Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎102r] (203/276)

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BAHRAIN ININLLIGENCN SIMMMVi FOR PERIOD 1ST
TO 15TH DECEMBER 9 1946.
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272. MOVEMENTS OF ^OFFICIALS.
(i) On the 2nd the 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. , accompanied by
Mrs. Galloway, returned by air from Basra.
(ii) On the 3rd tiie T 'on'ble Lt-Col. ^ T .R. Hay, C.S.Io,
C I.E., 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. , left on the
"King Faisal' 1 * on tour.
(iii) On the th ’. T ing/Comrnander P.R.M. Williams, Air Staff
Liaison Officer, Bahrain, left Bahrain by 'plane for
Sharjah. He returned cn the 15th.
(iv) On the isth the 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. , accompanied by Krs.
Galloway, left Bahrain by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch on tour.
2^3. CALLS.
(i) On the 12th the 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. called on His Highness
the Shaikh of Bahrain.
(ii) On the 14th His Highness returned the call at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
274. RAS AL KHAIM. eh
Reference paragraph 266 of intelligence Summary No. 22.
Shaikh Huharnmad bin Salim, brother of the Shaikh of
Ras al Khaimah, declined to accept the Shaikh of Ras ul Khaimah's
proposal that they should go to Sharjah to sectle the dispute m
the presence of the Shaikhs of Sharjah and Ajman. He has also
rejected an offex that his family should live in lilailan, a small^
village situated betv/een Sha'am and Rams. By this offer the oha.’...i
of Ras al Hhaimah hoped to occupy the strong poini/S vacated by h. •-
brother, but Shaikh Huhaiiimed bin Salim has decided not to move ^ 1 ^ 1
•his present positions. The Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah is anxious
that his brother and nephews- should leave the gardens outsiae
Furaideh village because in another 3 or 4 months the grea.tei pdi o
of the population of Ras al Hhairnah will move into ohe gardens,
and become subject to his brother's authority.
275. MOVEMENTS OF tRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. SHAIKHS.
Shaikh Fuhamrned bin Hamad ash-Sharqi ol Fujairah le.. o
for Muscat on a visit to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat.
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Shaikh gaqr bin Sultan, Chief of the Nai'ra in Buraimi,
ecencl/ blinded and then executed three persons suspected of .
having organised a plot to assassinate him and instal his cousin
Humaid bin Kamdan in his pl^ce. The Shaikh is a wealthy man, arm
very unpopular among hfs peQple. He is reported to^be on fiici'r j./
terms with the shaikh of Dubai to whom he supplies information
regarding the activities of the Shaikh of Abu nhabi.
277. DUBAI.
(i) On the 4th of December a party of about 50 Mana.sir Beni
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