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PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)' [51r] (101/136)
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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COPY
(E 1662/1662/65)
No.320.
(494/1/37 .)
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BRITISH EMBASSY,
CAIRO.
12th March, 1937.
Sir,
I have the honour to report that in the course
of conversation with Mr. Hamilton, Assistant Oriental
Secretary, The Turkish Minister asked whether the Embassy
had any information on the subject of a suggestion to
proclaim King Farouk Caliph of Islam, as he had been asked
by his government to report on the matter. He added that
he had approached the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs
as to whether he was aware of the suggestion but had been
told that this was the first that had been heard of it.
Wacyf Ghali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
promised, however, to make enquiries.
2. Mr. Hamilton informed Sevki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
that the only
information we had was from an article published on the 28th
January in the Kawkab-esh-Sharq and written by Shekib Arslan
in Geneva. This was a suggestion that the Caliphate should
be entrusted to King Farouk at a later date, when Egypt had
attained a powerful position in the Islamic world through the
development of her armed forces.
3. The fact that the suggestion had emanated from Shekib
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Arslan naturally arouses a suspicion that the Italians may have
oeen the source of inspiration. This has in some measure
been confirmed by reports from secret sources. It is
reported, for instance, that Italian agents in the El .azhar
have been putting about this very idea. There is reason,
however, to believe that the Italians now think King Farouk
too much in British hands for their purpose and are
considering the possibilities of Ibn Saud and the ruler of the
The Right Honourable Yemen/
Anthony Eden M.C., M.P.,
&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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- 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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