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Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [212r] (423/951)
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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169. Th 9 Hovel Air Force
On August 13th one of the nain 3 .A.F. petrel dumps in
Sharjah, v/hich held 28,500 gallons cf 100 octane, went up in
flames* The conflagration lasted for 24 hours. Details are
^ av/aited#
170. Meteorological
The Bahrain climate has lived well up to its reputation
during the period under report, and there were several days when
conditions were little v/orse than those described in paragraoh
/jthe 160(ii) oblast Summary. It was noted in that Summary that the
figures recorded by the Bahrain Balloon Observatory on that par
ticular day were not remarkable, and subseouent enouiries shew
that the figures published in thoseSummaries may not have given
an altogether adequate idea of the' rigours of the Bahrain
climate. In the first place, the Balloon Observatory, from
/ are wh&ihthey/sflnfs derived, is situated at some distance from the
Centre of Manama, where conditions are at their worst. In the
second, the percentages of humidity recorded by the Balloon
Observatory are not maximum percentages but those registered
at 7,30 a,m., by which time the sun has risen high in the
heavens and dispelled a considerable quantity of the moisture
in the air. The maximum humidity occurs at about 4 a.m., when
the temperature is at its minimum, and at that hour in Bahrain
it is seldom, if ever, below 90%? on August 9th it was 100%.
as recorded by the Bahrain Petroleum Company,
(ii) Maximum and minimum temperatures during the period
under report are given below. The first set of figures was re
corded by the Balloon Observatory^ the second set by the Bahrain
Petroleum Company f s meteorological instruments (situated in a
standard hydrographic compartment with louvred sides) next
to the Company 1 s main office in Awali.
Manama
Awali
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
82
Sd/- M.G. Dixon.
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.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (473 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3768
- Title
- Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 9r:475v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence