مجموعة ٢٤/٦ "اليمن: العلاقات مع الحبشة". [و‎‎٢‎٨] (٥٨/٥٥)

Sir Sydney Barton, Britieii lMg*tXan t Addis Abadu, to
?ho ioiitiotti l.eBident, Adan. peeputoii ^o.ii oi saptaaber £8,
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Sir,
I ta»v6 tbs bonoax to rofer to yoax sooxot daspntob
$o.O#386 of June 4th, and to infozm you that sheikh Aba ai VahX
bin Yohia &1 W&ei hae z^oantly arzivod in Addis Ababa, whozs hs
is the guest of Messrs. Moharaaedaily. My Oxiental Seozetazy
has asceztained fzoa MX. D&ondb’hal, the head of the Addis
Ababa bran oh of that firm, that the sheikh is the beazez of a
letter from the loam Yehia of r>anaa to His Majesty King
?affari which, after asking Sic Majesty to bare confidence in
the sheikh as the Imam's most trusted emissary, goes on to say
that the Imam, being dissatisfied with the treatment of his
subjects in Abyssinia at the na ndc of the Ital i ane an d jfx enoh,
would be glad if the Segus would protect those subjeote until
he had appointed a consul at Addis Ababa.
Mr. haoudb'hai informed Mr# .aphizo further, that the
Imam 1 letter had bean translated by the Egyptian Consul, paiaz
Mikhail Mousea ftffendl.
sheikh Abd al tael's presentation to King ?affari was
effooted through the intermediary of the Prsnoh Minister to
whom the sheikh brought a letter of introduction from the
Acting {Joveraor of French Somaliland. ?he sheikh has also had
conversations with the Italian Minister, who is showing keen
interest in his activities.
On the oec&aion of the Maskal ceremonies celebrated
on the £6th instant in the presence of $is Majesty King ?&fe»*A,
the sheikh attended, accompioxied by one of the partners of
ttchammedally and Company, and was given a seat near those
reserved for the Diplomatic Body.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.) S. Barton.