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Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎5r] (9/276)

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The record is made up of 1 file (136 folios). It was created in 30 Aug 1946-22 Jan 1948. 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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279. STRIKES.
Reference paragraph 263 of Intelligence
Summary No. 23.
All strikers have now returned to work.
280. AL KHALI?AH .
Shaikh HAMAD AL KHALIFAH, a son of Shaikh
MOHAMMED BIN ISA, the senior uncle of His Highness,
recently left by air for America to prosecute his studies
at Stanford University in California. It Is to be regretted
that no vacancy could be found for Shaikh HAMAD at an
English college.
281. SAUDI ARABIA .
Mr. D.G. O'CONNOR of JOHN HOWARD AND COMPANY
who has recently returned from Jedda_ states that the King
has given verbal permission for his "Company to operate in
Saudi Arabia and written permission is expected soon. Chey
have appointed Sc . JOHN PHILBY as their agent and he is
now in Riyadh. He" is being left to secure the "necessary,
permission and to straighten out certain other difficulties •
that have arisen. Mr. O'CONNOR is now returning to London
and expects, if Mr. PHILBY is successful, to open up in
Saudi Arabia in the next 3 or 4 months. He expects to get,
large construction contracts fr(yn the Arabian American Oil
Company and later from the Saudi Government. Sir ALLAN
TROri has been kept informed and has been assisting.
283. ABU MUSA .
On the 15th H.M.3. "WREN" with the llon'ble Sir
RUPERT HAY, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.. Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on board anchored off Abu Musa on its way from
Muscat co Bahrain. The Hon'ble the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. did
not land and the Political' Officer, Crucial- Coast, and Mr.
and Mrs. INNES POCOCK who had gone to Abu Musa from Sharjah
especially to see the Resident were unable to go aboard
because the "/REN anchored on the windward side of the island
while the only suitable boat had been got ready on the lee
ward side (because there had been a fresh east wind blwwing
all day) and could not be moved round before the WREN left,
and hour and half after her arrival.
283. SOUTH PERSIA .
(i) The Iranian Government are reported to have
sent troops to the coastal areas of South Persia to disarm
the inhabitants. It is also reported that political and
other prisoners are interned Xp. Hormuz as well as in Qishm
and Larch.
(ii) During the period under report, a jollyboat
belonging to Haji MUHAMMAD BIN ABDUR RAHMAN ZARUNI, a
native of Umm al Qaiwain, was seized by a Persian Patrol
Launch, off Chiru; its cargo consisting of 30 chests of
tea and 26 pieces of cloth and also 4,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. in.cash
was confiscated. The jollyboat was then taken to Lingah^
but the goods were removed to Bandar Abbas. It is reported
/that
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This file 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. in Bahrain from August 1946 until December 1947. A handwritten note on the cover of the file states that the summaries from January to July 1946 had been mislaid.

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 British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:

  • Movement of Officials
  • Calls and Visitors
  • Local Affairs
  • Affairs of the Trucial Shaikhs
  • The Royal Air Force
  • Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited
  • Petroleum Concessions Limited
  • Shipping
  • Meteorological.

There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (136 folios)
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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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; 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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