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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [366r] (87/633)
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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ABiiil H8SIDi5^CY #
6th October 1920.
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The following is a summary of the news reported since
the despatch of my last letter to His Excellency, the High
Commissioner, -gypt, dated the 17th September 1920*
TlHAi.Ji.
Captain fazluddin writes that the Idrisi had a serious
reverse at Jebel Saafan, which he has evacuated* The Idrisi
had also to retire from a position in Jebel Heimah to ^ukel*Jumaa
which is the present headquarters of Sheikh Abu Hadi, the head
(^uhra Sheikh* As reported in ray letter of 2nd September the
news of the Idrisi’s reverse at Jebel Saafan was received here
early last month, but it was denied by dyed iustafa.
As the Akhwans have marched north, the Imam appears
to have strengthened all his centres in the southern 'iemen and
has available for service elsewhere all the forces he had
collected to oppose the anticipated Akhwan attack*
Captain tfazluddin says that he has heard from a
reliable source that the Hashid and Bakil were reconciled to the
Iraamic cause as against Ibn Baud by the Imam’s son in iiajjah
offering a bull as sacrifice at the door of each of the principal
Bheikhs of the Hashid and Bakil. The Sheikhs promised to fight
against Ibn Baud but not against the Idrisi* iNow that the
Akhwan menace has passed, at least for the present, it will be
interesting to know what will be the future attitude of the
Hashid and Bakil towards the Imam*
heports received this week from Hpdeida disclose a
situation which may possibly, in the event of an Idrisi reverse,
develop into a serious menace to Hodeida. The Idrisi has been
driven back at
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bar, Beni Baad and Jebel Raima* A1 these
places have been occupied by the Imam* Sheikh Abu Hadi and his
men*
The Right Honourable rriR
The Earl Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., G.^eo.i., a.b.i.a.,
etc., etc., etc.
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
London. *
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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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