These Minutes are currently held in the East London Mosque Archives, East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre, 46–92 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1JX. They consist of a series of papers, bound together with occasional additional documents, in one large file.

In November 2010, the East London Mosque celebrated its centenary. One hundred years earlier, the Aga Khan and Syed Ameer Ali convened a public meeting at the salubrious Ritz Hotel where, with support from some sympathetic members of the British establishment, they set about putting in place a strategy for the construction of a mosque in London, one that would be ‘worthy of the capital of the British Empire’. The London Mosque Fund was founded to finance its construction. Often regarded as the first mosque in London, the ELM, like many other mosques in the UK, took a long time to materialize. As with other mosques, the ELM also had to move several times during its long history. From the three converted houses in Commercial Road in the East End of London in which it had finally been set up in 1941, following a compulsory purchase order in 1969, it first moved to a prefabricated structure in Fieldgate Street in 1975 and then on to the present purpose-built one in Whitechapel Road in 1985. This in turn was extended to incorporate the London Muslim Centre in 2004 to meet the needs of the locality's fast-growing Muslim community. The story of its journey enables us to throw fresh light on the changing nature of interactions with wider society and the relationships between London's Muslim community and the institutions of the British state; the latter's expedient character was starkly reflected, for instance, during the Second World War when Churchill and his government sought Muslim support in a global conflict in which the loyalties of Muslims throughout the British Empire could prove crucial.

A Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held at the Caxton Hall on 13 December 1910

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Monday 20 March 1911, at 17 Hobart Place

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held at 17 Hobart Place, SW on Friday 7 April 1911

Rules of the Executive Committee

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Monday 4 December 1911 at: 17 Hobart Place, Grosvenor Gardens, SW at 4.30 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Monday 24 April 1911 at the Rooms of the Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street W.

A Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Monday 8 May 1911 at the Rooms of the Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albermarle Street, at 3.30 p.m

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Thursday 20 July 1911 at 3 pm at 36 Queen's Gate Terrace S.W.

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Thursday 21 September 1911 at 3.30 pm at the Caxton Hall Westminster SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Monday 6 November 1911 at 17 Hobart Place, Grosvenor Gardens, W at 5 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Monday 4 December 1911 at: 17 Hobart Place, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W at 4.30 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Wednesday April 17 1912 at 3.30 pm at 22 Albermarle Street SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Tuesday 16 July 1912 at 3 pm at 21 Cromwell Road, South Kensington

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held at 41 Sloane Street SW on Wednesday 30 April 1913 at 5 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 19 November 1913 at the India Office, Whitehall SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 22 January 1914 at 141 Sloane Street, SW at 5 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 19 March 1914 at 3 pm at 41 Sloane Street SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Tuesday 6 June 1916 at 5.30 pm at 41 Sloane Street, SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 23 November 1917 at 3.30 pm at 41 Sloane Street SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 15 March 1918 at 5 pm at 41 Sloane Street SW1

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque fund was held on 5 November 1919 at 4.30 pm at 18 Sloane Street, SW1

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 18 June 1920 at 6 pm at 18 Sloane St, SW1

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 16 March 1921 at 4.45 at 18 Sloane Street

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 14 October 1921 at 41 Sloane Street SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 2 December 1921 at 5.15 pm at 18 Sloane Street SW

A meeting of the Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Monday 23 July 1923 at 4.30 pm at 18 Sloane Street SW

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Tuesday 24 June 1924 at 18 Sloane Street at 4.15 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Wednesday 20 May 1925 at 18 Sloane Street at 4.30 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Saturday 31 October 1925 at 18 Sloane Street at 3 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held at 4 o'clock on Saturday 5 December 1925 at 2 Cadogan Place SW1

A meeting of the Trustees and of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held at 4 o'clock on Wednesday 12 May 1926 at 2 Cadogan Place SW1

A Joint Meeting of the Trustees of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund, held at 18 Sloane Street, S.W, on Saturday, 6 November 1926 at 4 pm

A meeting of the Trustees and the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund held at 2 Cadogan Place, S.W. on Friday 31 December 1926 at 4.30 pm

[Indigent Moslem Burial Fund Trust declaration]

A meeting of the Trustees and of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held at 3.45 p.m on Thursday 3 November 1927 at 2 Cadogan Place SW1

A meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund was held at 3.45 p.m 2 Cadogan Place SW1 on Thursday 1 March 1928

A meeting of the Trustees and of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund held by kind permission of Lord Ampthill at his office 17 Piccadilly, W, on Friday 9 October 1928 at 5 pm

A meeting of the Trustees and of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on 9 January 1931 at 12.15 pm at the Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London, W1

A meeting of the Trustees and of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund was held on Thursday 26 February 1931 at 12 noon at Lord Lamington's House, 3, Wilton Place, London S.W.1

786 London Mosque Fund Report

POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS

LONDON MOSQUE FUND EXPENSES

Registered

A special meeting was held on Friday 17 April 1931 at 2.30 pm at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London W.C 2. The Rt Hon Lord Lamington, G.C.M.G, G.C.I.E presided

A meeting of the Trustees was held on Thursday 7 April 1932 at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London W.C. 2 at 3 pm

A meeting of the Trustees was held on Friday 19 May 1933 at 83 Carlisle Mansions, Victoria, London S.W 1 at 3.30 pm

The Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 2 April 1935 at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London WC2

The Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 13 May 1936 at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London WC2. The Rt Hon Lord Lamington G.C.M G, G. C.A.E presided.

The Annual General Meeting of the London Mosque Fund was held on Friday 26 February 1937 at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London WC2. The Rt Hon Lord Lamington G.C.M.G, G.C.I.E Chairman presided. There were present:

The Annual General Meeting of the London Mosque Fund was held on Tuesday 17 May 1938 at India House, Aldwych, London WC2. The Rt Hon Lord Lamington G.C.M.G, G.C.I.E Chairman presided. There were present:

A Meeting of the Trustees of London Mosque was held on Friday 9 December 1938 at 3 Wilton Place London SW. The Chairman the Rt Hon Lord Lamington G.C.M.G, G.C.I.E, Chairman presided. There were present:

Minutes of the Meeting of the London Mosque Trustees at 3 Wilton Place at 11 am on Friday 10 March 1939. Lord Lamington took the chair. There were present:

A Meeting of the Trustees of The London Mosque Fund held on Thursday 8 June 1939 at India House. The Chairman, the Rt Hon Lord Lamington G.C.M.G, G.C.I.E presided. There were present:

Meeting of the Trustees of The London Mosque Fund was held, at the kind invitation of Lord Lamington, at 3 Wilton Place on Friday 8 December 1939 at 10.30 a.m

A meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund was held at 3 Wilton Place at 10.30 am on 19 February 1940. There were present:

Resolution

Minutes of a meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at 11 am on Friday 24 May 1940 at 3 Wilton Place, SW1 by kind invitation of Lord Lamington

Minutes of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at 11 am on Monday 6 January 1941 at India House, Aldwych, WC2

Minutes of a Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held on Wednesday 23 July 1941 in Sir Hassan Suhrawardy's room at the India Office, Whitehall SW1

The first joint meeting of the Sub-Committees of the East London Mosque and Islamic Culture Centre was held in the Committee Room at 446 Commercial Road, E1 on Thursday 14 August 1941

The London Mosque Fund

The London Mosque Fund

Minutes of a meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at India House on Friday 12 September 1941 at 12 noon

The Trustees of the London Mosque Fund

Proceedings of a Joint Meeting of the Working (Sub) Committee of the East London Mosque and the Islamic Culture Centre held at the India Office on Friday, 28 November 1941

Minutes of the meetings of the East London Mosque Trustees and Executive Committee held on Friday, 23 January 1942 at 11.30 a.m

Approved at the meeting of the Trustees and Executive Committee held on 23 January 1942

Approved at the meeting of the Trustees and Executive Committee held on 23 January 1942:

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held on 15 June 1942 at the India Office

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund and the members of the Executive Committee held on 15 June 1942 at the India Office

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held on 20 August 1942 at the India Office

Annexure to Minutes of the meeting held on 20 August 1942

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee held on Wednesday 26 August 1942

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund, held on Wednesday 7 October 1942

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund held on Wednesday 7 April 1943

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund, held at India House on Friday 2 July 1943 at 11.30 p.m

Minutes of the Adjourned Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund, held at the India Office on Wednesday 21 July 1943

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held on 20 August 1943

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund, held at the India Office on Tuesday 31 August 1943 at 3.30

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund, held at 83 Swan Court, Chelsea, on Friday 8 October 1943 at 12.30 pm

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund will be held at 83, Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street, SW3 on Friday, 8 October 1943 at 2.15 pm AGENDA

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the London Mosque Fund held at 83 Swan Court, Chelsea, on Friday 8 October 1943 at 2.15 pm

Minutes of a meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at the Royal Egyptian Embassy on Wednesday 1 December 1943 at 12.30 pm

Minutes of a meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at the Royal Egyptian Embassy on 22 June 1944

LONDON MOSQUE FUND Trust Deed

LONDON MOSQUE FUND

Estimate of Receipts and Expenditure of the London Mosque Fund

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at the Royal Egyptian Embassy 15 February 1946

Minutes of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at the Royal Egyptian Embassy on 12 December 1946

Minutes of a Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held at the Royal Egyptian Embassy on 5 February 1948

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held on 23 September 1948 at the Royal Egyptian Embassy 75 South Audley Street London W1

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees of the London Mosque Fund held on 10 January 1950

Circular

Minutes of a Meeting of the London Mosque Fund held on Tuesday February 13 1951 at the Royal Egyptian Consulate General, 26 South Street, London W1

The East London Mosque Trust Limited Minutes of the First Meeting of the Council of Management held at 446/448 Commercial Road, London. E.1 on 21 December 1951

Application for Membership of the East London Mosque Trust Ltd

The East London Mosque Trust Limited Annual General Meeting held at 448 Commercial Road on 21 December 1951, at 3.45 pm

Information about some names that appear in the Minutes could not be traced, and there is very limited material available on other individuals. Much information has been drawn from the Internet, particularly ODNB, The Times archives, and Wikipedia.

THE COMPANIES ACT 1948

COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND NOT HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED

Evidence relating to the events surrounding the establishment of the East London Mosque, the Jamiat-ul-Muslimin, and other related developments in the late 1930s and early 1940s is deposited in the British Library. This appendix contains transcripts of a selection of the most relevant of these records (BL, IOR, L/P&J/12/468). While these transcripts are not annotated, they provide useful additional information on various developments mentioned in the Minutes.