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Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎22r] (43/951)

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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Intelligence Summary of the
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, for
period 16th to 31s t October, 1945
(i) On the 19th October J.A„ Croning, Esq., i.o.u.,
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II.B.Sc , Under Secretary to the Hon'ble 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , accompanied by members of the Political
Resident's Staff arrived from Bu shire by L. P. " Joarchus !! .
(ii) On f .e 21st October Captain R.E.A. 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, left for Shar.iah by air
and returned on the 24th.
(iii) On the 22nd October the Hon’ble Lieut-nant Colonel
A.C. Galloway, 0.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. ,
arrived from Bu shire by H. Id. S. "Seabolle".
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(iv) On the 23th October the Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey prior,
, arrived by air from the United Kingdom.
(v) On the 23th October C.J. Pelly, Esq.
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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 by air for Sharjah and returner
on the 30th.
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On the 30th October His Highness
bin Hamad al Khalifah, K.C.I.E. , Ruler o
Shaikh Sir
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7 Bahrain, accompanied
by his uncle Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa al Khalifah, called at
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on the Ion'bis* Lieutenant Colonel A.C. u-ullc cj,y,
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. , and on tn lon'ble
Sir Geoffrey prior, K.C.I.E. The Hon'ble the political
Resident and the Hon'bio Sir Geoifrey Prior returned tnese
calls the same day at His Highness' Palace at Qodhaibiyoh.
163.. DUBAI-ABU DHABI BOUN DARY DISPUT E.
During the night of the 17th of October Sbail h Rashid
son of the Shaikh of Dubai 0 occupied Khor Ghanadh.ii with aeon:
300 armed men. Many of these wore carried by se-.- and the-y
brought with them large quantities of building material and
showed every intention of building a fort which Tr ould command
the Khor. As in the other Crucial coast States, the boundai
between the shaikhdoms of Dubai and Abu Dhabi has never oeen
defined and while negotiations between these two were nearing
a conclusion in 1937 Ghanadhah was not included in the Shaikh
of Dubai's most extreme claim. His son's act therefore.
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apart from being a breach of the treaty witn
Government of 1853 - which forbade aggression
Hitlerian attempt to present Government and th‘.
Dhabi with a fait accompli. The visits oi tfi../_poIii.ical
agent and 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. to the True ml Coast r cor deal
in the first paragraph of this summary v r > unde a 3 j a^r^sule
of this move. 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. reported th i.
the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi was preparing, by calling in his
tribal supr>ortv..rs, to meet force with force, ^and it socmen^
not improbable that hostilities, perhaps ultimately involving
every shaikh-lorn on the coast, were imminent. Aeeing^on
instructions from the Hon'ble the political -Resie on a ui,
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. demanded from the Shaikh of Dubai that he
withdraw his forces forthwith from Ghanadhah. This demand
was complied with on the 29th of October and tae status quo
restored 5 at the same time a promise was extracted^from th .
Shaikh of Abu Dhabi that he would not take any retaliatory
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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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