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PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)' [11r] (21/136)
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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The Caliphate.
The Prince was asked about the rumours regarding
the revival of the Caliphate and Egypt's claim to it. The
Prince said that the assumption of the Caliphate could not
he accomplished by merely desiring it. He did not consider
any Oriental nation to-day sufficiently powerful to take
upon itself the Caliphate, which carried with it the ability
to nrotect Moslems everywhere. Choosing a Calinh is like
choosing a Parliament: in this case the views of all
Moslems have to be considered and no sovereign momentarily
powerful enough should say that he is to be the Caliph. But
Egypt, having M-4.zhar as the most orominent institution of
the Moslem world, sending out qualified sheikhs everywhere,
had the strongest position. formerly the Moslems of Poland,
Rumania and other countries of Eastern Europe sent their
religious teachers to Turkey, but now they are sent to Egyot,
which is the centre of the Moslems the world over.
Princess Pawzia's Engagement .
His Highness concluded his talk with the ’'Ahra 171
corresnondent by referring in the most cordial terms to the
engagement of Princess Pawzia with the heir of the throne of
Iran. This is not only going to draw the two countries
together in a material sense, but had a deeoer spiritual
significance which was noted by Turkish writers more than
by the Egyptians. The two Royal Houses represented two
sects of the Moslem faith which for more than a thousand
years had been divided. Now by the union, Sunnis and
Shiites, the two Royal Families would show the underlying unity
of Islam.
The Prince expects to leave England next week for
Switzerland, where he will recuperate.- (Ahram S.S.)
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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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- Title
- PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
- Pages
- 10r:11v
- Author
- al Ahram
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/L/PS/12/230
- Title
- PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
- Pages
- 10r:11v
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- Egyptian Gazette
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- Public Domain