Coll 30/9(2) 'Persian Gulf Annual Administration Reports' [30r] (61/88)
The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1949-29 Jun 1949. 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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- X 6 -
(iii)
No.
of paying passengers
embarked
during 1948 ..
• « • e
1,662
No.
of paying passengers
disembarked
during 1948 ..
•. . .
1,669
No.
of passengers transitting .. ..
9,408
Weig^tt of air cargo cabarked Kgs.
w w ” " disembarked Kgs.
civil asall embarked Kgs.
* " disembarked w
diplomatic mail embarked Kgs
* * diseiatarked ,,
troops mail embarked M
w w diserabarked M
14,834.4
64,205.6
7,799.2
9,879.9
110.8
212.7
1,330.6
394.6
Mg 2 £genti_p f_dlff grent_tynei?_of, aircr aftt
Hytbe Class
Landing
444
Taking off
443
Plymouths
Larding
211
Taking off
210
Skym©stars
Landing
23
Taking off
23
(1) Captain L.E.Porter, R.N., was the Senior
Kaval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, for the whole of the year
under review having his headquarters afloat in H.fc.S.
"Wild Goose H . He paid numerous visits to Bahrain. In
September he wes for a short time the guest of 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.
at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
(il) All vessels of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Squadron
visited Bahrein during the year under review. In
September H.H.S. "Wren" Commander J.G. Martin, R.N.,
visited Abu Dhabi and Sharjah and in October R.K.S.
"Loch Quoich H , Commander BFST paid visits to Dubai and Res
al Khalmah.
(ill) Eenrly in January Bahrein received a visit
from His Excellency the Coirmfnder-in-Chief, East Indies
Station, Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, K.C.B., D.S.C.,
who arrived in K.M.S."Norfolk". He was accompanied by
Lady and Miss Palliser. The usual calls were exchanged
and the Shaikh and relatives invited to/tea party on
board. His Excellency called at Sharjah later in the
month, when he was aceomnanied 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.
,
Bahrain. The Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah called on the
Comncndcr-in-Chief on board H.M.S. "Norfolk" and the
latter presented 3 slaughtered bullocks and 6 tins of
Arab sweetmeat to the men of the cruiser.
(iv) H.^.S."Challenger", Captain R. Southern,R.N.,
undertook a number of surveys of the East Coast of the
Qatar peninsula during the cold weather of 1947-48. In
November H.M.S. "Challenger", Commander J.li.Sharpey
Shafer, R.N., returned to Qatar in the company of an
American Survey Ship. Bcxn ships are carrying out a
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This file consists of two annual administration reports for the year 1948, one for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat (folios 4-15) and the other for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain incorporating the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Qatar (folios 16-42).
These two reports cover the following topics:
- Ruling Family
- Education
- Agriculture
- Medical
- Oil
- Trade
- Political Situation
- Customs
- Public Works
- Financial
- Communications
- Visitors
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- 1 file (41 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 43; 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.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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