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Coll 6/51 'Pan-Islamic Congress, 1933-5. Activities of Shaukat Ali, the Mufti of Jerusalem and others.' [101r] (201/323)
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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the situation, we considered it necessary to enclose with
this letter a memorandum which describes, as far as
possible, the bad situation of this Moslem country and the
great danger that threatens the future of Islam and the
Moslems in this country* It, also, states how the
colonizing and the Jewish forces are jointly working for
taking it from the hands of the Moslems and turning it
into a Jewish country (God forbid) morally and materially
and are removing from it every Moslem tint, also ejecting
the inhabitants and making them scatter all over the world*
The Moslems in Palestine for the last seventeen
years and up till now have been and still are struggling to
safeguard the sacred Moslem Places and to repulse the
foreign as well as the Jewish people who covet them and
will keep up their struggle to their last breath* In their
capacity as trustees and faithful guards of these Sacred and
Holy places they find it their duty, now that the danger is
becoming greater and now that the enemy forces, which are
equipped with science, money, cunning and arms, are
increasing, to appeal to their brethren the Moslems in other
countries and to expose to them the true situation and
frankly tell them that Palestine which contains the Mosque of
Aksa, the Dome of the Rock, the Burraq and the Tombs of the
Martyrs and the companions of the Prophet, is about to fall
a victim of prey to the enemy* The Moslems who are in everj
part of the world and who number about four hundred millions,
should open their eyes to the double danger which emanates
from colonization and the Jews and which is surrounding the
first Kubla and the third Mosque, and to hasten to save this
sacred spot from the hands of the enemies of Islam* The
slumber of the Moslems, their non-cooperation and their non
unity have encouraged the enemies of Islam to Increase their
coveting in the annihilation of Islam and in possessing the
Moslem country.
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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:
- Reports on the activities of Mohammed Ali Allouba Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
- The visit of Shawkat Ali [Maulana Shaukat Ali] in 1933.
- British concerns regarding the impact in other Muslim countries of what is referred to as Arab Palestinian propaganda.
- Details of the visit of an Islamic delegation to India in 1933, headed by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem [Muḥammad Amin al-Husayni], for the collection of funds for a proposed Islamic University in Palestine.
- Arrangements for a proposed financial contribution (one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or 100,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ), to be made by the Nizam of Hyderabad's Government towards the proposed Islamic University in Palestine.
- The views of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] on Palestine.
- The visit of Emir Saoud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd] to Palestine in August 1935.
- Foreign Office concerns regarding a suggestion made by the Viceroy of India (Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow) in July 1940 that a pan-Islamic conference should be convened to encourage Muslim feeling against Axis expansion into British territory in the Middle East.
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)
- Arrangement
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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- Coll 6/51 'Pan-Islamic Congress, 1933-5. Activities of Shaukat Ali, the Mufti of Jerusalem and others.'
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- 100r:103v
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- Supreme Muslim Council, Palestine xx Supreme Moslem Council, Palestine
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