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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [35r] (74/748)
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.
,
D.O*No. C- Koweit.
The loth Decei.;ber, 19^7.
My dear Sir Trenchard,
Many Arabic newspapers of the Middle East seen
to be mailing an unusual effort to interest their readers
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and ooutfvsrn ^rabia— Aden and
Hadramant, and the articles now appearing give inaccurate
and malicious pictures of Britain’s actions in these
areas. This special attention of the Arab Press is
something new in the last few months. I have sent you
some of the articles and I could send you many more, as
His Highness and others here send me the papers when they
have articles laentioning the Gulf or Arabia proper.
2. Individually the articles are of little
importance, but in the aggregate they seem worthy of some
attention, since they no doubt come to hove effect on
Arab readers hereabout, and I wonder if you would like
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to forward to you translations, or alternatively
notes and summaries of the articles, whichever may appear
suitable in each case?.
5 . If the articles continue to be published at
the present rate this will take up much ti e of the
Vernacular clerk.
Perhaps you might think this worth discussing
when you next came here?.
Yours Sincerely,
Lt-Colonel Sir Trenchard Fowle, H.C.I.B, C.B.Bh,
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.
.
B U SHIRE.
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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