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PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)' [‎7r] (13/136)

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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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Extract from Report from Sir R. Bullard. Jedda*
No»113 (1216/172/6) Confidential dated 1st June 1938«
175* The scheme for the construction of the Mecca-
Arafat and M e cca-Jedda-Medina roads hy the joint efforts
of the Saudi Government end the Egyptian Ti'aqfs Department
is still in the project stage* Tenders for the work were
called for in Egypt some months ago, and representatives of
various companies came to the Hejaz to examine the roads in
question, hut the contracts have not yet heen granted* It is
said that cabinet changes and electoral delays in Egypt have
delayed a decision, but a local story which may have something
in it is that the Egyptians want to have the management of the
business and the Saudi Government object to this as another
attempt to extend Egyptian influence in this country -
possibly with an eye to an Egyptian caliphate*
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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)
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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 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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