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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [80r] (161/1077)
The record is made up of 1 file (535 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1933-21 Feb 1941. 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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75. Shipping .
Intelligence Sunraa 2 ?y of 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.
, Bahrain, for
the period 1st to 15th ^uly 1939*
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(i) S.S. ’Uhenfels !l (German) arrived on the 1st and
left on the 2nd July after discharding 179 packages for
Bahrain and 9461 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(ii) 3• S• "Khouku ft!aru n (Japanese) ai^rived and left on
the 2nd July after discharging 104 packages for Bahrain.
(iii) T.V."Aase Maerak ,? (Danish) arrived on the 3rd and
left on the 4th July with a cargo of 7769 tons 3-849 Fuel Oil
and 1322 tons B-891 Diesel Oil.
(iv) T.V."B1 Aleto ,f (British) arrived on the 3rd and
left on the 4th July with a cargo of 10235 tons Crude Oil.
(v) T.V.‘Nederland ,f (Dutch) arrived on the 8th and
discharged 20 packages for Bahrain. On the 9th July she left
with a cargo of 6685 tons Gasolene, 3186 tons Kerosene and
1402 tons Diesel.
(vi) S*S. M Kinugawa Maru* (Japanese) arrived on the 9th
and left on the 11th July after discharging 12705 packages for
Bahrain and 790 packages for transhipment to the mainlani.
(vii) S*3. n Khuzistan” (British) arrived on the 9th with
7647 packages for Bahrain. She left on the 13th July with
a cargo of 536 empty drums.
(viii) S ^ So tf ^:anee n (British) arrived on the 11th and left
on the 12th July after discharging 1195 packages for Bahrain
and 1255 packages for transhipment to the mainland.
(ix) T.V. M Ferncastle" (Norwegian) arrived on the 12th
and left on the 13th July with a cargo of 14170 tons Crude Oil,
(x) S.3. "Mount Othrys" (Panama) arrived and left on the
15th July after discharging 3713 packages for Bahrain.
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76. Movements of British Officials .
The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard
Fowle, K.C.T.E., C.B.S., Political "Resident in the Persian
Gulf, left for Bushire on the 1st July.
77. Airways .
A landplane of the K.L.M. (Dutch) Airlines landed
here on the 11th Jhly to refuel.
78. Saudi Arabia .
Well No.12 in the California Arabia Standard Oil
Company* s Oil Field at Dhahran burst into flames on the 8th
July. One American driller was badly burnt and died a few
hours later, a nd a
coolie
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
was also burnt to death. The very
high pressure of this field renders control a difficult and
dangerous operation but fire-fighting appliances have been
! taken to Dhahran from London, Abadan and Bahrain and the fire
should be out in a day or two. There remains the problem of
controlling/
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INDIA
POL. oir^l
3 < JUL 1939
OFFICE I
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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 the years 1933-40. 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. There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.
The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:
- Shipping
- The movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables
- Local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the wider Middle East
- Economic matters and food supplies
- Bahrain Petroleum Company and other matters related to the oil industry
- Transport accidents
- The Bahrain ruling family
- Tensions between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- The pearl trade
- Workers' strikes in Bahrain
- Local crime
- The slave trade
- Regional boundary disputes
- The impact of the beginning of the Second World War in Bahrain and local reaction to events in the war
- Weather and meteorological data.
A photograph of Charles Belgrave and the French Naval Officer, Contre Amiral Rivet is contained on folio 388. It was taken when the French Sloop Bougainville visited Bahrain on 14-16 February 1935.
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 (535 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 537; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-537; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:387v, 389r:537r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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