File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎342r] (39/633)

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to supply men to the Imam. After many excesses had been
committed, the Zaidis marched on Jabel Reima. The number
of attackers is obviously exasperated.
T e Zaidi ammunition is reported to be deterio-
ratlnp. The cause for this is said to be that cartridge
cases are refilled more than once with the result that
they burst in the rifle. The quality of the powder now
manufactured is said to be bad. It has ruined the rifles
In which it has been used and lessened their effective
range by almost half.
In my last letter I referred to the reported
arrival of the Imam’s Wazir Minister. at Ibb, haiyid Abdulla ibn
Ibrahim. An informant says that this man has never been
known to leave Sana before. .'bile at Yarim the Informant
paid his respects to him and asked him where he was going;.
Saiyid Abdulla told him that he was going to Taiz. The
informant subsequently learnt from some of his Zaidi
ijsoldiers that he was going as an envoy of the Imam to the
lEngliah and from others that he was going to relieve Ibn
El ^azir, the Imam’s Amil at Taiz, as numerous complaints
had been made against the latter by the local inhabitants.
Another informant states that the Wazir’e visit to Ibb is
in connection with the repairs of a Turkish aqueduct. ie has
completed the work as far as El Gened which is midway between
Taiz and Ibb.
I have received no information of the approach of any
Imamlc representative to renew relations with this 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.
and I attach no importance to this report.
Jiiaiyi Abdulla Ibrahim is a descendant of foner Ima s#
He is in ex-member of the Turkish Parliament and is said to be
very influential.
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