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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [18r] (40/748)
The record is made up of 1 file (370 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1933-22 Sep 1939. 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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6* His Excellency hinted that possibly the Palestine
Question was at the bottom of this new propaganda ( I
personally believe this to be so), but in any case he advised
that His Majesty 1 s Government should very carefully read
and take note of the various political articles that were
daily appearing in the countless new Arab newspapers (good
and bad) that had come to life in Egypt, Syria and ’Iraq
in the last decade.
7. Such newspapers were today widely read, he said,
throughout Arabia and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and anything of
an anti-English nature tended to be swallowed wholesale ,
especially in the coastal towns and principalities of the
southern end of the Gulf.
I have the honour to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
Lt.-Colonel,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait.
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. discussing Arabic language newspaper extracts and articles on the British presence in the Middle East. Most of the papers discuss ways of countering or restricting the circulation of anti-British, anti-colonial material arriving in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region from elsewhere in the Arab world. The majority of the Arabic newspaper clippings is from Iraqi newspapers, and includes coverage of the Arab cause in Palestine during the approximately concurrent Arab Revolt in Palestine that took place between 1936 and 1939. Other sources of Arabic nationalist material include newspaper articles from Egypt and Syria.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (370 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 372; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-370; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/162
- Title
- 'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9v, 17r:18v, 22r:23v, 28r:33v, 35r:36v, 42r:44v, 46r:50v, 53r:53v, 55r:55v, 57r:57v, 66r:66v, 69r:69v, 71r:72v, 74r:74v, 81r:81v, 88r:88v, 92r:97v, 111r:114v, 130r:131v, 135r:139v, 149r:149v, 163r:164v, 169r:172v, 177r:177v, 179r:180v, 228r:228v, 232r:234v, 289r:289v, 339r:339v, 362r:362v, 364r:371v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence