'File No. II/8 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Turkish Arabia. Nov '07 --' [‎47r] (93/110)

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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. .
9. {Vide paragraph 9 of the Memo-
Disturbances on the randum for April
Tigris. 1909.) The Political
Resident reported by telegraph on the 24th
May 1909 that steamers were running as usual
on the Tigris.
10. The Assistant 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. at
Capture by the Turks ^rim r e p 0 r t 3 that,
of sambuks and dhows about the 9th April,
with specie, &c. Turks captured, at
Khor Khoka, a sambuk with 20,000 dollars
belonging to the Zaranik tribe. The sambuk
was on its way to Jibuti to buy arms. This
has been confirmed by the local news-agent,
who further reports that the Turkish man-of-
war stationed at Hodeida captured two dhows
laden with species, rifles, &c., and that Sheikh
Ahmed i\oman captured another dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. and
22,000 dollars at Mokha.
11. {Vide paragraph 8 of the Memoran
dum for April 1909.)
Yemen affairs. It ig stated that the
Zaranik tribe have sued the Turks for peace
and have sent in their Chief.
12. Reports have been received that
„ . .. ,there is friction between
Friction between the m i i i
Turkish officials and the Turkish omcials
the Sharif of Mecca. and tbe Sharif of
Mecca, and that the Mecca-Taiz road is unsafe.
Also that the Turks have had another en
counter with the Dhu Muhammad tribe, the
former losing 26 men killed and the latter 5.
13. {Vide paragraph 3 of the Memo-
i and am for April
TurS *auuioritfe. t to i^y.) Sheikh Ahmed
divert the ^.den-yemen Noman of Mokha is
trade to Mokha. reported to have
reduced the taxes and pacified the tribes along
the roads, which are now secure. He is also
endeavouring to have all the dilapidated houses
in Mokha repaired, and to persuade Arabs
from the interior to settle there. An increase
of trade is therefore expected at Mokha.
14. Prom Hodeidah it is reported that
Mutiny amongst the the influence of Saiyid
Turkish troops at Muhammad bin Idris
Hodeidah. 0 f Sabia is increasing,
and that he is in correspondence with the
Imam. The Turks fearing a combination,
countermanded the departure of some troops
whose period of service in the Yemen had
expired. The troops, who were en route and
near Hodeidah when they received the order
cancelling their departure, mutinied, seized
the Hodeidah water-supply and threatened to
sack Hodeidah. The officials are trying to
pacify them. In response to an urgent
request from the British Vice-Consul at
Hodeidah, H. M. S. “Barham” proceeded
there.