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'British Policy in the Yemen' [‎98v] (6/8)

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The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in 09 Sep 1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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scheme of bringing ^ ^ 10 wish to attack Aden, but
It is a commonplace that bad , have ever striven to
encouraged by our removal to Aden in . . ^ e p roc l a i me d a Jihad
deflect Arab allegiance to their side, and no ' • it \. £ Islam - 8 claims,
and have occupied I.ahej to show the Arabs the . 1 P _ ‘^ , ^ llllvers . In
and the desirability of making a common cause against the unoei
this they have failed. . . ti i t \ f ew 0 f the Arab
I do'not suggest that our prestige is irrevocably ^st A belicvH
stipendiary Chiefs have wntlen S f p ag Alovern-
reason of the strong distrust that exists lietneeo iei ^ I t ■ „ K ddah ,,
a psychological moment to ' eve ; s f « o keep the country in
system of employing and paying a few Head to ? this
order Such rule is not congenial to Aiabia. t ne Aiao „en
way. The system has been tried a “ d { oun ^ w ^^ g c ; levies . My attached
some of the returning Askar,s w^y they went so ^ „ yf hv , mve
They replied it was a case of get nj8 } [io( „ dU ^ yon have lle ver asked us! ”
r^Jdd ploposTto raise on‘ ,nal'200-300 men and train them here m
Ad This is another way of extending our influence. The "P—u^ntey
a fighting man and such employment would phase mil. 1 1
tnto the pocket of the yokel, where m Arabia ali are yokels^ ^this^time
such a levy would have been pa^cularb w . thout details u . hich
jealousies and the ordinary avocations '^ ^.'sons The proposal
Vet ‘ lUOth ?a,I,! r °i g0 t S f!.i] 8 throuah Pd 'we need'ln Aihui a school for' chiefs,
was made in 1 J0(i but fell " ]{ri i h lpav( , n i Qg . 1 sounded several Chiefs
run on Islamic lines with a still mnisn ica.t vniine . Arab bov
^beres all ^a^ with
SeS^deJa and ^ ^1 once smvn would grow.
never .pot and our methods are better known and our mode
0 ^ admhdstraliou is adimred. We have not been forward so far to spread
s *5r
Mala but he was recalled because of Turkish actmty at Dala, though the
Am \v: f K rAd^ D en h of d rtmp of Doctors Young and Macllae
land would*afford a large scope for the dissemination of the British tang,

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The file contains an introduction by Major-General Sir George John Younghusband, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden, introducing two memoranda written by Lieutenant Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident, Aden. They are addressed to the Secretary to 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. , Political Department, it concerns Italian influence in the Red Sea, and how it is affecting Arabia after the Second World War.

Enclosure No. 1 'Memorandum on the employment by Italians at Mogadiscio of Askaris from Arabia', dated 8 September 1915, Aden. It concerns an interview held with Colonel Bodrero of the Italian Benadir Colonial Service on the training of Arabs, and their fighting value.

Enclosure No. 2 'Memorandum on the Political Policy of our Hinterland', dated 9 September 1915, Aden. It outlines what will happen politically if Turkey was to retire from Yemen, these being: the Imam of Sanaa [Ṣanʻā'] shifting his headquarters southwards, and taking hold of relinquished areas; conflicting interests of Imam and Idrisi Saiyid of Sabia; and amendments to British policy on expansion and previous agreements with Idrisi and Ibn Nasir Mukbil. Jacob also puts forward his own opinions of the rulers and the Arabs; and suggests future actions such as a strategic railway, raising levies, educating the sons of chieftains, and introducing medical missions.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 96, and terminates at f 99, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 96-99; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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