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IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21
- Record Id:
- 041-003080601
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000928364
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025781536.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079560870.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21
- Title:
- Government enquiry into the supposed practice of wealthy Muslims providing for the poor to make pilgrimage to Mecca without sufficiently providing for their journey back or subsistence
- Scope & Content:
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pp 397-473. Following receipt of a report from the British Council in Jeddah that many pilgrims do not have provision for their subsistence at Jeddah or return passage to Mecca, the Government of India request opinions on the matter from the Presidency Governments, and recommendations for any appropriate action from Government.
File consists of extensive comments thereon forwarded by the Presidency and Provincial Governments, including:
Comments from members of the Muslim community: Moulvie Abdool Luteef, Khan Bahadoor, Deputy Magistrate of the 24 Pergunnahs, Alipore, and Secretary to the Mahomedan Literary Society of Calcutta; Moonshee Ameer Ali, Alipore; Moulvie Syed Obedoollah Khan, Deputy Magistrate of Magoorah; Meer Mahomed Ally, Calcutta; Syed Moazzum Hosein, Judge of the Court of Small Causes, Bengal; Syed Ameer Ali, Calcutta; Haji Wahid Ali Khan, Zemindar, Durbhunga; Syud Mahomed Aboo Saleb, Zemindar of Gaya; Sadik Ali Khan, Zemindar of Durbhunga.
Plus comments received from Deputy Commissioners and other local officials across India, and concluding comment from the Secretary of State, remarking that undue Government interference should be avoided, and that the introduction of a system of passports or licences would be misguided.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Medical Archives
India Office Records - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000898102
036-000927413
040-000928364
041-003080601 - Is part of:
- IOR/P : Proceedings and Consultations of the Government of India and of its Presidencies and Provinces
IOR/P/1-12828 : Proceedings: "Non-Range" series
IOR/P/1003 : India Proceedings
IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21 : Government enquiry into the supposed practice of wealthy Muslims providing for the poor to make pilgrimage to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000898102[0002]/036-000927413[0951]/040-000928364[0039]/041-003080601
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/P
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 57 pages
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100079560870.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1876
- End Date:
- 1877
- Date Range:
- Dec 1876-Aug 1877
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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