A fakir dressed like a Jangama (Add.Or.4207) but with heavy armlets and a bullock. Inscribed: ‘A Fakeer called Nadeyah.’ The image is framed by a black border. 24.2 by 19.7cm
File 4327/1911 Part 3 'Turco-Italian War: Muslim representations'
Scope & Content:
Part 3 consists of correspondence relating to representations to the British Government by various Muslim groups and their supporters unhappy about Italian aggression during the Italo-Turkish War 1911-12. Many of the representations consisted of requests for intervention by the British against w...
File 3136/1914 Pt 6 ‘German War. Turkey. Jeddah. Food Supplies’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning the impact of war between Britain and Turkey upon shipping, food supplies and travellers on Hajj pilgrimage, along the Red Sea coast of Arabia (including the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Yemen), and the wider Arab region. Subjects covered include: Reports of food shortages in the Hedjaz ...
The volume contains papers relating to the attitude of Muslims, mainly Muslims in India, towards the participation of Great Britain [the United Kingdom] and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] in the First World War. Most of the volume consists of papers sent to the Permanent Under Secretary of State ...
File P 53 1915 Pt 1 'German War - The Khalifate and Pan-Arab Movement'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to British support for an Arab caliphate under British suzerainty. The discussion in the volume relates to the plots to foment a rebellion in the Arab Ottoman provinces and the military support required fr...