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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [350r] (55/633)
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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27th NEKS L TTSR.
SECR T.
PESIDBKCY,
29th October 1920.
The following ia a sxumtury of the nows
reported since the despatch of rny last letter d ted
14th October 1920.
TIHA&A,
Upon the introduction of the scheme of
local administration at Hodelda, last month, the
Quhra and Aboos Shaikhs wrote a letter to the notables
of Hodeida pointing out that they were foreigners
settled in Hodeida and that they had therafore no right
to concern themselves in the munag-anent of local
affairs.
The notables sent a reply, which though
couched in friendly terms, repudiated the claim of the
Quhras and hboos to be sole owners of Hodeida #
A report says that the Imam has ^xenpted
the Sayidc of Eabeed, who petitioned him, from the payment
of tithes.
YEI4EH (Upper and Lower)
The visit of the Imam’s son to Mavia and
Taiz, referred to in my last letter, is said to be in
connection ^ith a scheme for recruiting Shaf&l soldi 3*8.
The
Wazir
Minister.
of the Imam, Sayid Abdulla, is reported to have
arrived at Ibb accomp-rJed by 100 horsemen and 200
infantry.
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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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