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PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)' [41v] (82/136)
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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9. The Imam Yehia, a Zeidi, i.e., an unorthodox Moslem, has long been
styled “ Amir-al-Muminin ” (Commander of the Faithful) among his own Zeidi
followers. This title was even used in his recent treaty with Italy, and its
assumption on that occasion is understood to have caused offence to Ibn Saud, who
is reported to have maintained that this was a breach of an understanding ^
reached during the negotiations for the peace which concluded the recent war
between Ibn Saud and the Imam.
10. Although in the Middle Ages the assumption of Caliphate titles by
independent Moslem rulers was viewed with indulgence by enlightened lay
thought in Islam, it is not at all certain that to-day other Moslem rulers would
view with equanimity the assumption of Caliphate titles by King Farouk. Most
of these independent sovereigns in the Middle Ages who assumed Caliphate titles
were either in conflict with the other sovereigns assuming similar titles, or too
remote from them to matter.
11 . Sheikh El Maraghi probably has two objects in view: Firstly, to
strengthen the position of King Farouk in Egypt by the assumption of the title
of Caliph; and. secondly, to spread Egyptian influence thereby through Arab,. ,
countries. The first objective is probably the one to which he attaches most
importance. His idea seems to be that popular support can best be diverted from
the Wafd to the King by religious attraction. The King of Egypt, as Caliph,
would be religiously entitled to the devotion of his Moslem subjects. No doubt
Sheikh El Maraghi thinks that this factor would act powerfully with the
ignorant masses. He may also imagine that he himself, who in Egypt occupies
morally a position similar to that of the iheikh-al-Islam in pre-Kemalist
Turkey, would be the power behind the throne of an Egyptian Caliph-King.
12. Incidentally, according to a report from an informant in touch with
Ali Maher
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the latter is rather apprehensive about Sheikh El Maraghi’s
Islamic campaign. According to this informant, there is actually a conflict
between Ali Maher
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and Sheikh El Maraghi, each endeavouring to secure
the predominating influence over the King. Ali Maher
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, according to this
informant, is seriously disturbed by Sheikh El Maraghi’s endeavour to influence
the King in favour of Mohamed Mahmoud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
as against a combine of the
Maher brothers.
13. I may mention that Shevki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
dined with me a few hours after my
conversation with the Aga Khan. I took the opportunity to tell him what the
Aga had said about the Caliphate. My impression was that he was rather
relieved. I doubt, however, whether the Turkish Government would view with
equanimity either the Caliphate pretensions of an Egyptian King or the whole
Islamic campaign at present being conducted in Egypt by Sheikh El Maraghi
and the Palace.
14. Unless the Aga Khan himself raises this matter on his return to
England. I should prefer that the matter should not be raised with him at this
stage; if he does so raise it, I should prefer that, in any case, the contents of this
despatch should not be divulged to him save in the most general way, for I should
regret it greatly if he came to think that I had been sowing trouble for him with
His Majesty’s Government.
15. ' I am sending copies of this despatch to His Majesty’s Ambassadors
at Bagdad and Angora, His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda, His Majesty’s consul-
general at Beirut and the High Commissioner for Palestine.
I have, &c.
MILES W. LAMPSON.
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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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- PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
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- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 12r:15v, 17r:22v, 25r:62v, 67r:67v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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