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'File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940' [134r] (272/376)
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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arasi-ic action, though this remains to b e confirmed.
. ^ ama d ’s attitude was probably influenced
^^"k 163 following the distribution (or more
likely the non-distribution) of the oil money
which was paid by the Company on the 17th May.
66*
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Reference paragraph 49 of my Intelligence
Summary No. 8 of 1940.
The Shaikh of Dubai has been pressing his
demands on the Shaikh of Sharjah to turn the Auwlad
Rashid out of his town and also to force the Shaikh
of Hira to turn the Auwlad Bati out of Hira. After
a good deal of talk the Auwlad Rashid, with the
exception of Shaikh Mana 5 s family, moved to Hira
and t his was followed by an agreement between the
Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah to "boycott” Hira
until both the Rashid and Bati families are forced
to leave. The Shaikh of Sharjah has always claimed
that Hira is under his suzerainty but is far too
pusillanimous in character and weak in armed strength
to enforce this claim.
Although the agreement between the Shaikhs
of Dubai and Sharjah has resulted in the road between
the two towns being reopened to traffic and in a
general easing of tension, it is highly improbable
that it will have any effect on the Shaikh of Hira's
expressed determination to keep the Rashid and Bati
families in his town.
66 . Meteorological
Maximum temperature .. 102.6° on the 24th May.
Minimum temperature .. 72.2° on the 20th May
Humidity exceeded 70 % on seven days, the
maximum being 92 % on the 19th May.
Bahrain,
The 2nd June 1940.
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.
(Distribution as usual;
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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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