| Description | Typed transcript of pp.1-51 of Belgrave's diary for 1 January to 31 April 1949. Topics covered include the political resident's 'durbar' at Jufair (1 January), construction of a TB sanatorium in the grounds of the mental asylum (15 January), cinema visits (18 January, 14 February, 29 March, 1, 15, 18 April), meeting of pearl divers and merchants (30 January), talk of widening a street near the bazaar (8 February), race day (21 April), and another visit from Wilfrid Thesiger (25, 27 April). |