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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [8r] (20/748)
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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CONFIDENTIAL.
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
No* C-10* KUWAIT.
Dated the 14th January 1934.
From
Lt.-Colonel H.R.P.Dickson, C.I.E., I.A.,
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;
To
The Hontble the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
BUSH I R U .
Sir,
I have the honour to forward, for your inform-
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ation, 2 articles which appeared in the Basra paper
called "AL THAGAR* under date 29th December 1933.
2* When you were at Kuwait, you may recollect
that I was able to show you one of the articles, and
you suggested that His Excellency the Shaikh might cause
a dignified reply to be written, pointing out the utter
stupidity of the suggestion that His Majesty’s Government
had any idea of setting up a ’Special* iirab Kingdom in
the Gulf, consisting of a combination of Arab States,
with the capital at Basra.
3* I mentioned the matter to His Excellency, and
he has carried out your suggestion, though I have not
seen his ’inspired’ reply yet.
4. The articles, I think, are worth passing on to
His Majesty’s Government, for the simple reason that
unless denied they will put quite wrong ideas into the
heads of a large number of persons in the Gulf who will
undoubtedly read them.
5 a His Excellency the Shaikh thinks that it would
be as well if some form of official Government reply
were sent to the "AL THAGAR” denying the truth of the
articles and pointing out that the writer’s motives are
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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