| Description | Typed transcript of Belgrave's diary for 1 May to 24 December 1935, with a gap between 11 September and 6 November. Topics covered include the Jubilee review (6 May), departure of Shaikh Abdulla, the kadi, for a visit to Iraq (10 May), distribution of seven 'Victory medals' (20 May), illicit trading in cultured pearls (29 May), prisoners escaping from the police station (30 May), refusal of a cinema application (6 June), damage done to Bahrain pearl market by the growth in cultured pearls (25-26 June), showing of the film 'Flying down to Rio' at the oil camp (4 July), final conclusion to the long-running Hedd murder trial (22 July), discussion with the Shaikh about European politics, Hitler and Mussolini (25 July), Shaikh Hamed's vacillation over approving the Hedd murder sentence (1, 8, 14, 22-23 August), decision to build an oil refinery (10, 12 November), and a St Andrew's celebrations with haggis and Scottish dancing (30 November). |