'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940' [‎67r] (138/376)

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(iii) Mr- J.3. Black, Chief Local Representative of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, left for India on the 28th
February 1939.
Local Affairs
(i) His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and his Family have
been greatly concerned by the hostile propaganda being broadcast
by the Baghdad Radio Station recently, According to report most
of this has been directed against Kuwait and against British
,, repression ,, in the Gulf, but there have also b een one or two
hostile comments -about Bahrain. The matter has been reported to
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. .
(ii) H.M.S. ’’Challenger” arrived in Bahrain, to begin her
survey of local waters, on February 17th.
The Shaikh of Catar recently presented his nephew, aged
15, with a hawk. When the boy got home his father (Shaikh Muham
mad bin Jassim) tock the hawk from him and gave it to a favourite
slave. The boy resented this action and shot the slave dead;
and was in turn garrotted by his father’s orders.
35. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(i) Yet another date fixed by the Shaikh of Sharjah for an |
attack on the Beni Kitab passed during the fortnight and, as
usual, passed without incident.
(ii) Shaikh Humaid bin Abdullah, nephew of Shaikh Khalid, [
the Regent of Kalba, recently paid a visit to Bahrain for eye
treatmeni*. He brought very affectionate messages from Sh&ikh
Khalid and on his return to Kalba he was given a rifle 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. to take to Shaikh Khalid as a mark of a preda
tion of the latter’s friendly co-operation during the last year.
36. Meteorological
Maximum temperature .. 71.0^ on the 18th, 21st and 22nd
Minimum temperature .. 53.3° on the 16th February »
Humidity exceeded 70% on 12 days, the maximum being 95%
on the 20th February.
Rainfall 0.31” during the fortnight.
Qatar
Bahrain,
The 5th March 1939.
Sd/- H. Weightman
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. , Bahrain
Avoested
Captain
Assistant 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. , Bahrain
(Distribution as usual)