalba, seems to be doing
fairly well for himself. One story, so far unconfirmed, is that
he has managed to assert authority over quite a considerable stret
ch of Ras al Khaimah territory in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Kaur. The small
Shaikh or Wall of South (independent) Diba also appears to re
cognise Kalba as his suzerain. It is a pity that Shaikh Khalid
suffers so much from malarial
(iii) Intensive patrolling and
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
searching on the Tru
cial and Batineh Coasts by the three sloops now in the Gulf have
resulted in a crop of rumours. One of them, which has been re
produced in a Baghdad newspaper (and which I hope will appeal
to the sloops) is that an entire British fleet is now in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. Another, which is interesting as indicating the
present trend of thought on theCoast, is that the Abu Dhabi
and Has al Khaimah pearling fleets are to be seized.
49. Saudi Arabia .
(i) Reference paragraph 100 of Jeddah Report for March 1938.
The deepening of No. 2 Well at Dhamman proceeds slowly
through hard rock formations. Meanwhile the flow from No. 7 c©re
tinues undiminished, and everyone is very satisfied.
The party of 16 persons to which reference is made in
the JeddehReport is actually engaged on geophysical exploration
by the seismic method in the Abu Hadriyah direction (nowhere
near Wasr as Salwa). The object of the seismic tests is to lo
cate likely subsurface structures where there are few surface
exposures to assist. I understand that the California Arabian
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The volume 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 years 1938-40. 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. Most of the reports cover a two week period, though due to holidays and work pressures some cover an entire month.
The reports are split into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the reports is intelligence on the following:
- shipping and the activities of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and commercial transport companies such as Imperial Airways Limited;
- the movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables;
- the affairs of countries of the region, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Persia [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. ;
- trade and the pearling and oil industries;
- the weather and climate.
Folios 166-182 are internal office notes.
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- 1 volume (184 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:185v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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