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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [40r] (84/748)
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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-4
tiioli is internationally known as “breaking of economic a]
relations. This had the Effect of preventing the
Nejdis from trading with Kuwait, and they had to look
for some other port in Nejd, on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
from
which to import. This had a harmful effect on the
trade and economics of Kuwait, hut it did not paralyze
her and she had preserved her importance all through
these long years.
It (Kuwait) put out some suggestion, and made
some efforts to bring about an understanding between
the two Governments the last of which resulted in the
visit of a Saudi deputation headed by H.E. Shaikh Hamad
al Sulaiman, the Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia.
The object of his visit was to discuss the Customs
problem., and he returned without being able to come to
an agreement.
The other point of dispute is that of the
frontier which is not settled upto the present, and the
importance of which is increased by the rumour of oil
being available on the frontier, to which both parties
claim ownership, and in 1935 newspapers published some
news about the Saudi Government having turned away the
men who were sent by Kuwait to prospect for oil with
the plea that the grounds belong to them, though this
story was not confirmed officially. The work was
stopped there.
fILL THE AlflH OF KUWAIT VISIT HKDJAZ.
Special information has been received that
H.H. the Amir of Kuwait Shaikh Ahmed al Jabir intends
to visit Pledjaz this year and to make the Haj pilgrim
age, but this means to return the visit of King
Abdul Aziz who visited Kuwait officially on Thursday
30th January 1936, and was met by great demonstrations
of welcome and remained there as the guest of the Amir
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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