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PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)' [47r] (93/136)
The record is made up of 1 file (65 folios). It was created in 10 May 1930-8 Mar 1939. 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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*h*n Um nXr BaMin at the yvmn, ■■m the >ce* 3 i 3 n of
the tB«u«sratloa of the Umitm hroodoMt in Arnbie to
*hiah m wart Uatealng together, referrefl to his father
as Cone*easier of the asliesers, end he also s-ked with
evident interest, before he a«d seen the text of the
Itaio-feaeni Treat/, whether it was true thet the It-iinns
had reoasnlaed the Irnw as Caliph in that f mu n't . hut
on the vteols lha can afford to ignore the xwlicy of
the King of the T »en in this rsepsot* It wwiia be ether*
wine, however, if King ^'aroak were to taste the title of
Caliph, sinoe i.ypt, in virtue of her (feographiaai situation,
population and relative wealth, holds a position whloh wuat
give ls*;ioi*ts'.«oe to »«y act of her ruleri and even if the
Mseaption of the title were aooMpanied V a declaration
ih t U w>.s totrel/ osdorr.inosdS stith - t title ;f .-..ir* ,
suspicion would i»t be oonpletely alloyed. it is true
that personal rivalries ana nationalism wosn dertro/wd the
early uniV of the Callpfcste, bat, quite apart fron the
wide reo ignition which the uttoaim Caliphate enjoyed for
so long, the title of Caliph carries with it neaories of
the early successors of ththsawnd, who held religi ,ae sway
over all Moelews, tnd its sswzvptim by any rolsr today
would harslly fell to •>€ interpreted in eany quarters as a
bid for spiritual influence outside the borders of his
aesular real®. .Articles which had appeared in the press
in najl-ind referring to King Psrouk’e alleged deeigna on the
-;au h te were nentloaed ir, a recent conver* tlon wr.iah
I h.d with Shad .aey, ami I :» sure that he wns not aoenhir ;
fi>r hlvaelf alone when he **ld very finely that King
/ar iuk's/
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The file contains mainly despatches received by the Foreign Office, reporting on the Egyptian proposal to establish a modern Islamic Caliphate under King Farouk. The main correspondents are Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt, and Sir Reader William Bullard, Minister at the British Legation, Jedda. They comment on the reaction and support for the revival of the institution of the Caliphate among Muslim leaders Ibn Saud (King of Saudi Arabia) and the Aga Khan (Aga Khan III), as well as among Egyptian and Turkish government ministers. The file also contains Government of India correspondence from the Director of the Intelligence Bureau in the Home Department, concerning the religious propaganda activities of Egyptian ulema (Muslim scholars) sent abroad, and a report about the likely reaction of Indian Muslims to a revival of the Caliphate. There is a personal memorandum in French, from the former Turkish minister General Chérif Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to the British Government in 1930, advocating a Caliphate in Muslim India under the rule of the exiled, former Ottoman Caliph Abdul Medjid II. There are news articles published in the Pratap , Lahore, The Egyptian Gazette , Cairo and the journal Great Britain and the East , London.
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.
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- 1 file (65 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 67; 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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/230
- Title
- PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 12r:15v, 17r:22v, 25r:62v, 67r:67v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence