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Coll 6/51 'Pan-Islamic Congress, 1933-5. Activities of Shaukat Ali, the Mufti of Jerusalem and others.' [‎69r] (137/323)

The record is made up of 1 file (160 folios). It was created in 30 Mar 1933-7 Aug 1940. It was written in English and French. 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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fields of the Arabs and Moslems transformed overnight
to Jewish Colonies, after the Inhabitants thereof have
been chased as has been the case in Klar^ lb In Anier ,
VSIadi el Hawareth and others of the lands and. fields
which were inhabited by its owners and while the
operation of (overwhelming Palestine) ie being carried
out by the most dirty way, the British authorities
refuse the demand of the people to stop the immigration
and the sale of lands*
The Jewish ambitions of the SJoelem Holy Placee
and dispossession of the Arab lands, the supremacy
of Policy and economics over Pileetine, have led to
riots and sanguinary disturbances in which much blood
and many lives were shed, and alestine has become a
den of corruptions by the many Jewish immigrants who
come in carrying with them the Bolahevic (communist)
principles which are entirely contrary to the Laws of
the bhamnedan eligion, and the Jewish Bolahovlcs in
Palestine have formed a secret dangerous body which
undertakes to spread communist prind ies and which works
to make Arabs Bolaherlcs in this Poslem country*
■very time there was a riot or a revolution,
the Government appointed comiitteen to investigate the
cause and to formulate a scheme which will guarantee
the non recurrence of such calamities. The reports
of these com. ittees always contained important
confessions such as "The fear of the Arab majority for
their future &£s a nation and the attempt of the
Jewish minority to rule are the principal reasons which
lead to such disturbences".
The last of these comlttees, was that under the
supremacy of ir "Valter r haw" which come to Palestine
in

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This file documents British concerns regarding the pan-Islamic movement, particularly in Palestine but also in other parts of the Middle East.

The file features the following principal correspondents: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the High Commissioner for Palestine (Arthur Grenfell Wauchope); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the President of the Supreme Muslim Council, Palestine [Muḥammad Amin al-Husayni]; officials of the Foreign Office, the Government of India's Foreign Department, the Government of Palestine, and the Palestine Police Force's Criminal Investigations Department, Jerusalem.

The correspondence includes discussion of the following:

In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following:

  • Copies of extracts Palestine police summaries from 1933-1935.
  • A copy of a translation of a memorandum (author unknown) written in 1935, which discusses British policy regarding Palestine, as well as Jewish immigration and Zionism, from a Palestinian Muslim perspective.

The French material in this file consists of a copy of a French translation of a sermon given by Sheikh el Maraghi [Muhammad Mustafa al-Maraghi] in early 1938.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).

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1 file (160 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 161; 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 2-160; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and French in Latin script
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Coll 6/51 'Pan-Islamic Congress, 1933-5. Activities of Shaukat Ali, the Mufti of Jerusalem and others.' [‎69r] (137/323), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2118, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040674814.0x00008c> [accessed 4 June 2026]

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