Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎96r] (191/951)

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1st to 15th
187• Shipping
Eighteen ships called at Bahrain during the period
under report and landed 4,539 tons of cargo. Eleven of
these ships were-of British registry and seven American.
The exports were 50 tons general cargo, 37 tons empty drums,
435 tons coke, and 81913 tons other petroleum products.
Two of the ships were still in port at the end of the period.
188. Movements of officials
(i) On the 2nd.the Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey Prior, K.C.I.E.,
returned from India. He resumed charge of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. on the morning of. the 4th.
(ii) Captain il.P.O’C. Tandy, I.P.S., returned from leave
on the 10th and relieved Mr. R.M. Hadow, I.C.S., as Assistant
Poaitical Agent, Bahrain, on the 15th.
(iii) Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaak, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent,
Sharjah, arrived on the 5th and left for C^atar on the 6th.
He returned from ^atar on the 13th and left for the Trucial
Coast on the 16th.
1o9. Movements of Bahrain Government Officials
J Group Captain H.P.G. Leigh arrived by air on the 2nd.
; He took over the.appointment of State Engineer, Bahrain
Government*immediately on arrival and is at present engaged
m working out a comprehensive plan for the future and
reorganizing the present electric light plant.
190, Visitors
(i) _ On the 10th Commodore I.W. Whitehorn, R.N., Senior
Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , arrived by"air from Basrah.
Informal calls were exchanged between the Hon’ble the Political
Resident, 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. , and the Senior Naval Officer
Persian^ Gulf. The Senior Naval Officer carried out an
inspection of the Naval establishment on shore on the 10th
and visited the premises of the Bahrain Petroleum Company
on the llth and terminated the visit on the 13th.
(iO His Excellency Sir George Cunningham, K.C.S.I., K.C.i.E.,
O.B.a., I.C.S., Governor, N.W.F.P., passed through Bahrain
on the 10th by air en-route to Baghdad. He was met on the
landing ground by 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. , 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. , and 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. . (iii)
(iii) On the 14th Dr. S.G. Mylrea, M.D., O.3.E., arrived
from Basrah to stay at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . It is anticipated that
he will remain some months in Bahrain doing part time work
with the American Arabian Mission.
191. Social
192.
On the 7th the representatives of the Arab, Indian,
Persian,and Bahrana communities called on 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. at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . /
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On the 14th 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. held a reception in
the grounds of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . His Highness and approximately
150 gentlemen were present representing the Ruling Family,
and the British, American, Indian, ’.Arab, an^ Persian C^m^uniti> s.
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