File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎325v] (659/834)

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hannoed el Mutavvakkil Muhsin, which claims, the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. says,
are supported by the Hashid and Bekil, the.Sheikhs of Ebb and
Udein, as well as by the Idrisi. The 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,
is of opinion that this scheme is being promoted by the Idrisi
and has heard that a visit to the latter is to be made by
Mohammed Muhsin’s son.
Previous overtures by Mohammed Muhsin a few months ago
were disregarded by General Stewart, who states that this Seif el
Islam is married to a daughter of the Bekil Sheikh, Nasir ibn
Mabkhut, whilst one of his daughters is the wife of the Imam
and another that of the latter’s son.
(Since the foregoing was written, the Resident, Aden, has
telegraphed (April 30) that Seyyid Ahmed ibn Yahya travelled
to Aden to demand assistance for his scheme, the idea being to
put up Mohammed el Mutawakkil until a suitable Imam can be
found. The Idrisi is stated to have written in support of the
plot, by means of which his control is to be extended to the
Lower Yemen. Our policy being not to interfere with internal
affairs of the Imamate, General Stewart proposes to refuse our
assistance.
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Abdali Affairs.
All British troops have been withdrawn from Abdali
territory. Dar el Amir and Helwan have been restored to the
Abdali Sultan. All Abdali refugees, except one or two families,
have now returned to Lahej.
The Abdali Sultan and several of the Subehi Sheikhs re
cently visited Aden and an agreement between the Government
and the Abdali, placing the Subehis under the supervision of the
latter, was concluded. A British cavalry patrol was recently fired
at in the Subehi village of Am Rija and the Sheikh of the village
was therefore conveyed to Aden, where he is being kept as a
political prisoner.
The railway from Sheikh Othman has been completed to
half a mile beyond Lahej, and is being continued to Hubil. The
facilities it provides appear to be much appreciated by the inha
bitants.
Fadli Affairs.
following the visit of the Fadli Sultan, Husein ibn Ahmed,
to Aden (p. 32), the 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. wrote to him offering to
put upon him and of his infirmities, on condition that he should,
firstly, recognize his grandson, Sultan Abdul Qadir, as his heir ^
secondly, arrange that his relatives and tribesmen should also
recognize the succession ; and thirdly, stop the activities of his
son Abdullah. After some evasion, Husein complied, and Abdul
Gadir has since visited Aden with a document in which the
former recognizes his grandson as heir, in whose hands he places