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No. 12 of 1945.
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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
the period 16th to 30th June 1945
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93. SHIPPING.
Twelve ships called at Bahrain during the period under-O
report* Six of them were of British registry, four American,
and two Dutch. The imports v/ere 160-§- tons general cargo for ^
Bahrain and 6 -g- tons for transhipment to the mainland* The
exports consisted of 22^- tons general cargo and 1,26,900 tons
petroleum products.
94. MOVEMENTS OF OFFICIALS .
(i) Reference paragraph 83(iii) of Bahrain intelligence
Summary No. 11 of 1945.
On the 17th June, Captain R.C. Murphy left by air for
Sharjah.
(ii) On the 29th June, Mr. F.J. Wakelin, Director of Educa
tion to the Bahrain Government, left by air for Cairo,
95* R AS AL KHAIMAH .
Reference paragraph 84 of Bahrain intelligence Summary
No. 11 of 1945.
A provisional concession agreement, subject to approval
of its terms in London, has been made between the Ruler of
Ras al Khaimah and Messrs. Petroleum Concessions, Limited.
The Ruler signed the agreement on the 21st June and left for
Sharjah by air the following day.
96. THEFT AT BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY STORE .
On the 15th June, one‘American and one Canadian,
employees of the Bahrain petroleum company, were.taken into
custody by the local police on a charge of stealing twenty
motor tyres from a Bahrain petroleum Company Store. Another
American, accused of abetment, was released on bail. . 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. , who heard the case as a magistrate,
discharged this man but committed the two others to Sessions.
The case has now to come before 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. as a
Sessions Court. Detection of the alleged theft appears to
have been made possible by information given to the Police by
a local taxi-driver to the effect that one of the accused had
promised to sell him tyres.
97. MARRIAGE OF THE RULER .
It is rumoured that His Highness the Sheikh will. shortly
marry his third ]vife, the daughter of one Abdulla al Zaid,
ex-pearl merchant, already related by marriage to the Al Khalifa
The bride is said to be beautiful and the marriage.to have none
but the simplest motives. The wedding will be quiet.
98* TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
(i) On the 14th Shaikh Humaid bin Mohd. bin Salim of Ras al
Khaimah left Sharjah for Ras al Khaimah with two of his men,
one of whom was of the Huboos and the other of^ the Ghaflah
tribes. On the way, between Jirri and Ras al Khaimah, the
Ghafli bedouin killed the Hibsi who was armed, looted Shaikh
Humaid 1 s money (estimated to be about Rs. 800/- ).ard his clothing
and made a get away towards Dubai. Shaikh Humaid was unarmed
except for his dagger. A pursuit party was sent after the
culprit but he has not yet been apprehended. He is said to nave
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