File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎235v] (479/834)

Government, and, subject to certain restrictions, to _ permit a
traffic which will enable them to import cattle foi their canning
factory An East India Company trading post. at Asmara. Dhows, up to a maximum of fifteen, will be
allowed to ply only between the ports of Massawa and Jeizan.
The authorities at Aden, in conjunction with the Italian staff,
will determine the nature of contraband, and also limit the import
of any non-contraband commodity which could be of use to
the enemy.
Idrisis Affairs.
It appears, from the report of .a local agent, that the Turkish
success at Loheiya was in no small measure due to the active
co-operation of certain Arab sheikhs. Loheiya was their brte noir,
for its capture by Idrisi had resulted in the diversion of the
extensive caravan traffic which used to find its way through the
Beni Abs and Wayidat country—where Yahya Ali ibn Thawwab
and Hadi ibn el-Haij levied toll—to the coast route through Habl
and Loheiya. Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Habash, chief of the Beni Jami
clans, was' liberated by Ibn Thawwab on his undertaking to
induce his tribesmen to fall upon Idrisi (though an earlier report
suggests that the Beni Jami remained loyal after all, see p. 262).
The name of the scene of the engagement of July 16 between
Idrisi and the Turks {see p. 272) is now reported as Dar el-Hasni.
Ghalib Bey {see No. 73, p. 506) was killed, together with two
prominent pro-Turkish sheikhs. ... . .
Captain Clayton has taken up the duties of Military Liaison
officer with Idrisi. He reports that Idrisi’s troops, after concen
trating at Medi, marched south and re-occupied Abu Halik, while
the Jebeli contingent remained at Habl. Lhe lurks have taken
Menaza. Captain Clayton will assist and advise Idrisi in military
affairs, endeavour to restrict his operations to action against the
Turks and their Arab allies on the Beni Abs and Loheiya front,
and restrain him from dissipating his forces in small local
encounters.
Yemen.
Aden has recently been visited by two delegates from the
Arabs of the interior. The first, Sheikh Abdullah ibn Abdul
Wahid of Ibb, the Resident reports, w T as made a Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. on' the
occasion of his visit to Constantinople in 1907, and holds three
decorations, headed by the Hamidieh first class. He came to
solicit an alliance with the British Government, and our
co-operation in an ambitious programme which included a scheme
for capturing the Turkish garrisons of Ibb, Taiz and the country
to the south. He had fortified himself with agreements signed
by many sheikhs of the Ibb and Udein districts, among whom
are Mansur ibn Nasir of Jebel Hubeish, and Mohammed Abdul
Wahab of Badan, who pledge themselves to support him with
men and money. Our recent experience in the Yemen is not
such as to encourage petty military alliances in this region—