Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
- Date:
- 1933/1941
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1933-40. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:ShippingThe movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notablesLocal affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Trucial Coast, and the wider Middle EastEconomic matters and food suppliesBahrain Petroleum Company and other matters related to the oil industryTransport accidentsThe Bahrain ruling familyTensions between Abu Dhabi and DubaiThe pearl tradeWorkers' strikes in BahrainLocal crimeThe slave tradeRegional boundary disputesThe impact of the beginning of the Second World War in Bahrain and local reaction to events in the warWeather and meteorological data.A photograph of Charles Belgrave and the French Naval Officer, Contre Amiral Rivet is contained on folio 388. It was taken when the French Sloop Bougainvillevisited Bahrain on 14-16 February 1935.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 537; 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 3-537; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Bahrain
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00014d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00014d_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3767
IOR/L/PS/12/3767