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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [414r] (182/633)
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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XCth June 192C 0
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The report regarding the Im^m 9 b order to
withdraw from our Proteotorato* referred to in the last
week's letter, has not been confirmed nor ie there sny
sign of the Zaidis prep*rin[ to leare the Protectorate,
The Iraim ie said to be buying twist and hag
sent money to l>ala # Yarim, i>am^r and Ibb for the purpose.
The Imam's Amil at JUala has sent word to the
iil&wi sheikh and ukbll Abdulla, the Lotaibi bheikh'e ne
phew, to come and see him. They hare proraieed to ao so.
It will be remembered that they were allowed to return to
their homes last month after haring been detained by the
haidis for a prolonged period during which they were sent
to liana to see the Imam, What arrangement, if any, hag
been arrived at between them and the Inum is not known.
The Alawi Sheikh has written reminding me of his claim
against the Turks but has said not a word in connection
with his detention,
A report says that the Zaidis hare been making
a display of fire works in order to indue# people to be~
li^re that they hare occupied Jabei Bura and other places
in the Tihama,
K© reports hare been received from 1 odeida this
week.
Yours etc.,
sd. 0. D, ield,
is ^cellency Field Marshal,
Viscount Allenby of Me^iddo,
and el!iXstowe.G.C. etc. etc
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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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