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'File 2/1 I PROPAGANDA (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq)' [‎308r] (632/706)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (341 folios). It was created in 4 Sep 1929-13 Mar 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 article published in 'AN HAS' Daily newspaper
Qi Basrah, No ,551 da tied. 17th February 1939.
THE COUBCII OF ADliTIKIBTMTIQN.
Bich Work Within a Short
Time.
Before and After the Council.
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Before the formation of the Council of
Administration, Kuwait was in complete darkness and full
of selfishness; ruled by several rulers according to their
own wishes and not according to justice. Education was
considered to be an unlawful trade, nationalism, a meaning
less word and service, progress and reform, vague words
and untrue dreams. Absolute illiteracy dominates over the
minds of the people who are fast asleep in extreme backward
ness and degenration. A country ruled, directly and
indirectly, by a party of different persons, who handle
the resources of the country in the same manner as the
owner deals with his own property • A party whose God is
gold and whose capital is corruption - corruption ox
characters by the encourage ox acts ox treachei^ and
bribery. A party who are not interested in anything
except in dashing at the tables of food as the crow pounces
upon a corpse. One of the important defects of the past
rule was the free admission into the country of all types
of foreigners and the strict measures taken in admitting
the Arabs especially the modern youths.
They try to cdsver the sunlight with hand
paims and stop the current by the use of whips. They sharec
the great and trifling income of the country and
monoplised the shops and coffee-shops. The authorities,
who collect taxes and rents, monopolised all the
resources and made away with the rights of the Kuwaiti
labourer by accepting a small bribe from the Oil Company.
They/-
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The volume contains correspondence related to the proposed appointment of Persian representatives in Kuwait, and the Political relations between Iraq and Kuwait. There is also correspondence related to the proposal of the Iraqi Government to appoint an Iraqi Vice-Consul at Kuwait. The correspondence also discusses the following:

  • Granting permissions for certain individuals and school teachers from Iraq to visit Kuwait.
  • Unity between Iraq and Kuwait, and the effect of such a union on British interest in the Arab world.
  • Yasin Pasha’s (former Prime Minister of Iraq) party as leading the anti-British propaganda campaign in Iraq.
  • Arab-Jewish relations in Palestine, and the Iraqi Press Propaganda against Kuwait which claims that the Amir of Kuwait had trade deals with the Jews in Palestine.
  • The eradication of smuggling ‘which has had the worst effect upon the trade of Iraq’.
  • The claim that Qasr Al-Zuhur Radio Station (King Ghazi’s Broadcast Station) is inciting the Kuwaiti youth to rise against the British, and call for the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq.

A large amount of the correspondence is in the form of newspaper articles and extracts, translated from Arabic newspapers and sent between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire. The articles mainly call for the annexation of Kuwait to the Kingdom of Iraq. Most of these come from productions of the Iraqi Press including, Al-Nas, and Al-Ikha’ al-Watani.The main correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, the Ruler of Kuwait, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the High Commissioner for Iraq, and the Secretary of State for India.

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1 volume (341 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 341; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and four ending flyleaves. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-341 and ff 3-341; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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