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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [37r] (78/748)
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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Translation of an article from the Arabic weekly
tt al-Ka'bita-tu-Arahiyeh M of Cairo, Egypt, dated 17th
Hoy ember 1937,
Has the differences between ^ejd and Kuwait passed
Away?
.And is the Amir of Kuwait to visit Heajaz this y ar?
British opposition to the Arab movement in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Amirates situated on the Gulf of Basra (Persian), it is
small in size and extent and great in situation and
importance, it is a neighbour to Iraq., not very far from
Basra, and it is also a neighbour of Nejd and is con
sidered to be the nearest port, in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to
Riyadh.
differences arose bet?jeen the Saudi and Kuwaiti Govern
ments about the Customs revenues, which both sides have
been unable to settle for the last fifteen years - until
the news comes this week about the visit of Major Dickson,
the British
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.
at Kuwait, to Riyadh and that
he met and spoke to H.M. King Abdul Aziz about the matters
in dispute and returned with luck and success. Though
we are pleased about the settlement of the dispute, and
the sinking of the differences yet, we are pained and
every Arab is pained to note that settlement should come
through the hands of an Englishman, then people would
say that the Arabs cannot settle their own ordinarily
simple differences, and an Englishman comes in and
effects settlement without the least effort, this, we
hope will not occur again in future. Whatever can be
done through the Englishman should be done by the Arabs
themselves by their own wish and will, and they should
The Amirate of Kuwait is one of the Arab
Due to the closeness of these neighbours some
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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)
- 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
- 37r:41v, 102r:105v, 110r:110v, 117r:117v, 119r:119v, 148r:148v, 150r:155v, 158r:158v, 198r:199v, 201r:201v, 214r:214v, 220r:220v
- Author
- al-Rabita al-Arabiyya
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- Public Domain