Coll 6/78 'Italian propaganda amongst the Arabs.' [‎92r] (185/461)

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

Content

This file documents steps considered and taken by the British to combat reported Italian anti-British propaganda and disseminate pro-British propaganda in the Middle East and beyond.

The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Eric Drummond); the British Consul-General, Addis Ababa (Hugh Stonehewer Bird); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Addis Ababa (Patrick Maxwell Roberts); the British Consul-General, Batavia (Henry Fitzmaurice); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Reader William Bullard); officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. , and the Government of India's External Affairs Department.

Included in the correspondence is discussion of the following:

• Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] views on Italian activities in the Middle East.
• The movements of Shakib Arslan of the Syria Palestine Islamic League, including his reported visit to Rome in November 1936.
• The Italian regime in Ethiopia (including its education system) and the effect of Italian propaganda on Ethiopia's Muslim population.
• Reports of the publication of a manifesto in Libya that claims for Mussolini the title of 'Protector of Islam'.
• Accounts of speeches and statements given by Mussolini regarding Italy's attitude towards Muslim populations.
• Reported Italian sympathies amongst the Arab population in Palestine.
• Reports of Italian-inspired anti-British propaganda in the Dutch East Indies (mainly in Java), and the possibility of counteracting its effect on the local Arab population by sending pro-British Arabic periodicals to influential Arab residents there (also considered is the possibility of sending visitors from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to deliver pro-British lectures).
• Italian propaganda regarding the financial assistance provided by the Italian authorities for Ethiopian Muslims to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.
• Steps taken by the British authorities in Alexandria to combat anti-British propaganda in Egypt, which include establishing a pro-British magazine named Zahrat el Sharq .

The Arabic language material consists of a copy of the first issue of the aforementioned magazine, Zahrat el Sharq , dated 18 July 1938 and mainly consisting of pro-British propaganda. The French language material consists of several items of correspondence and a copy of a text which translates into English as 'Islam Policy of Italy'.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).

Extent and format

1 file (228 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 229; 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 2-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script

View the complete information for this record

Share this item

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100043461005.0x0000bc">Coll 6/78 'Italian propaganda amongst the Arabs.' [&lrm;92r] (185/461)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100043461005.0x0000bc">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002b1/IOR_L_PS_12_2151_0188.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>

Copyright: How to use this content