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'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940' [125r] (254/376)
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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(iii) Reference paragraph 85 of Muscat Intelligence
Summary No. 7 of 1940.
shaikh Isa bin Saleh al Harthi and his son Shaikh
Ibrahim arrived here on the 7th April. Shaikh Isa was first
accommodated in His Highness' Palace in Manama but is now in
the American Mission Hospital.
41*
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(i) : eference paragraph 36 of my Intelligence Summary
No* 6 of 1940.
ihe conduct of the peace between Dubai and Sharjah
has involved everyone in far neater activity than did the
conduct of the war, and all parties have maintained their
high reputation for double-crossing and cowardice. The
Shaikh of Sharjah is now anxious again to get rid of Shaikh
Mana but is afraid to tell him so to his face; Shaikh Mana
would like to leave but is insistent on obtaining a guaranteed
allowanace from the Shaikh of Dubai* At the moment he is at
Abu Dhabi having been taken there in a Sharjah launch the
pilot of which had secret orders to abandon him at Abu Dhabi
and to return at once to Sharjah.
The following is a typical story of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
On the 22nd March the Shaikh of Sharjah met the Shaikh of
Dubai and said that he proposed to send his Secretary to
Dubai for a friendly discussion of future action. That night
the Secretary arrived in Dubai with no message of importance
but said that he had a tin of nails in a house in Dubai which
he would like to take back to Sharjah. Would the Shaikh of
Dubai give him a permit to take it without its being subjected
to the usual examination ? Shaikh Said gave him the permit
but at the same time sent one of his men to stop the Secretary
on the outskirts of Daira to ignore the permit and to search
the tin. This was done andit was found to contain a few nails
on the top and four hundred rounds of ammunition below.
(ii)/-
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- Title
- 'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:185v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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