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Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [25r] (49/472)
The record is made up of 1 file (233 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1948-14 Feb 1950. 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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T . ., . Pakistani employees of the Petroleum Concessions
Limited an Qatar demanded full payment in Pakistani rupeesc
When this was refused by the Company and an offer made of
payment of bO/o of salary in Pakistani
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
the employees
struck work. ' ^ ^
19of them came to Bahrain and threatened to stay
here until all the Pakistanis in Qatar returned to Pakistan
^ 0 Fortunately no attempt was made to carry out this
threat and they all boarded a ship for Pakistan.quietly on the
^ f L>n ©
. Company employs over 300 Pakistanis in Qatar
and.it is expected that at least 80 more of them intend to
resign.
(v) P earl i ng .
. .Almost all local pearling boats had returned to
Bahrain during.the last week of October. The number of boats
engaged in diving this year is reported to have been 84 with
a total number of 3092 persons manning them.
(vi) British Detachment .
Reference paragraph 151 (vii) of Summary No.18.
Three of the policemen arrived in Bahrain by air
during t v 'e period under review and the fourth man is expected
shortly.
(vii) Agricultural A dviser .
The Bahrain Government proposes to employ one
Mr. t 1 orsyth as Agricultural Adviser for the Government and
has asked the Middle East Secretariat, who originally suggested
the name, to recruit him.
159. QA1~AR.
(i) U.S. In tere sts . .
On the 15th Mr. Parker T. Hart, United States
Consul-General, Dhahran, visited Qatar. On the 16th he paid
a call on.Shaikh All accompanied by the Political Officer and
lunched with the Shaikh. During his stay he called on the
local notables. He left on the 18th.
(ii) Shaikh A b dullah .
Saleh al Mani’ has informed the Political Officer
that the part of Shaikh Abdullah 1 s fortune which he got away
to Saudi Arabia is in the Banque de I'Indo-Chine at Dhahran.
(ii) A ir Services .
The Shaiki has given Mr. Bosworth permission to
land his aeroplane at Doha at his own risk. The Shaikh ac^pts
no responsibility, and will levy no landing fee. Mr. Bosworth
arrived on the 21st on a charter flight for the American Mis
sion, and was met on landing by the Chief of Police and the
Director of Customs, who carried out routine inspections, took
a passenger list, signed the log-book, and generally created
an atmosphere of Government,
(m) ..
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The 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. at Bahrain for January 1948 until January 1950 (not for the year 1946 as the title suggests). 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:
- Shipping
- Visits of British and foreign notables
- Economic and commercial matters
- Local news and affairs, as well as that of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- The work of Bahrain Petroleum Company, and the oil industry more generally
- American interests in the region
- Local reaction to international events such as those in Palestine and Syria
- The activities of the Royal Navy
- The supply of electricity, water and telecommunications
- Aviation
- The work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit
- The traffic of slaves
- Quarantine and medical matters
- Weather and meteorological data.
There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.
In addition to the reports, the file contains a copy of a letter sent from the Government of Pakistan's Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department in Karachi to British officials in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain concerning the alleged kidnapping and enslavement of girls in Baluchistan by 'Arab traders in dates', 9 March 1949 (folio 91).
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 (233 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 235; 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) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:90v, 92r:103v, 104ar:104av, 104r:234v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence