Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎89r] (177/276)

45. LOCAL riBVJS.
(i) Reference paragraph 32 of intelligence Summary No.3.
to control
two Indian
and the
' The Bahrain Government are making an attempt
the spread of venereal disease and propose to engage
doctors to carry out the registration of prostitutes
regular inspection of brothels.
(ii) The Bahrain Government have been worried about the acti
vities of certain darwishes who have recently come to Bahrain
from Oman and have set themselves up as religious leaders. 1 /
trade on the sale of amulets and charms and have persuaded s —
of the younger members of their following to submit to the ZiKr
exercises practised by the darwishes of North Africa. In
exercises nails and pins are driven into the body of idie dcAOue-
when he has beer, worked into a state of hysterical insensibi
The devotees appear to feel no pain at the time but injuri o _
are often inflicted, and one young man has had to be taken to t....
Government Hospital. Two darwishes have been arrested in this
connection.
(iii) Recently 30 school boys and their teachers spent 4 days
of the spring holidays on Hawar island. They left on oho -1st
and returned to Bahrain on the 25th.
46. CORRIGENDUM .
Reference paragraph 34 of intelligence Summary No.3.
This should be corrected to read as follows:-
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
Maximum humidity
Minimum humidity
76°F. on 2.2.'47.
53°F. on 8.2.'47.
97t on 10.2.47.
49^ on 5.2.’47.
47. SHIPPING .
Twenty-Six ships (14 British, 6 American. 3 Norwegian,
1 Danish, 1 Swedish and 1 Panamanian ) called a o the port cu
Bahrain during the fortnight. imports were 846 tons of general
cargo for Bahrain and 700 tons for transhipment to the mainlc.^.
251,600 tons of petroleum products were exported during
period under report. Export figures in respect ol general ca. 0
have not yet been received.
48. M ETEOROLOGICAL .
Maximum temperature 78^F* on 19.2.'47.
Minimum temperature 53 F. on 27.2.'47.
Maximum humidity 94$ on 20. a. '47.
Minimum humidity 44$ on 27.2. '47.
Rainfall 0.4 inch.
Sd./- A.C. GALLOWAY
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.