Abstract: 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).Physical description: 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.
Written in 1248 1832-3.Copy completed on 21 Rajab 1336 May 3, 1918.Bound with: RisālahʻĪsá ibn Muḥammad ibn Nūr.MS Arab 230. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Paginated 1-5 in pencil in Arabic numerals.Copied in the hand of Muḥammad ibn al-Q.r.m.shī.From the books of ʻAbd al-Salām ibn al-Shaykh ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shaṭṭī.With: Sharḥ al-asmāʼ al-ḥusná.Followed by a poem by Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Luṭf in praise of Muḥammad Bīk, ḥākim of al-Quds al-Sharīf.MS Arab 337. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Foliated 203-227; paginated 1-49, both in Arabic numerals.From the books of Abd ʻal-Salām al-Shaṭṭī, 16 Jumādá al-Ākhirah 1279 December 8, 1862.With: Sharḥ al-asmāʼ al-ḥusná.MS Arab 337. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Copy completed on 3 Muḥarram 1229 December 26, 1813 from the autograph copy of the author.With: Risālat al-abḥāth al-mulakhkhaṣah fī ḥukm kayy al-ḥimmaṣahʻAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī.MS Arab 276. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.