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'File 1/A/47 Khaksar Movement' [44r] (87/104)
The record is made up of 1 file (50 folios). It was created in 26 Mar 1939-28 Jul 1940. 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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•4 /
Amir and to make its members obey one
command.
(11) Not to collect subscriptio is..
(12) Not to withdraw any step taken by former
National or Indian leaders, nor to oppose any
person, community, association or movements
(13) To become the ruling power by promoting
unity.
3. Organisation. —The original directorate of tho
Anjuman-i-Khaksiran was vested in an executive commit
tee consisting of (1) Inayat-ullah Khan, Mashriqi, (2) Mufti
Sahib, Mozang, Lahore, (3) Masud Ahmad Khan, B.Sc., of
Lahore, (4) M.A. Majid, M.A., of Lahore, (5) Hakim Moham
mad Din of Lahore. The organisation provides for a
Dictator—“ Amir ”, and commanders of the various grades—
“ Sar Salars ”, ‘‘ Salar Idara ”, “ Sippa Salars ”, etc., and
Khaksars.
4. Extent of the Movement. — (a) In the Punjabi —Tnayat-
ullah himself claims to have between five and six thousand
volunteers and to have established branches in this province
at a number of places in Lahore City and district, at Amrit
sar, Sialkot, Gujran wala, Sargodh i, Ferozepora, Jullundur,
Sheikhupura and Hoshiarpor. Apart from Lahore, Amrit
sar and Saloh, a village in the Jullunlur district, however,
no branches seem to be in active existence in this province.
The conduct of the Khaksars in the Punjab has hitherto
been unexceptionable : they do nothing but drill with their
khaki clothes and bfdchas, perform occasional social services,
and appear in formation at Muhammadan festivals. Some
advertisement was obtained by the despatch of a party
of nine Khaksars from Lahore on the 28th July, 1933, for
a tour of the holy places of Mesoptamia and Arabia via
Baluchistan, Persia and Nejed, and also later in the year
by a tour by a party of
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
Province’s
Khaksars to Amritsar and back. It is difficult to estimate
the membership of the Anjuman with any accuracy, but
there are probably not more than 6 or 700 members in this
province. Inayatullah has incurred the hostility of the
Ahrars and the movement has made no great progress.
(&) Outside [the Punjab. —Inayatullah claims to have
organised ^branches at Bangalore, Madras, Sitapur and
Peshawar. Of the first three places we have no informa
tion, but the branch at Peshawar is definitely existent
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The file concerns the presence of Bahrain of members of the Khaksar Movement, an Islamic movement originating in India, which had a distinctive ideology, and whose members wore uniform, and were distinguished by the emblem of a spade.
The main correspondents are the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Government of India, particularly the Intelligence Bureau (Home Department).
The papers cover: a handwritten paper entitled 'The Khaksar Movement in Bahrain', giving a full account of the movement and the strength of its presence in Bahrain, April 1939 (folios 2-8), accompanied by an article about the movement from the Illustrated Weekly of India entitled 'An Army of Spades', dated 26 March 1939, including information on the movement's founder, Alama Inayatullah Mashraki [Allama Mashriqi] (folios 9-13); correspondence between British officials in the Gulf, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Intelligence Bureau (Home Department) of the Government of India, exchanging intelligence about the extent of the movement in Bahrain, the identities of individual members, and the distribution of the movement's newspaper Al Islah , April 1939 - February 1940 (folios 14-26); correspondence about the presence of members of the Khaskar Movement at Al Khobar [Al Khubar] in Saudi Arabia, February-March 1940 (folios 27-30); following the declaration by the Government of India that the movement was unlawful, further correspondence about the identities and employment status of individual members of the movement in Bahrain, March - July 1940 (folios 31-37); and a printed pamphlet entitled 'Note on the Khaksar Movement.', 1939, giving information on the movement during the period 1933-39 (folios 41-51).
It is stated in the papers that the movement was treated with derision by the Arab population (folios 24, 29).
The date range gives the covering dates of the correspondence in the file (26 March 1939 - 28 July 1940); the printed pamphlet at the back of the file entitled 'Note on the Khaksar Movement.' contains information in three sections dated 1933-39; the last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes dated 30 July 1940
- Extent and format
- 1 file (50 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folios 38-40), and a pamphlet entitled 'Note on the Khaksar Movement.' (folios 41-51).
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-37; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- 'File 1/A/47 Khaksar Movement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 14r:17v, 19r:19v, 21r:24v, 26r:32v, 34r:36v, 38r:51v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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