Mustapha Kemal Pasha, President of the Turkish Republic, the government of which has abolished the caliphate and exiled the caliph from Turkey, will be asked to accept the caliphate himself. This request will be submitted to him by a Moslem delegation from India which is to leave for Angora shortly, according to reports which were received here today.
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