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Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [183r] (367/472)
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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130.
PICKLING
Tho puarling souson is usually divided
into two parts by tho nonth of Kanadan for which
tho pearling floot returns to Bahrain. This year
B.-nadan will corno to an ond on tho 6th *iUgust 9 and
as there will be four months between that date and the
cold weather during which pearling operations can be
undertaken no pearling is being carried out before
Hamadan.
131. R^LeiGTINij jj.ND B.dl.tWA.IN
(i) King Ibn Baud's stock is said to have
fallen amongst the local i^rabs who consider that he
has taken second place to that of King ^bdullah of
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
in helping the i*rabs of Palestine.
132. LOOuL ;K'TK,IRS
(i) Reference paragraph 89 (iii) of Intell
igence Summary No. 6.
The Bahrain Government have replied that
they have searched the house of i*li Somali and that
they have no definite information leading them to
suppose that he is recruiting laboul?* They understand
that the suggestion that i*li Somali was recruiting
labour for work in Dhahran originated with the Iraqi
interpreter of li. i.. S. ,r wRGN M .
(ii) On the 14th a football match was played
at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, between a Bahrain team and
a team composed of Italian and Sudanese employees of
uiujiCO. The Bahrain team wore leading by 2 goals to
one when an altercation broke out between them and
the Italian referee, the latter holding that only
one player at a time could tabkle an opponent,-as
a # result of which the Bahrain team walked off the
field and the match was abandoned. The proceeds from
the match were donated to the Palestine ^*.rabs.
(iii) 0 n Friday the 28th there was a volley
ball tournament between teams of Indians, Pakistanis,
Persians and Bahrainis. It was won by the Pakistan
team.
(iv) The lack of residential accommodation in
Bahrain still results in many suits for increase of
rents.
(v) Food Prices. The higher price of grain
in Saudi Arabia has resulted most unfortunately in an
outbreak of smuggling from Bahrain. Bakers have been
oiling their quota of grain and at the same time, with
the utmost effrontery, demanding an extra allotment on the
grounds that the previous one had been all sold as
bread. The Bahrain Government is considering preventative
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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
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