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PZ 1654/31 'Mr Philby's conversion to Islam' [51r] (53/58)
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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British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Jedda,
Hejaz.
Extract from the "Umm al Qura T *, No. 297 of 16.8*30.
Mr.Philhy converted to the Islamic Religion.
Allah hne gladdened our ftrriend Mr.St.John
Philby with Islam, so he has declared in a letter which he
has forwarded to Hie Majesty the King.
Mr.Philhy has heen trying for more than four
years to make such a declaration, having deeply studied
the Islamic religion. The following is the text of the
letter he has forwarded to His Majesty the King.
”To His Majesty Imam Ahdul Aziz ibn Abdurrahman
al Faisal A1 Sa f ud, the Heapectable”.
Your Majesty,
Peace, Mercy and the Blessing
of Allah be upon you.
I have already had the honour to submit
to Your Majesty’s consideration my desire to become a
Moslem and to abandon other religions.
Now I once more beg to state to Your Majesty
that Allah has rejoiced my heart to accept Islam and has
shown me the right way to follow this religion with firm
belief and perfect conscious satisfaction.
I therefore "bear witness that there is no
God but Allah and that Mohammed is His slave and messenger”,
and I believe in all that is mentioned in the ’'Book of
Allah”, in the tradition of His messenger and in what the
good
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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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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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- 51r:52v
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- Philby, Harry St. John Bridger
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