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Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎5r] (9/951)

The record is made up of 1 file (473 folios). It was created in 25 Apr 1941-9 Feb 1946. 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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SECRET .
Ho. 24 of 1945. ! 946
04R Pcjlitical Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , .banram, ror
Ja^riod 16th to 31st December, 1945 .
Intelligence Sumc
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , nsanraxn. .

200. MQVEPISNTS O F OFFICIALS .
(i) On the 17th December the Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey-
Prior, K.C.I.S., 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. ,
accompanied by Mr. R.'L Hadow, His Majesty's Consul, Bandar
Abbas, and Mrs. Hadow, arrived by L. T. ,, I\TEARCHUS , ', and left
on the 20th December.
„ . (ii) Commodore ID . Whitehorn, R.N., Senior Maval
Oificer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , left Bahrain in H.M.S. "SDABiLL T M'
on the 28th en route to Bushire and Basra.
(iii) Reference paragraph 192(iii) of Bahrein Intelli
gence Summary No,23.
fhe 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. returned from Sharjah on the
20th December. During his tour on the Coast he visited all
the sheikhdoms except Kalba.
(i v ) Group/captain Lowe has assumed charge of the
n.A.H. stationed in Bahrein. He relieved Group/Captain
Owens who left by air on the 20th.
( v ) Commander F.W. Harris, R.N.R., took over as
Captain at juffair during the period under report.
201. CALLS .
(i) On the 23rd December 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. called
on His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain at Rafa'. His Highnes 1
returned this visit the following day.
(ii)On the 23rd December Mr. Parker T. Hart, Consul
for the United States of America at Dhahran, visited 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. .
• Leighwoods, a Director of the Eastern Bank,
Limited, visited Bahrain from the 23rd December to the ^9th.
He called privately 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. .
202. RULIN G FAMILY.
(i) Reference paragraph 183(i) of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary Mo.22.
His Highness Sheikh Salman and his uncle Sheikh
Abdullah bin Isa al Uhalifah returned to Bahrain on the 21st
December on the completion of a most successful shooting trip.
Game was plentiful and the hunters' skill equal to the occasion.
The party was given a right royal time and proceeded as far as
Hafar where most of the shooting was done. ARAMCO made special
petrol arrangements and loaned transport barges for the return
journey. His Highness was seen off at Al Khobar by His Rich
ness the Amir Saud. °
, ._ t 11 .) 9? t] ? e 21st December Sheikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed
Din Isa al Khalifah, cousin of His Highness arrived bv air
irom Egypt where he had been on a two months’ visit.
(P.T.O. )

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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 1941-45. 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
  • 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
  • The pearl trade
  • Workers' strikes in Bahrain
  • Local crime
  • The slave trade
  • Regional boundary disputes
  • The impact of the Second World War in Bahrain and local reaction to events in the war
  • Weather and meteorological data.

There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.

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 (473 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 475; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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