'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [233r] (470/748)
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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Report on broadcasting from a secret station in
Syria, by an Arab member of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Staff on ??, 8 nd
February 1959.
As instructed I listened last night to this
rt unknown” broadcasting Station, which is thought to be
installed on a car in Syria, and report as follows.
‘The Announcer, from Ms dialect and his drawling
the words such as M Far ansa”, appears to me to be a
Syrian and not an Iraqi or any other national.
In his talk, after opening the station, he bitterly
attacked the French authorities, Colonization and the
Mandate, and later he blamed Abdur-Rahman Shahbender,
the Syrian Leader, and entreated him and his colleague
a
to leave discussions aside, and to take/firmer attitude
for the welfare of the Country.
After that he implored the Syrian Nationals to rise
collectively for the independence and freedom of their
country, Syria.
He spoke about the spies, who have been trying
every means to locate his station, and said that he will
continue broadcasting from the station.
Before finishing his talk he called the Heads 01
different Syrian Parties for a meeting to be held at
that station at 11.30 (their time) last evening.
He, many times, repeated these words, ;? Party of
Great Syria calling you”.
At the end he gave orders and instructions to Biany
Divisional parties, by their numbers, in the following
places♦
Aleppo
Beirut
Homs
Tripoli
about distributing the arms and money in their
possession.
He said that he would continue broadcasting from
the station every evening from 8.15 (local time 9.15}.
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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
- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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