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, w action contemplated to be taken by the political
with which 1 concur, and a bote o sc heme and of the financial commitments
staff of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in cpimexion wffb ttm
that are likely to involve a char 8 ® ° P to two cons iderations that affect the situation.
9, I desire to draw special a ^ , -p rps Aden has rightly pointed out in
Firstly, as the Officer Commanding n is ^ reagons su gg est ed in paragraphs 6 and 7
paragraph 6 (i) of Ins Apreciation, .. operations are deferred the greater will
of this despatch, it is likely that t^Xv the™ t0 a successful conclusion - Secondl >'
be the effort and expense in *his attempt to subjugate Najran (m part or
the present preoccupation ol t troops in that distant area (vide
in whole) and the engagement 2395 ,^ 2411 , and 2425), and the
Political Intelligence bummaiy, p ^ P . , ^ Xmam by reason of his refusal to
imminent breakdown of " frontier would appear to indicate the
h r ’ Audhali area at the earliest possible
opportunity after the suspension of negotiations-o ^ o{ the 12th July; 1933 * on the
IP. As I have suggested 3) 'P the impending suspension of the present
subject of the proposed Treaty wi ^ re commended, provides a good opportunity
for ^hIs'M ajesty^s htavernment to undertake these operations without appearing to
press^a treaty on f thejmaml^y “Xr is one of some urgency and I therefore
request that it may receive your early attention.
I have, &c.,
E. S. CHAMPION,
Acting Resident, &c.
Enclosure 1 in No.
ou fvents in ’Audhali Territory since the occupation by the Imam of
Adh Dhahir in 1925, indicative op Imamic interference in ’Audhali affairs.
i< 11 , 01 ; The Shaikh of A1 Beldha, on behalf of the Imam s representative,
offered to gfve a monthly subsidy of $120/- to the then ’Audhali Sultan Qasim bm
SPed, and his nephew! Qasim bin ’Abdulla, on condition tha the Suhan should
hand over half the revenue acquired from crops in A1 Kor, and allow 5 Zeidi officials
to be present at the harvesting of the crops. 0 T , Office
December 1926.—The ’Audhali Sultan forwarded letters to tne Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. 1 ,
in which the ’Amil and the Shaikh of A1 Beidha invited him to go to A1 Beidha ami
subimt to^the^, 1928 _A The Sultan, who was pro-imam, was assassinated b\
his cousin, Sultan Husein bin Ja’bil, who, with his brother Muhammad Ja hi , vas
verv hostile to Zeidi influence. , . t a u-on Xh
^ The son of the assassin, a hoy of 8, named Salih, was elected sultan, vita
father and uncle as regents. i n . , ■, tt Xin
The son of the late Sultan, Ahmed, and the late ^ultan s nepie\ , _
’Abdulla, with his brothers, formed a rival party to the new Sultan and his lather ami
uncle, and with their followers besieged localities in the close vicinity o e
Sultan’s village of Az Zara. , P
December, 1928.—The ’Audhali Sultan drove Ins rival relations from tnes
localities, and they occupied Lodar, the market town, about 1 mile distant tro
Z ^February, 1929.—The rival faction at Lodar were assisted by the ’Amil of A1
Beidha with money, ammunition, and men against the ’Audhali Sultan. _
September, 1929.—The ’Audhali Sultan attacked Lodar and occupied it. i
rival faction betook themselves to ’Iryab on Adh Dhahir and came under t le con r
of the Imam. _ . Q u t w
During the next year complaints were received from the Audhali buita
Sultan Qasim bin ’Abdulla was receiving money from the ’Amil of A1 Beidha to si
up certain sections of A1 Kor tribes to make trouble. _ . • + A r-
October, 1930.—Reports were received that the ’Amil of A1 Beidha was m ^
fering with the ’Useili section of the Ahl ’ Audhilla and trying to collect taxes fipm e •
March, 1931.—Reports were received that Sultan Qasim bin ’Abdulla, ms iga
* No. 17957/33 [No. 52].