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Coll 6/69 'Affairs in the Yemen.' [‎22r] (43/78)

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The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1935-14 Oct 1937. 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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K®oord of Mr# o&Xlh Jafar*® oonvereation® with
eertuln Yoaenl official® on hi® wtum journey to
Hodelda from Aden (Auguet 6th - 9th)#
On hi® return journey to Kodeide Ur. lolih £afra*
visited teyyld All ibn It Gov©mora®nr 2 r?a X the
Tsiz district. iieyyid All told Ur. liallh Jafar that an
Italian Miooion# headed by the Governor of AM&r*? was
expected to proceed to the Yemen in September in order to
open ^urpjtirlert> for the renewal of the Italo-Yfasieni treaty,
byyid All remarked that the Mleeion vm® expected to esk for
canoeceione in the Yemen*
S. At Hal®® in the Yemeni yihama Mr. 3allh jrafia* had
talk® with bhelfch All Uuhaniaad Moraan (a non/^eidi) the ,uail
(Governor) of Hales* Sheikh All told Ur. Galih Jafar that
Seyyid All ibn 'tO. mni* (the Governor general of the Tai*
district) was a blttor enemy of the Homan family. He added
that a complaint had been lodged by the family of the late
All Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Ud&in against iioyyid All for the laitmppro- r*
priatlon of about two third® of their property valued at
about 100*000 toll sre} and that a latter ftwo 3eyyld All
to hla ..an'a agont had been inturoelpted ond was now in
the hands of ^heUch Abctel Wahab ;.’or3»m (the uncle of the
Hales Aatil) in which the true facte of the All iaahn caee
^ ere revealed. The intercepted letter al»o contained
statement® derogatory to the Yemeni GoverMent. sheikh
All seid that this letter was to be handed to £eif Kl Islam
Ahmed# the Crown Prince# in Son’s. Mr. G&llh defar was
further informed that Geif K1 Islam i.ftmd had recently
required the imruonnl ettexidance in Gan 1 ® of Seyyid Mi
to (mower the charges bought egeinet him by the Mi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
family but that the king had not allowed the issue of the
Bisiraont.. This had much upset the Crown rinoe. According
to Gheikh

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This file mainly consists of copies of received Colonial Office correspondence relating to political and domestic affairs in the Yemen.

Of particular note are copies of two memoranda, forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Governor of Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly) and written by Captain Basil William Seager, Frontier Officer for the Aden Protectorate, which are dated 14 September 1935 and 30 July 1937 respectively. Matters discussed include Italian interests in the Yemen and the status and health of the Imam [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn]. The memoranda also include profiles of political figures and rivals to succeed the Imam.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 1).

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1 file (37 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; 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.

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