Pound Note with Arabic on Reverse

Padraic, here is the promised translation of the message in Arabic.
It is not perfect, as some words fell on creases and tears. Also, I
do not have an Arabic-English dictionary.

"Signs of the Dissolution

If you think about this item, it will remind you of the time when
you would be paid its equivalent in weight in shiny and ??? gold.

That was because the note was guaranteed by the Great Empire
with all that it had in strength and riches and ???

But its greatness has passed and its riches squandered (?) like old
paper.

What is the price of paper today? No doubt you know that.

Every day that passes since this war was started by the England
has shredded the strength of the English Empire, and every battle
England has lost has caused the deterioration of the British currency.

Today the time is near when [people] will refuse to accept it
...........
(some words the meaning of which is not understood) on the road of
the [non]acceptance of the English pound [guinea in the Arabic].

.........(One short sentence not understood).

God has willed the dissolution of Britain and it will happen."

NOTE FROM TONY
The references to Great Empire, England, English Empire, British,
and Britain appear in the Arabic text that way.

By the way, the print of the note looks brown, although Pick makes
no mention of the note in that color, unless I missed it.

Tony


----- Original Message -----
From: "A.E. Gelat"
Newsgroups: rec.collecting.paper-money
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: Identification of pound note with arabic on reverse and
sales advice?


|
| "Padraic Brown" wrote in message
| ...
| "A.E. Gelat" wrote in message
| ...
|
| The front must be a forgery, as the back will prove that. It is
written
| in Arabic, and is a diatribe against Great Britain. It says
that the
| note
| was once redeemable in gold, but now is not worth the paper it
is
| printed
| on, etc., etc. The last sentence says: "God has willed the
dissolution
| of
| Great Britain and it will happen".
|
| Can you actually translate the whole text for us?
|
| Padraic.
|
|
| I will try. Some of the words are on the creases, and others had
unusual
| font,
| making it are difficult to decipher. I will post the translation
later.
|
|

There are three such notes with different messages. I have translated
them all at one time or another in the IBNS Journal.

Herb, can you let us know where and when they were used? Can you send to me
the other two types? Thanks

Tony

"Herb F." wrote in message
...
There are three such notes with different messages. I have translated
them all at one time or another in the IBNS Journal.