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Coll 6/75 'Institutions in Arabia receiving financial support from H.E.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad.' [9r] (17/120)
The record is made up of 1 file (58 folios). It was created in 31 Aug 1931-5 Dec 1938. 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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repair of tlie The l-'lnliitsr coneidered that toe
proposal to repair certain tom&e required even greater
circuaispection than toe earlier reque it, aa few things
connected with toe holy cities have divided Muslim
rec.mt
opinion so acutely li\/xsxx times as toe attitude of toe
.laud! AraO Government in regard to toe totos in queaticai.
As you are aware, uiie JateDis intentiomiiy desefcrated
ixiany toiabn including those of special importance at
Madina in purstLanca of tiielr religious Oaliafs, and
this action caused great offence to very large numbers
of othwr Muslims, The Jaudi (lovemiTient have made soma
concessions to this faeiings; but they have been on a
very ILmited seals; and the British Minlstar conaidera
tteit it would be moat unwise for His Majesty # s dovarniaant
to concern itself witxi a question wnich nas so eminently
a religious character in the eyes of the exponents of
the rival vie vs. The British Minister therefore uHde
careful enquiries unofficially from tne iauai Arab
Government, and has been advised that it would definitely
be better not to connect this proposal with the
electricity question. This was also explained to Nawub
Ahsan Yar Jung who told the Minister tnat no nad under
stood from the personages whom he had seen that there
would be no objection to the very moderate proposals
of His Exalted Highness' Government, which were limited
to the reconditioning of toe wall enclosing tns cemetery
of 11-Bakin and a small adjoining cemetery to the north
of It at Medina, as also the wall of il-Maala at Mecca.
Nevertheless the British Minister would very much prefer
not to raise dfficialiy with the Baud! Arab Government
any question concerning the cemeteries. He has
indeed suggested that if the electricity scheme were
formally
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This file relates to institutions in the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) that have received or have been offered financial support from the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Resident at Hyderabad, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan), and the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The correspondence primarily concerns proposals from the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad to install electric lights in the haram at Medina and to repair a number of holy tombs there, in commemoration of the Nizam's silver jubilee. Included in the correspondence are details of the proposals and the Saudi Government's response.
Also included in the file is correspondence dating from 1931 discussing the alleged interference of the Hejazi authorities regarding the religious instruction provided at a Hyderabad-funded Hanafi madrassa in Medina.
The date range of the file is 1931-38 but the majority of the material dates from 1936-38.
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 (58 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2148
- Title
- Coll 6/75 'Institutions in Arabia receiving financial support from H.E.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 8r:11v, 13r:23v, 26r:29v, 31r:53v, 59r:59v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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