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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎10r] (24/748)

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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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■ra^uuuoM w m artzcus mi aptsarkd ik ms
"Al tEHAOAH" wo:» VATJ. 12.33.
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No one con surpass the British in their syatematioaX
methods of ooIonizing* Similar to other nations the British
oar© for nothing but the safeguarding of their interests,
and in this they have far excelled other nations in the
adoption of methods and systems, both of which are the out*
oome of deep thInicing t and far sifted plans, not found in
any brains other than thosa leading politicians of Downing
street•
irer since the ocas pa tion by the British of InSla,
the paradise and the bride at the world, they have always
been thinking of ho*? to protect this prioelesa gem from the
unforeseen Mppeniiig csf the world*
The #|reat forUfleaticn that or ^looks the narrows
of Jabel Tariq (« Gibraltar), the two harbours of Malta and
Cyprus for their mediterranean fleet, their control over
the administration of the Juez Canal, their power in Aden,
coi^nding the narrow of Bab*al-.^;«rxdab, ^icreby turning the
Bed Bea into m i^glish Lake, and th e greet naval base at
Singapore, over which they have expended millions of pounds,
mean nothing, but the protection of that long stretched out
line of sea leading from the U*K* to India*
The British have not been satisfied with all this*
They have discovered that the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. is also a doorway
to their great Indian Empire, and hence the inclusion of
Muscat, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Mharjah, Bahrain, and Kuwait,
within the sphere of their protection, and under the watch
of their fleet*
flow the whole of the Gulf is not under their in
fluence. There are other kingdoms with vital interacts also,
namely, th© Arab o&udl Government, that controls Aatif

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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.

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1 file (370 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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
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