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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [452r] (258/633)
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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Idriii la prepared for t>ie attack.
*h« ldri»i is reported to be advancing on
Jebel ;-afan nd the Zeidia gre enid to h^ye fled t#
in,r«k» #
itie Idriii Jomifendere at end Ain are
reported to hare returned to jiejil demanding arrears
of their pay and asking to be reliwTed of their res
pective oom ifinds. A hitch is also reported among the
i uhra Jneikhs. The c^use of ttiis is not kno^n but
Captain Coruon ie trying to find it out.
lighting is again reported at Jebel ilh^n.
About one third of the place is said to be in the hands
of the Imam.
A number of cl ns in the neighbourhood of
Zabeed are reported to have revolted against the lma»
and have joined the heikh of rtikb, Av»d Ali.
there is a vague rumour vhieh 1 >.cks confirm
ation thu t enrtkha haa been occupied b> the Idrif i. X
cannot belirve it.
lifted Mustafa is due in Aden shortly. Ihe Ad
ministrator. Amnjjdrsn, has *ir*d that reasons oi health
> re bringing him.
^ PrtO^CTUflA2tte
fhers have been no further encroachments but
the ^eidia r*re reported to be busy collecting tit es
and other t.ujtes from the Amiri people. The titnea ? re
collected at the r*t« of one kel^ for every ten kelAS
of grain, the tax on r. irotti is ^ l/a. In ad<ition ts
thif t>i« hakim JOidcta continuous demands for spec! 1 con
tributions urder v rious pretevts. loins are b^ing taken
from rich people and c tar is imposed on jet txiery#
Therm are tre Customs posts and transit tues
tre levied varying from / i te 3^ per donkey nd #«mel
loud.
ihere are at present two representatives 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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- File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20'
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- 323r:330v, 331v:395r, 396r:637v
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