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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [90r] (184/748)
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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of the congregation*
Amongst the good acts, upon which none has
cemented, of this Amirate, is its being the only one
which has an admirable speciality of imposing internal
Customs duties, as no one of the dwellers of the small
villages of Kuwait, such as Jahra, Fantas etc., can take
out from Kuwait City a single bag of rice or any other
necessary foodstuff, without payment of one rupee, or
more, per bag* The people of Kuwait look forward to the
foundation of
/ schools with much eagerness, and they have been for the
last thrity years trying to open schools and a free State
Hospital, but they met with bitter opposition from Shaikh
Mubarak, grandfather of the present Amir. The great
toleration of the Kuwaitis has promoted them to name the
Mubarakiyyah school so to please that late Amir, and the
other Ahmediyyah school as a mark of encourgement and a
constant reminder to the present Amir to proceed towards
progress, even at a slow pace!
The hope of the people for a hospital was swept
away by one angry mood from H.H. Shaikh Mubarak.
The present state of affairs in Kuwait does net
permit anyone to instil into it a life of enlightment and
activity, or the freeing of the public from ignorance and
disease. Anyone who tries to do so will find that canes,
whips and imprisonment in the "shop*, which is well
protected from ventilation, are ready for him. His
Highness the Amir is very fond of the guitar and its strings
and he always keeps very nearer to him those who know how
to play it. His overbearing desire, to leave all matters
as they were, has promoted him to bring in Propagandists,
and converts of Free Masonary, and converts of other sects
of self pleasure. As to your bewailings, you newspaper men,
advocates of education, lovers of reforms and supporters
of personal independence for Individuals, you should know
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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
- 60r:63v, 89r:91v
- Author
- As Sijil xx Al-Sijjil xx al-Sijil
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- Public Domain