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sending a party up to Beda and the north
east districts. Should circumstances here
after mahe it desirable to despatch any party,
His Majesty’s Government would desire to be
given an opportunity of considering the matter
before any final decision was taken.
6. M ith regard to the relations existing
between the Haushabi and Ahdali Sultans,
the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , on the 25th
November, reported that the Haushabi Sultan
has decided to abide by an Agreement of
1895, which makes him a dependent of the
Abdali Sultan. of Lahej; and the stipend
which he receives from the Government of
India is to he paid through the Abdali Sultan.
The later Agreement of 1899, concluded by
these two Chiefs without the sanction of the
Resident at Aden, is to be considered as null
and void. By this new arrangement, Nohat
Dakim, which is proposed as the terminus of
any railway northward from Aden, will be
under the Abdali Sultan.
TURKISH ARABIA A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .
7. SirN. O’Conor addressed the Marquess
of Lansdowne on the 31st October 1905, and
enclosed copy of a letter from the father of
the Imam of Yemen to Muhammad Effendi
Hariri, which alluded to the causes of the
Yemen rising. Consul-General Drummond
Hay vouches for the authenticity of the
document, having obtained it through the
medium of the Dragoman of the British Con
sulate at Damascus. The letter contains several
passages of special interest as coming from the
pen of the father of the Imam, who states that
the true origin of the rising is not a desire for
political independence, but to protest against
the violation by the Turks of the theological
and moral precepts of the Koran. The Acting
Wali and Commandant of the Yemen report
that the castle known as Zafr has been
captured by the Ottoman troops. The
position of the castle is described as being
a very strong one. The whole Kaza of Haja
has now been cleared of rebels, and the Taiz
and Sanaa columns having now effected a
junction, they are returning to Sanaa with a
view to commencing operations in Jehel Shehr
and Saade. The capital Sanaa is practically
ruined, and the majority of the shops and
depdts have been looted.
8. Field-Marshal Ahmed Feizi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has only £T.30,000 to meet the expenditure
of £T.60,000 for the 100 battalions under
him, and has demanded the immediate despatch
of large quantities of stores, besides a special
sum of Rs. 30,000 to enable him to distribute
a month’s pay to his troops in anticipation of
the festival of Ramzan. He has been pro
mised £T.70,000, as well as stores. With these