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PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)' [3r] (5/136)
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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P. Z. 11 22/39-
No. 19
(168/356/1 )
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INDIA bhkL,*
British Legation,
Jedda.
January 19th, 1939-
My Lord,
I have the honour to inform you that according to
information given to me by my Egyptian colleague, Abdul
Rahman Bey Azzam, the agreement for the construction of
the Mecca-Jedda-Medina roads and the provision of water
and electric light for Mecca which I reported in my
despatch No. 18 dated January 19 th was finally concluded
by his being able to convince Ibn Baud that the object
of the Egyptian G-overnment in promoting this scheme was
purely humanitarian and without any political motive
whatsoever.
2. As you aresware, Ibn Baud is extremely jealous of
anything that savours of interference in the internal
affairs of his country, not merely by European, but also
by Moslem countries. Indeed, perhaps he is more
suspicious of Moslems, who have a right of entry which
is denied to Europeans. His suspicions are directed
in particular against Iraq and Egypt - a point on which
I reported in my despatch No. 55 (649/^-56/14) dated
March 22nd, 1938* But it was to be expected that his
deepest suspicions would attach to the ambition
attributed to Egypt, of becoming the seat of a caliphate
- a subject to which I referred in my despatch No. 43
- -j
(511/452/2) of March 9th last); and I have no doubt
that Azzam Bey acted wisely in making a bold attack on
this suspicion instead of pretending that it did not
exist.
3 . According to Azzam Bey, he followed this line of
argument. He had not come to "negotiate" about the
roads,/
The Right Honourable the Viscount Halifax, K.G.,
&c. &c.
&c.
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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.
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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 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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- 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