'The Supposed Spiritual Authority of the Caliph'

Title:

'The Supposed Spiritual Authority of the Caliph'

Contributor:

Sir Knight Thomas Walker Arnold (author)

Date:

1918/1918

Description:

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).1 file (4 folios)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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Islam
Caliphate

Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Unknown
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002ec_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002ec_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B307

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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