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Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [191r] (383/472)
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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E 100 ^ ^17 N
SECRET .
No ,8 of 1948.
.INDEX ~
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
1st to 15th May ■, 1948.
107. MOVEMENTS OF OF FICIALS .
(i) On the 9th His Excellency the Political Res dent
visited Qatar by launch and returned to Bahrain on.the 10th.
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.
also visited Qatar on the 9th in tne
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Launch "Felix Jones" returning to Bahrain the next
day.
(ii) On the 13th His Excellency the
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.
left by air for Kuwait and Iraq and returned on the 15th.
,(iii) On the 15th Mr. G.N. Jackson, M.B.E., Political
Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, Sharjah, arrived in the s.s. "Baraora"
from Sharjah.
108. VISITO RS.
(i) Reference paragraph 80 of Intelligence Summary
N o. 6 .
Squadron Leader Codrai has left Sharjah for Muscat
and Mr. Wilton has returned to Bahrain.
(ii) On the 11th His Excellency Shaikh Muhammad al
Mujaddad, Afghan Minister to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, arrived
in Bahrain by launch from Saudi Arabia on a private visit
to the Ruling' Family. He returned to Saudi Arabia on the
14th.
109. CALLS.
On the 13th Shaikh Khalifah bin Mohammed bin Isa
Superintendent of Police, called on 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.
.
HO. PE TROLEUM DEVELOP MEN TS (TRUCIA L COAST) LIMITED.
(i) Reference paragraph 97 (i) of Intelligence
Summary No.7.
On the 30th April, Captain Bird returned to Dubai
from Buraimi and left for Muscat on the 4th May. He In
formed the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, that he had
secured for Rs.15,000/- the agreement of Muhammad bin Pahman
bin Salmin of the Al Bu Shamis to the Company's surveying
during the next 3 years the area occupied by the Al Bu Shamis.
He said that he had also gained access for his Company ,0 the
areas occupied by the Bu Khraiban, a sub-section of the Nai'm.
(ii) Reference paragraph 81 (ii) of Intelligence
Summary No. 6 .
Captain Holden has completed his survey of t ; e
Umm al Qaiwain creek.
(iii) . .. . .
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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.
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- 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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