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File 287/1917 'Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians' [129r] (270/324)
The record is made up of 1 volume (155 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920. It was written in English and Urdu. 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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Details affecting the Hedjaz in the “ Silk Letters Case.”
1. The two parties led by Saharanpur maulvis who proceeded to the Hedjaz
in 1915 were as follows : —
(1) Maulvi Khalil Ahmad’s party consisted of: —
(i) M. Khalil Ahmad, of the Islamia Madrasa, Saharanpur.
(ii) Wife oi (i).
(Hi) Makbul Ahmad, brother of (ii).
(iv) Abdul Majid, of Delhi.
(v) Haji Shah Baksh, Biloch of Hyderabad, Sind.
• (iv) Pir Khan Muhammad, of Kamaro, Taluka Tando Allahyar, Hyder-
-- abad, Sind.
The party left India by S.S. ?i “ Hedjaz ” sailing from Bombay 8th September
1915 ; (i), (ii), (Hi) and (v) returned to India reaching Bombay on 8th September
1916. No. (vi) has not returned.
No. (iv) attached himself to Khalil Ahmad’s party, but was previously un
known to Khalil Ahmad. It is uncertain whether he has returned from Arabia.
We know nothing about him.
No. (v) is an adherent of M. Obeidullah and was probably concerned in the
conspiracy. He was ostensibly with No. (vi) and not with Khalil Ahmad’s
party.
(2) Maulana Mahmud Hasan’s party consisted of :
(i) Maulana Mahmud Hasan, Headmaster, Deoband College, Saharanpur.
(ii) M. Auzer Gul, son of Shahid Gul, Pathan, of Dargai, North-West
Frontier Province.
(Hi) M. Muhammad Mian Ansari, of Ambehta, Saharanpur District, United
Provinces.
(iv) Mahbub Khan, of Sharanpur, United Provinces.
(v) M. Saiyid Murtaza Hasan, of Bijnor District, United Provinces.
(vi) Saiyid Hadi Hasan, of MuzaSarnagar District, United Provinces.
(vii) Haji Khan Muhammad, of Peshawar.
(viii) M. Abdul Wahid, of Tanda, Fyzabad District, United Provinces.
(ix) M. Matlub-ur-Kahman, of Deoband', United Provinces.
(x) M. Muhammad Sahul, of Bhagalpore.
(xi) M. Abul Hasan, of Jaunpore, United Provinces.
(xii) Haji Abdul Karim, of Sironj, Tonk State.
(xiii) Abdulla Khan, Pathan, of Khurja.
(xiv) Sheikh Khuda Baksh, of Nagore, Jodhpore State.
(xv) Abdur Bahman, son of (xii).
The party left by S.S. “ Akbar ” on 18th September’ 1915. Nos. (i), (ii),
(viii) and (xiii) have not yet returned from the Hedjaz. No. (m) died m the
Hedjaz All the remainder have returned. Though it is probable that all were
more or less cognisant of the conspiracy, the most deeply concerned appear to
be No. U) Mahmud Hasan, No. (ii) Auzer Gul (both still m Arabia), and No. (m)
Muhammad Mian Ansari who returned to India on 11th January 1916, bringing
Ghalib Pasha’s hrman and has since joined M. Obeidullah m Kabul, whence he
wrote one of the “ slik letters/’
M. Muhmud Hasan and Auzer Gul are probably in Mecca. Nos. (iv ), (i),
(vi) and (ix) have made statements.
2. Persons in the Hedjaz who came into touch with various members of the two
'parties and are or may be assisting to carry on intrigues . ^
(i) Saiyid Murtaza, Mutawif .—This man had been M. Khalil Ahmad s
mutawif on several previous occasions and assisted him also on this
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The file contains papers, mostly 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. minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta.
The file includes correspondence between the 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. and the following: the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon; the Foreign Office; the Colonial Office; and the War Office. The file also includes correspondence between the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon, and the Foreign Office, and between the High Commissioner for Egypt and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.
The file includes photographic copies of the silk letters, which are written in Urdu (folios 63 to 66).
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- 1 volume (155 folios)
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The papers are arranged in 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; 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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- File 287/1917 'Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:43r, 44r:48v, 48ar:48av, 49r:52v, 52ar:52av, 53r:62v, 70r:94v, 95ar:95av, 95r:97v, 99r:105v, 107r:111v, 114r:156v, back-i
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