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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language Arabic Subject Propaganda

1. IOR/R/15/2/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/152
Title:
File 1/A/25 I Broadcasting Soviet
Scope & Content:
The file deals with wireless broadcasting to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein), particularly the start of the Arabic service by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in January 1938. The papers also have much information about broadcasting to Kuwait and other parts of the Persian Gulf. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1933-5 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (315 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/153
Title:
File 1/A/25 II BROADCASTING - PUBLICITY
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Arabic language broadcasting by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Bahrain. The papers also cover the impact of broadcasting in the region generally, particularly Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1938-3 May 1939
Extent:
1 volume (380 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/174
Title:
File 1/A/50 I Publicity
Scope & Content:
The file deals with the dissemination in Bahrain of publicity and propaganda material in support of the British and allied cause at the start of the Second World War (1939-45). Most of the information originated with the Ministry of Information in London. The file also contains information on th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-25 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (403 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/177-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/177-179
Title:
File 2 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The Books and Publications files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain two kinds of material: files concerning publicity in newspapers and journals about Bahrain and affairs in the wider Persian Gulf, much of it deriving from the Arabic language press and much if it of a sensitive or critic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1934-1946
Extent:
3 files (938 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/634

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/634
Title:
‘File 24/3 SAYID MUHAMMAD TAHIR AL DABBAGH & ABDUL RA’OUF SABBAN, HEDJAZI AGITATORS’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter of complaint from Mr Ismail Ghaznavi (also spelt Ghuznavi) of Amritsar, India, and is addressed to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, in December 1927. This letter and the ensuing correspondence, mainly between British officials in India an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1927-18 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/925-937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/925-937
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Information Files
Scope & Content:
The thirteen surviving Information Files contain correspondence, reports and guidance relating to the following topics: British intelligence gathering in the Middle East, 1939-1943; the monitoring of anti-British news reporting in Arabic newspapers and radio broadcasts in the Gulf States, 1934-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
13 files (266 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/126
Title:
File 2/1 I PROPAGANDA (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq)
Scope & Content:
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 correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1929-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/127
Title:
'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Feb 1939-29 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 volume (154 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/162
Title:
File 6/23 Communism (Including Soviet Broadcasts, Anti-Communistic Policy and Stalinism, etc)
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of anti-Communist publications and briefings that were produced by the Foreign Office and sent to British diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East including the Political Agency and Consulate in Muscat. It contains copies of the following documents: 'Foundations of S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1948-24 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/397
Title:
File 11/46 Publicity in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office, the Government of India's External Affairs Department and a number diplomatic posts in the Persian Gulf including the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses British Government propaganda efforts (usually r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1944-18 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)