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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Subject Islam

1. IOR/L/PS/12/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/230
Title:
PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
Scope & Content:
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 Le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1930-8 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1022

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1022
Title:
Ext 4195/45 'Suggested Pan-Islamic Congress to be held in Cairo'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence regarding a proposal for a Pan-Islamic Congress based on the suggestion of Dr Zaki Ali, author of Glimpses of Islam, as reviewed by the Censorship Control Quarters in Cairo. The correspondence is recorded in English and French.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Jul 1945-4 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1026

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1026
Title:
Ext 4504/45 'Sir Hassan Suhrawardy - "The Truth about Muhammed" Transmission of manuscript'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence regarding the manuscript of Sir Hassan Suhrawardy, titled The Truth about Muhammed. The correspondence, which is between the India Office, the External Affairs Department (Government of India), and Clarendon Press, is concerned with the safe return of Suhrawar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1945-27 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B307
Title:
The Supposed Spiritual Authority of the Caliph
Scope & Content:
This printed report consists primarily of a Note by Dr Thomas Walker Arnold concerning the spiritual authority of the Caliph (khalīfah) in relation to contemporary events. It is prefaced by extracts from a correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir Reginald Wingate, dated 3 and 17 Decembe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B372
Title:
Letter from Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office, dated 13 Sep 1922
Scope & Content:
This secret printed memorandum is a copy of a letter from Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office, dated 13 Sep 1922, concerning the proposed amendment of the articles of the Treaty of Sévres which have been represented as interfering with the 's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1922
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B373
Title:
Notes by Sir Thomas Walker Arnold dated 1 May 1922, 1 July 1922 and August 1922
Scope & Content:
This confidential printed memorandum contains three notes, dated 1 May 1922, 1 July 1922 and August 1922, by orientalist Sir Thomas Walker Arnold concerning the 'spiritual power' of the Caliph in the context of the proposed amendment of the articles of the Treaty of Sévres. The first note examine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1922
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)