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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [‎14r] (27/644)

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The record is made up of 1 item (322 folios). It was created in 16 Feb 1921-26 Feb 1924. 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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still in Taman and it is stated that the Assembly will
shortly make provision in the Budget for payments
to them.
The Turkish Officials are said to have been
bitterly disappointed by the contents of these
despatches.
The Offici^ils are coming to Hodeidah daily en route;
for Turkey,tut Captain Fa&l-ud~Bin reports that they ar«i
mainly dependent on private charity for subsistence
living received nothing from their Government. Mahmud
Kadhlm giw;a them letters of recommendation and
Captain R.^l-ud-Bin doss all he can to assist them.
The chief Turks at present in Hbdeidah are
Colonel All Buhl Bray and Zaferia Akif Kffandi late
Public Prosecutor in Sanaa., It Is said that Mahmud
B ;,dhir Bey hirself fill shortly come clo\fn from S*naa
to return home.
Bill BAW
Althoughi Bin Baud* a deputation has bean unable
to reach S;,ma owing to the hostility of the tribes
between Saada imd Sanaa who suffered severely in the
massacre of pilgrims last hot weather, its mission has
not been altogether fruitless as the Imam has sent it
a reply to say that Hhe regrettable incident should
I now be considered as closed" and he is agreeable
to be one with Bin Baud against any foreigners or the
friends of foreigners.
Two Syrians feyati Bey and Mahomed have
arrived in Sanaa giving themselves out to be messenger
from Bin Bud but the populace imagine them to b©
Sherifian emissaries.
Bhssen ibn Aidh who had returned from Mecca to
!bh& has now bean sent to Biadh "to sea Bin Baud*.
Asir

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The file mainly consists of the following: copies of News Letters from 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, addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and then to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (from the News Letter dated 5 May 1921, forwarded 1 June 1921), which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India; and 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. Political Department Minute Paper covering sheets.

The News Letters are dated from 12 January 1921 to 31 December 1923. They report on the political situation in the Yemen, largely in relation to Imam Yahya [Yahya Muhammad Hamid al-Din, who took the regnal name al-Mutawakkil ala Allah] and the Zaidi [Zaydi] tribes, and the Idrisi [Muhammad al-Idrisi]. The News Letters report on news from Tihama, Upper Yemen and Lower Yemen, Asir, and the Aden Protectorate, as well as the slave trade, illicit arms traffic (folio 89), and miscellaneous matters such as the visit of Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence to Aden on 18 August 1921 (folio 270).

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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [‎14r] (27/644), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/611/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054527224.0x000025> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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