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Poster Conveying a Message from the Amir of Afghanistan to the Afghan People [8r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 poster. It was created in 29 Oct 1898-20 Nov 1899. It was written in Farsi and English. 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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Poster conveying a message from the Amir of Afghanistan [Emir of Afghanistan], Abdur Rahman Khan, to the Afghan people. In the text, which is written in Farsi, the Amir quotes certain verses from the Quran (Q 14:7 and Q 4:59) to stress the importance of being grateful and obedient to those in authority. The message is that the people should accept the existing social hierarchy, which is present not only in Afghanistan, but also in the surrounding region. To illustrate this point, the text is accompanied by five pyramid-shaped drawings representing social hierarchies in Afghanistan (shown in the centre), British India, Persia [Iran], Russian Turkestan, and China.
The poster is dated 13 Jumada Al-Thani 1316 AH (29 October 1898). A small printing statement in the bottom left-hand corner indicates that this copy was printed on 20 November 1899.
Identical copies of the poster can be found in the same file at folios 5, 7, 9, and 10. A version of the poster with slightly smaller dimensions, which is made of thicker paper – possibly the version from which the other copies were produced – is also contained in the same file, at folio 12.
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- 1 poster
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Materials: Printed in black ink on paper
Dimensions: 1310 x 1437mm, on sheet 1330 x 1587mm
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- Farsi and English in Arabic and Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F111/391, f 8
- Title
- Poster Conveying a Message from the Amir of Afghanistan to the Afghan People
- Pages
- 8r:8v
- Author
- Abdur Rahman Khan
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- Public Domain