Coll 30/5(3) 'Persian Gulf Bahrain Residency Monthly Letter - Summary of Events' [‎10r] (19/194)

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PERSIA N GULF RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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Dear Donaldson
BA HRAIN , U^y-
the 4th Dec'ember, 1947——-
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The following is a summary of events in the Persian
Gulf Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for November. ^ c? (j^u (3 ^
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Royal Weddingc The wedding of their Royal Highnesses
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh was celebrated
by a number of functions at Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat.
residents
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Officers
Bahrain I entertained the children of the British
Manama to tea, the Chief Petty Officers and Petty
of H.M.S, ff Wren n to drinks and leading members of the British
community to dinner. About 250 persons called on me including
British, Americans, Arabs, Persians and Indians. His Highness
Shaikh Salman did not call as he was indisposed but his senior
uncle Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa came and asked that his congrat
ulations should be conveyed to their Royal Highnesses. At
Kuwait a fair in the English style was held at the Kuwait Oil
Company's camp at Magwa and attended by British and American
residents and Arab notables. At Muscat 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.
received a number of . calls in the morning and in the afternoon
was at home to the British and American residents and the local
notables. The Sultan of Muscat and the Shaikhs of Bahrain
and Kuwait sent congratulatory messages and the Shaikh of
Banrain also seno a’present of pearLs. The Indian communities
ac Muscat sent congratulatory telegrams and the Khoja community
are proposing to send a gift.
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Oh,olerg.. Ac me beginning of the month news was received of
suspected.cases of cholera at Dubai and the place W/as visited
bp the Principal, medical Officer, British Forces, Iraq, and
the Residence Surgeon. They found that two persons had died
xiom symomms resembling those of cholera and as a precaution
ary meusv e ieclared the place cholera infected and imposed
quarantine restrictions. Before this action was taken news
had somehow leaked out and the B.B.C. announced that cholera
had.brokenma" in the rersian Gulf. Some broadcasting
s•camion . tat d that the outbreak was at Bahrain. The Iraqi
Government immediately closed the Kuwait-Iraq land frontier,
stopped all air t?affi? between I~aq and the Gulf and prevented
co’n -;l v cm:: , from entering or leaving the Shatt al Arab.
1 . e lao u me a ;i. ee deprived Kuwait of her drinking water supply,
i.o further s us nee ted cases of cholera occurred at Dubai and
me p'.ace ms declared free from infection on the 26th November,
i m -uaq j Gov ernment, then removed all restrictions on traffic
between the Gulf and Ira}.
$ Commnnications
and Karachi'wa;
now. no regular
India thougn^ ‘ mts can occasionally be obtained in the B.O.A.C.
^nroug i s 31’^ trom the United Kingdom to Australia and the
Vbar fare, _ rvqi Airways have started a weekly service from
. ,jC> j ■ • 1 , vuwait and Bahrain and back by the same route,
position :i -“- • • •
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The B.O.A.C.
5 closed down at
aix’ service for
shuttle service" between Bahrain
the end of October and there is
passengers between Bahrain and
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Baghdad.
The
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"■ill ve
‘ding communications with Muscat by sea is
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