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PZ 1654/31 'Mr Philby's conversion to Islam' [39r] (29/58)
The record is made up of 1 file (14 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1930-18 Mar 1931. It was written in English. 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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Your ajeet^t
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be upooa you*
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to Your ] jaj©Bty f o ocmalderaticm ay desire to become a
rtoalen and to abandon other religions*
Hoe X once aore beg to state to Your
Majesty that Allah has rejoiced isy mirt to accept Islan
and bar shown me the right was to follow this religion
with Urn belief and perfect csonacioua satisfaction*
X therefore "bear witness that there la
no God but Allah and that tlohaaaed Is Hi© ©lave and
l esaen^p^t and X believe in all that la i^antloned in the
‘’Booh of Allah* f In the traoltion or liie ries^cnger asm in
whet the good ancestora did* X also wish to exprera
t!uit X au oonvlnoed that all la true mad that X ueaire
to follow the aane| and a© re artta the details that X
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The file contains correspondence regarding the conversion to Islam of Harry St John Bridger Philby, former Colonial Office intelligence officer and advisor to Ibn Saud, King of Nejd and Hejaz. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office; 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. ; Government of India.
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- 1 file (14 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 28, and terminates at f 53, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/15
- Title
- PZ 1654/31 'Mr Philby's conversion to Islam'
- Pages
- 39r:40v
- Author
- Philby, Harry St. John Bridger
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