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Fo#371/22004 ins I 1 cms PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE Conditions of supply of Public Records leaflet 3 2 4 U.V ' Caliphate Islam . Registry ~\ Refers to Foreign Office despatch No. 416 of the 4th Number Jf ^014/2014/16 April 1938 (Ji 1527/1034/65) Peels that it would be FROM, . , advisable to avoid any tiling in the nature of Sir ;/I .La rnp s o n , "representations" from His Majesty's Government Cairo. * regarding Egyptian aspirations to the Oaliph.--.te. No. 459 Suggests that if the Egyptians raise the matter, he (535/6/38 should express his personal feeling that an Egyptian Dated 22nd Apr . 1938. Caliphate claim would stir up trouble with Moslem Received \ States and that such a conflict would "be unwelcome to in Registry jlOth May. 1938, His Majesty's Government. No Moslem ruler possesses orthodox quslif ications for the Caliphate', "but Sheikh • J: Egypt and. Sudan. el Maraghi may have unorthodox regional caliphates in mind, (copies sent to y\ngora, Bagdad, Jedda and Beirut) Last Paper. References. 7 Oxau-sjA dl&Abu »JU-U ) . vx --- / A / I574I 9/37 ins cms PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE Fo Please note that this copy is supplied subject to^Public Record Office's terms and conditions and that your use i iof it may be subject to copyright restrictions. Further information ts given in the enclosed Terms and Conditions of supply of Public Records' leaflet 3 Caliphate of Islam. Reg.istry Refers to Foreign Office despatch No.416 of 4th Number April (E 1527/1034/65). Peels that it would be Sir M.Lampson, advisable to avoidanything in the nature of FROM Cairo. "representations" from His Majesty's Government regarding Egyptian aspirations to the Caliphate. 459 Suggests however, that if and when the Egyptians raise (.335/6/38 the matter, he should express his personal feeling that Daled 22nd Apr. '38 an Egyptian Caliphate claim will stir up trouble between Egypt and other Moslem States and that such a conflict would be unwelcome to His Majesty's Government Is advised that no Moslem ruler today possesses orthodox qualifications for the Caliphate but believes that Sheikh Maraghi is thinking of unarthodox regional caliphates of period following overthrow of Bagdad Caliphate by the Hoghuls. (Copies to Angora,Bagdad, Jedda and Beirut). Last Paper. (Minutes.} References. Since the receipt of Sir M. Lampson1s despatch No.169 in E 1114 regarding King Farouk1s aspirations towards the Caliphate, the issue with which we have been mainly concerned is the effect which such aspirations are likely to have on the relations of His Majesty's Government with the adjoining Arab (Hptyr disposed of.) States and Turkey. In our despatch No.146 to Sir M. Lampson on E 1527fwe pointed out that an attempt to found an Egyptian Caliphate, even with only a local title, would certainly be resented by Turkey and by Ibn Saud. An Egyptian Caliphate with wider aspirations, such as seems to be the ultimate object of the activities of the Egyptian Ulema i reported in Sir M. Lampson's despatch No.555 in E 1870, would arttdttrtifc meet with all the stronger resentment ' in those quarters. But both the Turkish Government and Ibn Saud will no doubt take steps to counter the (Action completed.) idea if they think it necessary to do so and the important consideration from the point of view of His Majesty's Government is that neither/should have Next Paper. any .. '? t-N?- 15741 S/37 F.U.T. cms PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE ins I Please note that this copy is supplied subject to the Public Record Office's terms and conditions and that your use of it may be subject to copyright restrictions. Further information ts given in the enclosed Terms and Conditions of supply of Public Records' leaflet any reason to suppose that the idea has British backing. The possibility that such a supposition might arise lay in the entry into the arena of the Aga Khan. It was our object in writing to the India Office to do what we could to see that the Aga Khan leaves the idea alone.(t (**1\. The other issue, which is now assuming the greater importance, is the effect which King Farouk's aspirations may have on the internal situation in Egypt and on Egypt's relations with the other Moslem powers. • ^ It is this issue which now needs to be con- sidered in the light of Mr. Campbell's minute on E 1870 and Sir M. Lampson1s present despatch. On this issue Eastern Department are hardly competent to express views and I think it would be dealt with more properly by Egyptian Department. EgyptianxDepartment. King FarouV:'s aspirations to "be proclaimed Caliph would, if carried into effect, undoubtedly c: u^e ill- feeling "between Egypt and other Moslem powers^ -ift -jii.iltitular King Ibn Baud, the Imam of the Yemen- the Tinr o-f Irao and the Amir of Trans Jordan?. The "belief "" ^ v is wiOlrfft-heia that, in spite of the abolition of the T Protectorate and the conclusion of a Treaty of Alliance. ^cyP^ if5 a ^ero puppet in the hands of H.M.G. and it would be thought that, if King Farouk proclaimed himself Caliph, this action could only v MOYp "been tD. en at the instigation, or at least with the approval of II.M.G. Consequently \ve should incur o -iwa.// Ao 1'egards the efpect -»vhich King; Pnrou'c's cms PUBLIC RECORD OFFICJ" 326 aspirations may have on the internal situation in i^gypt, this is difficult to gauge at present. King Farouk appeared to enjoy immense popularity at the time of his marriage. Unless his quarrels with hie ministei-s^-tHsd^w; attempts to rule autocratically arid to secure excessive increases in his civil allowance completely kill his popularity "before Nocomber, there will /be considerable enthusiasm v/hen his first child Ts'borrpT especially if it is a boy. Later he may assume the title of Caliph in the hopes of enhancing his prestige irt-hio ev.'ff country if his' popularity has seriously decreased., as will probably be the case, next year. However, any prestige that may result from this assumption of the title of Caliph is likely to be short-lived if he is not recognised as such anywhere outside Egypt- The late King Fuad at one time toyed with the idea of assuming the title of Caliph but wisely dropped it. The Egyptian Royal House appear to have an exaggerate idea of their own grandeur and importance. The King's uncle, Prince Mohammed All, informed Sir Miles Lampson -- in the course of a conversation on April 17th that iigypt;'f considered policy now is to retain the hegemony of the ' Arab world and that this leadership must not be allowed-' to pass to Ibn Saud or the King of Iraq, nor to a future Palestinian state. iVo know tho1?TCing Farouk^avourga: an idea that Prince Abdel Moneim, son of the ex-Khedive, should accept the Syrian throne if it were offered to hija. »-v^~- j If King Farouk keeps his/throne (and the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, after a recent visit to Egypt, gathered the impression that King Farouk would be very lucky if he kept his throne much longer) he is likely to be continually attempting to extend his influence outside Egypt's frontiers. According to a telegram just received from Sir Miles Lampson (No.310 of May 7th) the Palace/ ^. Vi ™SS»^r^^^^useontmayue j conditions of supply o^f PublicRecordsMeaflet Palace are "behind the pro-Arab agitation that has recently 0-^0^- been taking place in Kgypt about Palestine j*er this is "believed by the head of the Jewish community in Cairo to be part of King Farouk's Caliphate£*~- o*- ^a***. I*wv«wkr ~«A.<-*^ In these circumstances I would suggest that we should reply to Sir Miles Larapson that, whilst we agree that it may be undesirable, at any rate at present, that there should be anything in the nature of "representations" from H.JT.G. to the Egyptian Government regarding the Caliphate question, yet we trust that he will take ^ite- o«_ fetvnit suitable opportunity to express to the Prime Minister and to anyone else he thinks desirable^ **termisgivings *'^.*, »<. -oyM-^ at the whiol^^Ts likely to cause ill-feeling between Egypt and other Moslem states. I think that v/e should also instruct H. M. representatives at Angora. Bagdad and Jedda to mention, when a suitable opportunity occurs. that they have heard rumours that King Parouk is toying with the idea of assuming the title of Galiph and that they understand that this proposal has no backing whatsoever from H.M.G. Copies of that despatch might go to the Colonial Office with a request that the information contained therein should be communicated to the Governor of Aden and to the High Commissioner for Palestine, who might also be instructed to give a similar warning to the Amir of Trans jordon. <1 1 . O . ^ V. 9th May 1958 ins I cms PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE FiO / 220 jBM. Please note that this copy is supplied subject to the Public Record Office's terms and conditions and that your usei iof it may be subject to copyright restrictions. Further information ts given in the enclosed Terms and Conditions of supply of Public Records' leaflet Minutes. **»i»U * <n—«- . ! - In view of the recommendation contained; in Sir M.Lampson's telegram No.320 of May lOtlp t -';_ (E 2701) I would suggest that we should reply ^ i -j to this despatch that in view of his recommends tions we do not propose to take any action at present as regards the Caliphate question but that he should watch the matter and report to us at once if «**y more active steps are being taken/ •«srr, v• ;--= 1 1 2 cms PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE ins 1 •) I 2 r 5?~ Rel - F~O \-"t'l 1 22.O C) ^ Z>7*DO3 Plea se note that this copy is supplied subject to the Public Record Office's terms and conditions and that your use of it may be subject to copyright restrictions.
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