'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [342r] (688/748)
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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1/ORIENT ARABE
AGENCE DE PRESSE
39, RUE SOLI MAN PACHA
TELEPHONE 56350
LE CAIRE
or*- dy±
CffilOHIQUE” (Damascus) the 20th June 1939. j 5^^!
La Chronique" of Damascus issued the following items
on June 20th 1939s
!•- The five members of the Administration Board who
were arrested in Kuwait following on the recent disturban-
ces are still in jail. The prisoners are Khaled Adsani*
Abdel Latif Snenan Ghanem, Machan Khadir* Sid Ali 3id
ileiman and Saleh Asmani, Very few persons have been
allowed to visit them but from their reports, the prisoners
are in very low conditions, their hands and legs chained
and lacking any sort of care.
2.~ It is reputed from Bombay that the Kuwait colony
in Bombay has sent £ 295 to the commander of the Palestine
rebels.
3 •— The british influence in Kuwait is getting stronger
every day. They have now asked the Amir to appoint a
British Adviser and a British Director of Lducation.
The first item was also reproclucted by several
atab papers. It probably was issued by the Bureau
Arabe od? Damascus.
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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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/162
- Title
- 'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda'
- Pages
- 98r:110v, 116r:127v, 133r:134r, 140r:148v, 150r:156v.158r:163v, 173r:176v, 191r:227v, 229r:231v, 235r:285v, 290r:338v, 340r:358v, 361r:361v
- Author
- L'Orient Arabe, Agence de Presse
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/162
- Title
- 'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda'
- Pages
- 309r:309v, 336r:336v, 341r:344v
- Author
- La Chronique
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- Public Domain
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