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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎447r] (895/1077)

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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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(3).
2 .
(ii). A Rangoon Flying Boat arriyed from Basrah on the
28th June and left on a reconnaissance of the south of the
Qatar peninsula and along the coast as far as Yas Island on
the 29th. The fuel tank at Yas Island was found to have been
damaged and the Flying Boat went on to Dibai to re-fuel.
61 * IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LIMITED .
The east and west bound aeroplanes passed through
according to schedule.
j^VEIfENTS OF H.B.M , s REPRESENTATIVES.
(1). Reference paragraph No:52 of Intelligence Report No:5
of 1934. The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel T.C.Fowle, C.B.E.,
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , left for Bushire by
slow mil on the 17th June.
(ii). Ifr. 11. Worth, I.C.S., 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, proceeded to Bushire by slow mil on the 17th June.
(iii). Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Loch, 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, left for Baghdad, on leave, on the 21st June by
Imperial Airways and returned to Bahrain on the 28th June.
The following day he left by Flying Boat on a reconnaissance
of the south of the Qatar peninsula and the coast as far as
Yas Island, where he transhipped on to H.M.S Bideford and
proceeded to Abu Dhabi.
63. BAHRAIN .
His Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin * Isa A1 Khalifah, C.S.I
Ruler of Bahrain, married the grand-daughter of his Imm, Shaikh
'All, on the 28th June.
6 4* SA'PDI ARABIA .
Bandar bin Faisal al Dawish is reported (27th June)
to be with the Sa’udi Arny in the Yemen.

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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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IOR/L/PS/12/3767
Title
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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