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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [368r] (91/633)
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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the employ of the Idriei # The imam by this action expeccs to
divert the trade with his territory to the routes via Lahej
and Khokha and also to hit the Idrisi hard financially.
Bura is still in the hands of the idrisi, but the
Imam's victories at other places seem to have made the people
so nervous that the notables of the place are said to have
applied to the Imam for protection and offered hostages* These
notables think that Bura will eventually fall into the hands of
the Imam and that unless they hasten to tender their allegiance,
they will meet the same fate as the inhabitants of tia&fan, which
has been captured by the Imam*
£abeed was 'en fete' on receiving the news of the
Imam's victory in Jebel Reima* This news is said to have had a
damping effect on the Idrisi partisans in Ztbeed. The Imam has
cent orders to the Amil there to secure hostages from the
notables of the town at the first opportunity.
It war reported from I odeida that some time back the
Arab ccQinunity of Hodeids headed by Tahir Rsvjab Kfiendi addressed
t petition to the League of Lations through the French *inister
for foreign Affairs. The petition war sent to one. • Ries,
the rench Consul i t Aden for tr* ntmiieelon. The Consul, however,
returned the petition saying that the firm of Me,urice flies
exists in Fodeidr. only for trade purposes and that it did not
wish to enter into politics.
Intrigue in arawa is said to be rife, Uaiyid Ali Bari,
the nephew of Saiyid Abdul iatiir, being chiefly concerned in it.
The Idrisi has despatched a force of 6 lc* soldiers under Bhcikh
Ibn Tewab to Karawe demanding that the inhabitants should
acknowledge him as their soverei gn, Tailing wnich the,v are
warned that they will be severely punished. This is a counter
blast to Imamic propaganda.
The news of the landing of 3 Italians at Khokh* is
confirmed. It appears that they came in a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
, landed and
went,
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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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