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Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎19r] (37/951)

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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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, for
.period 1st to 15th November, 1945.
173.
MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS.
(i) Reference paragraph 166(iv) of Bahrain Intelligence
Summary No. 20.
On.the 1st November the Ron'ble Sir Geoffrey Prior,
K.C.I.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. , accompanied
by members of his staff left on the L. T. M Nearchus n for Bushire.
(ii) On the 6th November Mr. C.J. Pelly, O.B.E.,
Secretary-designate to 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. in the Persian
Gulf, left by H.M.S. "Seabelle" for Bushire.
(iii) On the 6th November Commodore I.V. Whitehorn, R.N.,
Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , left Bahrain by H.M.S.
"Seabelle", returning on the 11th November.
(iv) On the 12th November, Captain R.C. Murphy, political
Oificer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , arrived by air from Basra.
!74. CALLS . -
(i) Reference paragraph 173(i) above. His Highness
the Ruler of Bahrain called on the'Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey prior
before his departure.
(ii) Reference paragraph 173(ii) above.
. .Mro^C.J. Pelly, O.B.E., paid a private farewell
visit to His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain on the 6th November.
(iii) Lt-Col. A.C. Galloway, O.B.E., 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, accompanied by Captain R.E.R. Bird, the 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. , and Captain R.C. Murphy, Political Officer,
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , called on His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman bin
Hamad al Khalifah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Rashid
bin Mohammed al Khalifah, father-in-law of His Highness Shaikh
Hamad, the late Ruler of Bahrain, and numbers of Bahraini,
Saudi and Persian merchants, the occasion being 'ID UL DHUHA.
175. VISITORS.
Mr. H.L. Barman, Deputy Assistant Director-General,
Administration, and Major General Sir John Drummond Inglis,
Personal Assistant to the Director-General, 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. on the afternoon of the 4th November when
they were returning to England from a visit to Singapore.
176 • B RITISH POLICE .
Inspector Crowe resigned his appointment under the
Bahrain Government and left for England on the 12th of
November. Sergeant Cochrane has been promoted temporarily
to act as Deputy Superintendent of Police.
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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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