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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [152r] (308/748)
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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agence de presse
, RUE CENTRALE (SOLIMAN PACHA)
TELEPHONE 56350
LE CAIRE
ORIENT iVRNBE
S * XL R/^BITA AL ARABIA” ( Cairo) 7.9.38
Ze-
Cairo^s weekly * A1 Rabita -^1 Arabia” published on September
7th a letter sent by a notable from Oman to another notable
in Basrah in which he tells of the pitiful situation of the
population of Oman oppressed by foreign colonisationhelped
by local Amirs and Shei&hs. The author also describes the Per
sian seizure over Oman economics and the veaselessely growing
number of Hindus and Iranians in the country. According to the
letter, hindu has become the official tongue in public Offices
and Administrations while Arabic is only spoken among Arab tribes.
The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
proceeds telling of the unsufferable social condi
tions of Oman inhabitants, the backwardness,,poverty, illnesses
of which they* are the victims. The Amirs and Sheikhs obey the
foreigner to whom they have sold their country.
The letter appeals to Iraqiana and entreat them to help
thejr brethren by admitting pupils from Oman in Iraqi schools
and sending missionnaries there.
The correspondent of ”A1 Rabita Ai Arabia” adds to the letter
the relation of his meeting with Its author whom he found crying
over the condition of his country. ” The letter, he says,deeply
moved Iraqi circles, Iraqi newspapers now devote a large part
of their columns to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
questions.”
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- Content
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/162
- Title
- 'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda'
- Pages
- 37r:41v, 102r:105v, 110r:110v, 117r:117v, 119r:119v, 148r:148v, 150r:155v, 158r:158v, 198r:199v, 201r:201v, 214r:214v, 220r:220v
- Author
- al-Rabita al-Arabiyya
- Usage terms
- Public Domain