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'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940' [‎85r] (174/376)

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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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(ii)/
- 2 -
controlling the gas which is highly poisonous,
children have been evacuated to Bahrain*
Bahrain.
V omen and
1, kittle effective progress having been made in Bahrain
for the control of malaria since Major Afridi’s final report was
received, 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. requested the Bahrein Government
to appoint a Committee to accelerate matters.
ihe first meeting of this Committee was held on the 11th
July, the Political 'gent presiding, at which a definite -orogramme
of work was accepted. This programme includes
(i) The preparation of a project to provide a piped suppl-w
for Mansmah Town, thus enabling the numberless shallow wells in ~
the Town to be filled in
(ii) The construction of a hatchery for larvicidal fish to
be used in these shallow well© pending their elimination
(iii) Experiments in vertical drainage for stagnant water
(iv) Measures for ensuring the proper maintenance of
irrigation ditches and 'drains in gardens (with proposed penal
provisions)
(v) Preparation of large-scale contoured maps for control
work
(vi) Propaganda schemes.
It net remains to ensure that the programme is
carried out*
2. An allied problem, which has given much cause for
anxiety to 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 the Adviser lately, is the
indiscriminate artesian-well drilling and the appaling water
wastage in which everyone joins merrily at present on the theory
that •’enshallah” there will always be plenty of water. Attempts
are now being made to break down this comfortable but impcovident
attitude the danger of which is sufficiently evident from the
serious decline of the static head almost everywhere, and a letter
has been written by the Political Kesident to His Highness the
Shaikh urging him to take effective steps for control.
The A1 Khalifah being the worst offenders in this
respect a difficult period lies ahead.
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 73(i) of my Intelligence Summary
Ho. 12 of 1939.
Negotiations have been proceeding during the fortnight
or Shaikh liana and the majority of his party to find a permanent
ome at Hamasah in the Baraimi Oasis, aa the rafxqs of the -.1 3u
hamis Shaikh Rashid bin Hamad. After th ®, 1 ^
uulicitv. suspicion and intrigue had been duly tiaversed, uhe
equieite pledges have bean signed. Shaikh Msna and his par^
re now visiting Sharjah — under the projection of the blotters
f the A1 Bu Sharais Shaikh and of the Shaikh o.. Abu Dhabi, ^nc
ith the consent of Shaikh Said of Dubai ^°ut the
emoval of their women folk and the disposal of their property.
It is a point of interest, indicating the dominant
10 sition held by /bu Dhabi in the Baraimi area, that the A1 Bu
ihaimis first obtained the approval ol the onaikh of bu Dhabi
,efore agreeing to accept the :.iana party at Hamasah.

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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:

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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