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Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946' [22r] (43/276)
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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242. LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(i) Reference paragraph 93(iv) of Intelligence
Summary No. 8.
The uq;m customs sheds are now ready, and from
the 14th November all transit cargo may be stored for up
to 90 days on payment of a 2'i transit duty, before being
re-exported to any destination.
(ii) On the 7th His Highness, accompanied by his
uncles, Shaikhs Mohammed and Abdullah bin Isa^and Mr.
. C.D. Belgrave, C.B.E., Adviser to the Bahrain Government,
attended the opening ceremony of the new building of the
”Nadi-al-Bahrain" Club at Muharraq.
(iii) Reference paragraph 224(iv) of intelligence
Summary No. 20.
Some 7.000 pieces of clothing and Rs. 50,000
have been sent to the ,f Qaid-i-Azam Relief Fund".
/
243. SHIFPIN G.
Thirty-four ships (12 British, 5 American, 6
Panamanian, 3 Spanish. 2 Dutch, and 6 Norwegian) called
at the port of Bahrain during the period under report,
imports were 2,49Ip tons of general cargo for Bahrain and
3,379-y tons for transhipment to the mainland. Exports were
±13j, tons of general cargo and 228,100 tons of petroleum
products.
244. MET EORO LOGICA L.
Maximum
temperature
93 °P.
? 1°P •
on
12. n. 1947.
Minimum
temperature
on
15.11.1947.
Maximum
humidity
9Ll
on
7.11.1947.
Minimum
humidity
491
on
17.11.1947.
(Sd.) G.N. JACKSON
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.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (136 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:137v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence