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IOR/L/PS/18/B307
- Record Id:
- 040-000563450
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002ec
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023576665.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B307
- Title:
- The Supposed Spiritual Authority of the Caliph
- Scope & Content:
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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 December 1918. There is a concluding remark on Arnold's note by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the India Office, dated 28 August 1918. There is an appendix entitled 'Pièces Justificatives' which appears to give extracts from sources consulted by Arnold. They include Christaan Snouck Hurgonje's Mohammedanism (New York and London, 1916), Nederland en de Islam (Leiden, 1915) and The Holy War "Made in Germany". With a Word of Introduction by R. J. H. Gottheil (New York, 1915); Martin Hartmann in Die Welt des Islams, I (Berlin, 1913); Carl Heinrich Becker's 'Islampolitik' in Die Welt des Islams, III (Berlin, 1915); Abel Pavet de Courteille and Abdolonyme Ubicini, État présent de l'Empire Ottoman (Paris, 1875); and Carlo Alfonso Nallino, Appunti sulla natura del "califfato" in genere e sul presunto "califfato ottomano" (Rome, 1917).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563450 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B307 : The Supposed Spiritual Authority of the Caliph - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0337]/040-000563450
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002ec
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 28 Dec 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 7, and terminates at folio 10, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 7-153; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former Internal References:
- B307
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)