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Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎14r] (27/276)

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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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u There have been two heavy showers of rain
• a ^ n, one ^ owar( ^ s the end of November and the
other in the first week of the period under report.
* £BTCES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIRS .(Per Kilogramme).
. Commodity.
Control price. Bazaar Price.
Rice
Ts. 1. 1.6
0 . 7.9
0 0 . 10.0
3.11.0
’Vheat
Bread, loaf (v/hen available)
Vegetable Oil ..,
Pure Ghee
Ranging from PvS.6.10.0 tp
Rs.9.14.0 according to the
quality.
1 . 6.0
Ranging from Rs.3.5.6 to
Rs. 10.12.0 according to'the quality.
Sugar
Tea
Dhal
Potatoes
Onions
Mutton
Beef
Butt4r
Milk .
Firewood
Fish
Rs. 0.13.6
1 . 2.0
0. 6.6
1.10.6
1 . 6.0
0 .-
0. 9.0
9. 0.0
0. 2.0
Ranging from Rs.0.9.0 to Rs. 1.10.6
according to the quality.
Dates (fresh)
Charcoal
Coffee
0. 5.6
0. 7.0
Rs. 2/- to Rs.3/- according to the quality
273. SHIPPING .
Twenty-nine ships (12 British, 4 American,
5 Panamanian, 3 Dutch, 3 Norwegian, 1 Swedish and 1
Spanish) called at the port of Bahrain during the period
under report. imports were 1,861-J- tons of general cargo
/for Bahrain and 2,188-g- tons for transhipment to the mainland.
Exports were 224,200 tons of petroleum products.
274. METEOROLOGIC AL.
Details not yet received.
Sd./- C.J. PELLY
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.
NS.

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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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