'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940' [‎82r] (168/376)

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69* Movements of British Officials ^
0nth « HthJune 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. proceeded with
the benior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in H.M.S. Shoreham
on a visit to Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Kalba. On the
32th June 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. transferred to H.M.3. Fowey and
visited Sharjah and Dubai again, and also Ajman*
(ii> Mr* R*S#x* John, I#C*S*, Acting Vice Consul, Bushire*
arrived on the 18th and left on the 24th June 1939.
(iii) The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Fowle,
K.CC*B*ii., Political Hesident in the Pex’sian Gulf,
arrived on the 27th June on a farewell visit to Bahrain*
70* British Interests .
(i) Mr. C.T *L• Adrian-Vallance of the Iraq Educational
Department, visited Bahrain from the 12th to the 22nd June
for the purpose of inspecting and reporting on the educational
organisation at present existing in Bahrain and of advising on
its future growth.
(ii) Mr. C. Gahan arrived from Karachi on the 21st June
to take over charge as Officer in Charge, Cable and Wireless
Limited, Bahrain, vice Mr. N.L. Penfold.
71. Forefyn Interests .
Iieferencc paragraph 44 (i) of my Intelligence Nummary
No. 7 of i.939.
Mr. M.Vv. Thornburg, Vice President of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company Limited left on uhe 8th June 1939.
72. Local affairs .
(i) The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. flagstaff was dressed on the 8th June in
honour of the Birthday of His Majesty the King Emperor.
Calls were received from His Highness the tuler of
Bahrain, members of the A1 Khalifah family, and leading
members of the Indian, Arab and Persian Communities.
(ii) On the 16th June a meeting was held in the Bahrain
Theatre under the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of dhaikh Abdullah bin Isa al
I Dial if ah, with the object of collecting subscriptions for
distressed Arab widows and orphans in Palestine• Che amount
collected and promised so far is some as. 24,000. Unfortunately
the first instalment of this money was sent to lhaikh Muham/nad
bin Isa in Alexandria for transmission to Abdul Hamid daid in
Cairo, who is stated by the Embassy to be an undesirable. This
was only discovered on the Political Rent’s return to Bahrain
from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and though efforts have been made to
intercept the money, it is probably too late. The action or
the Bahrain Committee in ignoring advice to send the money to
the Arab ^ omen* s Committee in derusa. sir. i-: deplorable.
73• Trueial Coast .
(1) The continued stay in Sharjah of Shaikh i.ana and the
Dubai refugee party and the shaikh of Iiarjsh s unwillingness
to evict them from his town finally led the Shaikh of Lubai to
threaten to attack Sharjah Town. Unsuccessful efforts were
made to induce the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi to permit the refugees
to live in his State, and finally it was decided that the only
means of nreventing actual hostilities was to frighten the
Shaikh of~Sharjah into expelling Mana and his party irrespect
ive of anysubseonent arrangements which might be made for
th e ir /