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'File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles' [‎6r] (11/260)

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The record is made up of 1 file (130 folios). It was created in 30 Aug 1921-19 Dec 1930. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,Bahrrin.
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The Hon'ble The Political ReBident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
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In case it should not hare come to your notice,I enclose here
with a copy of a publication called 1 Azadi Sharq 1 • The articles
inBnglish on the fourth page are a hjahn fair specimen of its
contents. It is published in Berlin with apparently the sole object
of fostering hatred of the Bnglish. They have recently been sending
free copies around the (Julf to advertise the paper and get Agents.
You will see from the outside cover that they have succeeded in
establishing Agencies in Bahrain # and Lingeh. It has been taken up
her# with avidity and I am informed several persons in Qatar and
Najd are already subsribers. It is printed in Persian,Arabic and
Hindustani and is of the 'Blood and thunder 1 order which appeals
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to the ignorant population of these localities. I gatflcher from one
of the articles in the paper that it has been forbidden in India.
Would it not be possible to censor and remove from the Post wak in
the Gulf, such Journals as this and f Al Aichbar 1 which can do a vast
amount of harm? It is somewhat Ironical that these invectives ag4iins'
the British should be introduced into these parts by means of the
Post Office which we run for the benifit of the inhabitants.
I have frequently been advised by well wishers of Government here,
•to take stops to stop importation of such publications. Our failure
to do co is regarded in some quarters as a sign of weakness,and ther
is little doubt that such a paper which appeals continually to the
religioua scruples,vide the article about the 'drunken iinglish
Priest 1 helps^to increase the anti-British wave which is becoming
increasingly felt at any rate on this side of the Gulf.
Major liA.

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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and others (including the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Belgrave) discussing the publication in newspapers and journals of texts that were critical of Britain's policy in the Middle East and India. None of the original press cuttings discussed are included in the file, but there are numerous English translations of the articles. The publications most frequently cited include Baharistan (published in Persia), Azadi Sharq (published by Persian exiles in Berlin), Al Akhbar (Egypt), Sl Balagh (Beirut), and Itila'at (Persia).

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1 file (130 folios)
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Items within the file have been arranged in chronological order, from the earliest at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the end of file. Foliation is in circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page. There is an additional foliation system in blue crayon on ff 2-45.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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