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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [100r] (199/644)
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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{ popul^tri ly in ; ! ajja and r?nml:m owing to certain
1 reforms he has been trying to curry out in his ar^ay
j J^ 6 aid of lUrkish officers who are stili in the
! P^oola of Hajja and Hhaulan do not
approve of the innovations and consider that by
attempting them the Imam has broken 7 out of 14
conditions essential for a Uidi him. The Imam has
also introduced new taxes which have no religious
sanction and which ha himself condemned during the
Turkish rdgime. hile this has been the state of
feeling in the country, the Imam recently introduced
strong measures to prevent the export of coffee
through the Idrisi country* These measured which
affected the people of Hajja and Khaulan adversely,
created a general wave of hostile feeling against the
Imam* %ed Mahomed, the pretender only took
advantage of the situation thus created.
The Imam -is- reported to have desoatched a
large torca to quel 1 the revolt, and according to my
latest information peace negotiations have started.
f Tlie report regarding the Zeidi advance into
^eda, mentioned in my last letter, appears to be
without foundation, as I have bo far received no
confirmation of it, nor does the Beda Sultan referto
any such advance in a letter i have recently received
from him.
.nli Ba Sal lam, the Haushabi pretender has
m&in started fighting with the Haush&bi Sultan and
molesting peaceful travellers and caravans passing
between Lahej and Mavlya by taking from them illegal
imposts
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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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