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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎122r] (245/1077)

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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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W j / ' J ‘ U 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 16th to 30th September
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(1) S«S« Hotenfels (German) arrived here on the 19th
and left on the 22nd September 1938 with a cargo of 500 *
of Ling ah shells and 15 cases of mother of pearl shells* a
discharging 5617 packages for Bahrain and 10408 packages for
transhipment to the mainland*
(ii) Tankshlp New Zealand (Norwegian) arrived here on
the 21st and left on the 22nd September 1938 with a cargo of
4334 tons of B-410 Second Grade Kerosene* 1700 tons of B-351
White Gasoline* 2888 tons of B-410 Standard White Kerosene
and 4272 tons of B-357 Gasoline White.
(iii) S.S. Paolina (Italian) arrived here on the 20th
September 1938 and left the same day after discharging 2056
packages for Bahrain.
(iv) S.S. Soemba (Dutch) arrived here on the 26th Septem
ber 1938 and discharged 3675 packages for Bahrain and 22215
packages for transhipment to the mainland. She did not leave
during the period under report.
(v) S.S. £lin K (American) arrived here on the 28th Sep
tember 1938. Particulars of cargo have not yet been received.
(vi) S.S. Bengkalie (Dutch) arrived here on the 30th Sep
tember 1938. Particulars of cargo have not yet been received.
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(i) Lieutenant-Colonel J.J. Rooney* I.k.S.* Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Surgeon* Bushlre* arrived on the 19th and left on the 24th
September 1938.
(ii) Syed Ghulam lurtaza, Assistant £n_glneer* Independent
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Division, arrived here on the 19th and left
on the 24th September 193b.
(ill) The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard
Fowle* K.C.I.E., C.B.S., arrived on the 27th September and
took over charge from Ur. H. Welghtman* I.C.3. * who reverted
to hie post as 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.
(iv) Lieutenant B. 8 .H. Bird* Assistant 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* on being relieved by Captain J.B. Howes* left for
India on the 28th September 1938.
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Mr. E.V. Packer* M.B.E.* Manager* Petroleum Concessions
Limited* arrived on the 19th September and relieved Mr. T.W.
Hutton* who left on the 22nd September 1938.
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Herr Heinrich Heisinger of the Importing and importing
REG* ° f Johazin 3chlixl * of> Bremen* importers of mother of pearl*
13 OCT 1938 arrived/-
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.

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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)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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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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