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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [402r] (158/633)
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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Bf hi« untmtiefuctory fiau nci&l ecndition 1b nftturfclljr
hesitating to preoe^4 further, hut in orUer not to ais
appoint the deputation and the people of, Lahid t# «im
he had heun bo long promising relief anu aoiititanco
against £aidi raragee, he has ooitn enoed to make some
preparations for an aoranoe on hahid. ^r this purposo
he h^.8 oallod out men from the various trihos of Aeir #
Thore appofirs to have ho*,n no improvoment in the condition
of the Idrifci finarcos, which aro going from h&d to wor u,
1 communicated the ^reign C ffice instructions regarding
the suhsidy to Captain ratluddin hut he has not yet told
me what the Idrifi has to say in the matter#
Captain Fatluddin reports that negotiations
are proceeding between the Idrisi and Hassan ihn Aidli
and that the Idrisi is fairly confident of rettling the
^.hha affairs without any further resort t© force#
Fadli and the i-over Yafa tribes in the Aden Protectorate
ov^r a water channel which irrigates their fitlds# All
endeavours made by this Kenidency from time to time have
failed to effect a permanent settlement#
at ^arn ilma and tried to occupy it# hut the adlis
having received reinforcement^ overpowered the Yafais
and arove them uway killing 25 amd wounding lt># Iho
losses are apparently ex^g eretfcd#
the fighting between the a! kihrabi and a! Cbaid referred
to in the last letter# 2bC ^aiais came from >>ala and
destroyed the >JL kihrabi village and heaving beheaded
the corpses of the Aheikh and his con# cariied away
their heads to Dal* where they were expo t ed at a pro
minent place*
This ne 5 s has be^n brought to me from various sources
aDj^K PRCT^C^CHaTA #
There exists a long standing feud between t>e
Last Saturday# the Yafaie attacked a iadli post
It is reported that on receiving the news of
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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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