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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [75r] (149/644)
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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oontaina no indication that the release of the Alawi
aha; ich has been ordered, I am aakinp the Imam's represen
tative at Aden for an explanation of its meaning.
Reports from Bh&la and H&dfan state that the
Zaidi * !ire demanding a hostage from the Alawi Shaikh and
' JrC thr9 ^eninR to loot hio country unless he oays "wapes
to the Zaidi ooldiers who arrested and took him to Bhala.
The Imam ia reported to have sent orders to the
Officer Commanding, Kadira to keep provisions ready for a
force of 800 soldiers, which i« bains despatched for the
express purpose of maintaining order on the trade routes
between Bhala and X*ahej,
Tne Ahdali Sultan states that the only report
he has received lately regarding All Ba Sallam’e inter*
fvrence on the trade routes relates to the exaction of
dollars 3 from a Jew.
Ali Ba Sallam, the pretender to the Baush&bi
Sultanate and arch-disturber of the peace has come to an
agreement not to interfere ith the trade route till after
the Id. The Kotebi on his part undertakes to settle Ali
Ba Sallamin* s dispute with the Baushabi Sultan*
Mukbil Abdulla, the nephew of the Koiebi Sheikh
has been levying unauthorised taxes from travellers and
is reported to be paying a share out ofnthe collection to
the Saidi Ami1 at Dhala.
The Makhdumis and Basueie, sub-tribes of the
Subehi, fired at a caravan of Khotatis, Iraamic tribesmen,
near LaheJ, killing two men and wounding two who
subsequently died. A donkey was also killed.
The cause of this trouble appears to be that the
Makhdumi Sheikh who has been paying a visit to the Abdali
recently left hahej dissatisfied wad has sine© written
to the Sultan severing friendly relations with him. The
Mansuri Sheikh is add to have written a similar letter to
th© Abdali.
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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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