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Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎33r] (65/276)

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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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The rates for labour employed daily by the Public Works
and other Government departments have also boen Increased;
and dearness allowances on the allowances of those on the
Civil List have been raised from 30^ of the original
allowances to 501.
(il) On the 25th His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman bln
Hamad A1 Khalifah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain* moved fyoin
his summer palace at Qudhaibiyah to his palace at Rafa'ah.
202. TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
, , AH, on the 12th H.M.S. "LOCH GLENDHU^' visited Sharjah
and left the same day after delivering stores to the R # A.F.
(ii) Reference paragraph 180(ii) of Intelligence
Summary No,16.
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, has
returned to Sharjah from Ras al Khaimah.
(iii) Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah,
who had arrived in Dubai on the 11th, visited the Shaikh of
Sharjah and the 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. Agent on the 16th. He returned to
Dubai the same day, and left for Ras al Khaimah on the 18th.
(iv) On the 17th Mr. D.J. Stepehens, British Consular
Agent at Lingah, arrived at Dubai by launch after closing
down the British Consular Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. there. He left for India
by steamer on the 21st.
203. PSIROLEUM DE VELOP MENT (rRUCIAL COAST) LIMITED .
(i) On the 16th Mr. Balfour-Cameron, Camp Superintendent,
petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, arrived at
Sharjah by air.
(ii) On the 18th Mr. Kidd, Transport Officer, petroleum
Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Ltd., arrived at Shariah by steamer.
(iii) On the 21st Mr. H.M. Jackson, Representative,
Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ), Ltd., visited Abu Dhabi
and introduced Mr. Balfour-Cameron to the Shaikh. He returned
to Dubai the same day.
204. B.O.A.C., SHARJAH.
On the 19th Mr. H*H. Dunn arrived by air from Karachi
to take over from Mr. J.A. Roche as Station Superintendent, The
latter will, however, remain in Sharjah as long as K.L.M. air-
craft are landing there.
205. ABU MUSA.
On the 23rd Mr. E. Innes Pocock of the Golden
Valley Ochre and Oxide Company arrived at Abu Musa from
England with his family by S.S. "AVIRSTAN". He expects to
commence operations on the Island in three weeks’ time,
when the weather gets cooler.
206. SHIPPING.
Twenty-eight ships (11 British, 6 American,
/6 Norwegian.,,

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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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