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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [369r] (93/633)
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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went to Sheikh Abdullah kohsin Dubola, the brother of the Sheikh
of ivhokha* Thence they proceeded to Hals where they met the
Imam 1 8 Amil and haring obtained his promise of safety and permis
sion to trade returned to iihokha* Before leaving Khokha they
bought two houses for the storage of the goods which are expected
to arrive shortly* They did not bring with them any goods*
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There is no truth in the report that Italian troops had landed at
Uiokha or that they were helping the Imam against the Idrisi.
The apparent object of the Italians is to open trade with Sana*
Y'SuiSB (Uooer and Lower)*
The Zaidis are reported to be repairing the Turkish
telegraph line between Taiz and Mawia* They have already
repaired the line between iiTbb and laiz•
It is reported that the Imam’s Amil at Taiz summoned
all the Taiz Sheikhs and asked them to supply men to replace
the Zaidi soldiers there who are required in bana and also to
furnish hostages as a guarantee that they will not side with the
British who* the Amil said* were expected to advance. The
result of this meeting is not known* simultaneously* tne imam’s
Amil at j awia called a meeting of Sheikhs there :or the same
purpose, but the latter are said to have refused to give hostages
with the result that they have been imprisoned*.
The Zaidis at Taiz and Bala are said to be aying in
numbers of some unknown sickness*
Travellers’ reports from the Yemen state that tnere
ie a concentration of troops at uamar under bayed Abdulla who
is busy enlisting more men. Their destination is not Jonown but
they giTe out that one of their objectives is I.obat Bakim.
A ininour is again current that the Imam is dead. A
similar rumour was circulated a short time ago but turned out
to be false. • A report says that Ibn El
Wazir
Minister.
, the Imam's Amil
at Taiz has been summoned to Sana by the Imam who is saiu to t>e
very ill, and another report says that the hee lext ti
and * •
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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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