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Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [169r] (339/472)
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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LOCAL AFFAIRS
(i) On the 6 th His Highness Shaikh Salman mov-etl
from Rafa' to his town palace at Ghadhibiyah where he
usually spends the month of Ramadhan.
(ii) On the 12th Shaikh Khalifah bin Mohammed bin
Isa al Khalifah, Superintendent of Police, Bahrain, and
a cousin of His Highness, left by B.O.A.C. flying boat
for the United Kingdom. His visit is at the invitation
of the British Council and will last for some six weeks.
(iii) Reference paragraph 132 (v) of Intelligence
Summary No.9.
On learning that the Bahrain Government proposed
to reduce the wheat allotment of each baker, the bakers,
in both Manamah and Muharraq, went on a two days' strike
from the 5th to the 6 th July. No bread was on sale and
the.poor of both towns were put to great distress. The
strike has led to an arrangement whereby the number of bakers
has been reduced to almost half with a corresponding increase
in.their individual wheat allotments. Each baker now re
ceives three bags of wheat every two days.
(iv) On the 22 nd the "Pearl Cinema", a modern luxury
cinema owned and operated by the Gosaibi Brothers, Saudi
merchants long established in Bahrain, was opened to the
public, . The cinema seats over 700 persons and boasts of an
air conditioning unit. This is not, however, in operation
because of the electricity shortage. His Excellency Sir
Rupert Hay, His Highness Shaikh Salman and the chief officials
of the Bahrain Government were among those invited to be
present. It was a torrid evening.
(v) On the night of the 26th the death occurred of
Sayid.Sa'id bin Sayid Khalifah, one of the wealthiest and
most important members of the Shia community in Bahrain.
(vi) PRICES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES FOR JULY.
Prices per kilogramme.
C ommod ity
Rice
Wheat
Bread (local)
Vegetable ghee
Pure ghee
C ontrol pr i ces
Es.O 8 9
Rs.O 11 0
Rs.3 9 0 to
Es.5 3 0
Bazaar prices.
Ranging from Rs.1/15 to
Rs. 2/8 according to the
quality.
Ranging from Rs.6/10 to
Rs.9/14 according to quality
Rs.O 13 3
Rs.5/8 to Rs.8/15 according
to the quality
Rs. 1/11
Rs.O 11 0
Rs.O 9 0
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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