'File 8/8 Annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency'

Title:

'File 8/8 Annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency'

Date:

1935/1940

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency and the Trucial Coast, including the reports themselves. Present in the file are the reports for the years 1935-1939.The correspondence is between the Political Agent and representatives of institutions active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; the Indian Posts and Telegraph Department; American Mission Hospital; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Victoria Memorial Hospital; Petroleum Concessions Limited; and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave). The Trucial Coast reports are submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted by the Political Agent at Bahrain to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bahrain. From 1938 the Trucial Coast report was subsumed into that of the Bahrain Agency.The final reports are divided into short sections, each covering a particular subject. Each report contains information on most or all of the following: Personnel; Ruler of Bahrain and Al Khalifah Family; Local Government Officials; Bahrain Armed Police; Local Affairs; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Customs; Municipalities; Public Works; Electric Department; Education; Trade; Industries; Athletics; Boat Building and Shipping; Naval; Aviation; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Movements of Foreigners; British Officials; Visits of Arab Notables; Saudi Arabia; Qatar; Trucial Coast; Slavery; and Climate.Prior to 1938, when they were separate from the Bahrain Agency report, the Trucial Coast reports contained information on most or all of the following: Personnel; Trucial Shaikhs; Tours; British Interests; Aviation; Royal Navy; Visits by Foreign Ships of War; Shipping; Medical; Trucial Coast; Raids and Disturbances; and Oil.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 299; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-298; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Colonial administration
Reports

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000e9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000e9_en
IOR/R/15/2/298
IOR/R/15/2/298

Feedback