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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [345r] (45/633)
The record is made up of 1 item (316 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1919-16 Feb 1921. 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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Italians then re-embarked and left Jizan.
ADaif PROThCTQRATk.
The Naqlbs of Hausatta write that they have unanimously
decided to proceed against the Zaidis in Shaib to turn them
out of their country. They acftln pra88 for Bn advan<je ^ ^
part, and ask that in the event of our not doing they may be
furnished with the necessary equipment. I have sent them a
suitable reply.
A quarrel is reported between the Ima m ' s Hakim at itala,
■ aiyid Yahia, and his assistant, oaiyid Mahomed Ash-Shami,
over the accounts which the Imam has asked iiaiyid Yahia to
adjust. iiaiyid Ash-Shami with 2 petty mucoadams and 60
Zaidis is said to have left for his country.
Reports continue to come in of the prevalence of sick
ness among the Zaidis in Dala. The mortality is said to be
about 10 daily.
The Rijai section of the Subehi tribe recently inter
cepted a kat caravan and carried away some kat. The kat
owners are British subjects. The Abdali has been requested
to deal with the marauders as he is responsible for the
safety of the trade routes in the Subehi country.
On the 3rd.November two Kotalbis looted some cattle
from the Dambari country. Three Dambarls followed and over,
took them near the Alawi boundary but the Kotaibis opened
fire and killed two of the Jlambarin. The Dam ari tribesmen
are said to be collecting to start a counter raid on the
Kotaibis•
It is reported that the Attifis (Subehis) have carried
•way 4 camels belonging to certain Abdali subjects.
Right Honourable (Signed) ., .Scott, a.O.
F.erl Cursor of ’ edleston, K.O., O.C.S.I., O.C.I.E.,
etc *> etc#, etc
Ills Majesty's Secretary of -tate for Foreign Affairs,
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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, mostly addressed to the British High Commissioner, Cairo, which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; 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 5 February 1919 to 23 December 1920. 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 Idrisi [Muhammad al-Idrisi], and include news of Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob’s diplomatic mission to the Imam on behalf of the British. The News Letters report on news from Tihama, Upper Yemen and Lower Yemen, Asir, and the Aden Protectorate.
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- File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20'
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- 323r:330v, 331v:395r, 396r:637v
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