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'File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles' [21r] (41/260)
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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Hewepaper f l0talciir f of shir&z« 7 'o. o 4 o-^ r
ff .H 'in Io B-ilRAII:, and T.IIAT Is Its GOITDITIOIT^ >
writton to us by a traveller.
The Porsian Govern: lent or rtaanljr has not desired to '-no T .7
what, vrhoi^e" and in what condition la Bahrain, If it had
wanted to know and understand, it would have •undoubtedly be
thought itself of giving some confort to the unfortunate
inhabitants of this region, who consider thenselves Persians,
_nd hope for the clemency of the Persian Governnent.
1- Bahrain is one of the ancient possessions of Persia,
contains 363 considerable villages and two large towns
ruharraq and : ananeh, and has 80,000 inhabitants#
2- Bahrain is altogether without any Persian Governor
Karguzar, Pestoffice, Finance gency and " ilitary
Perce•
3- Any traveller wishing to go fron Bushire to Bahrain is
like travellers fron one place to another in the
interior of Persia; but any traveller wanting to" leave
Bahrain for sonewhere else nust have a British pass-norl
and they deal with him as if in a British colony#
4- Let it not be thought that the Resident or British
Agent interferes directly in affairs. No. ^hey do
not require to do so, r -s there is a Persian
nglophile, worse than any foreigner in Bahrain, who
works for the British better than they do themselves.
This in uhamnad Sharif 'Awazi, who on behalf of the
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.
is in charge of the Police and uni-
cip-lity, and who has the title of "han Bahadur Sahibe
5-t From rear of his intrigue and plots thn inhabitants of
Bahrain do not dare to breathe, or s:y they are alive.
For they have seen how a certain Abdulla Bastaki by his
intrigue died undnr the bastinado of the Political
Agent o.nd then how •nohammad Jawad and Abdun -abi
Bushire and the rest of them made out an affidavit
th t
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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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/126
- Title
- 'File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 12r:23v, 26r:51v, 56r:59v, 61r:63v, 68r:68v, 71r:71v, 76r:80v, 85r:102v, 111r:111v, 113r:118v, 124r:125v, 127r:129v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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