File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎463r] (280/633)

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recently employe* the Imam at hujjaila and Jnlwl »«*■*•
He reports having eeen a comnunlcation (date not Known) in
A bu iiadie hands from the Imam and Mahmud Uadtiim, which was
addressed to iiyed Abdul hadlr and the otiier Jyyeds n< tri
besmen of the Uharnae It stated that the Imam had no desire
to eause bloodshed amongst the ISuolims and ti.at he intended
to suspend operations against ttie rih.ima tribetswm.SM lms«
proposed to appoint byed Abdul -adlr ruler of the whole of
the Tihsma and to assist him with guns, ammunition and money
in the administration of the country on condition that the
inhabitants would abandon the Idriai who at one time fought
against the urke, who are also Kuulims,
mo imam undertakes, in case the local Inhabitants
expel the Idrisi from their country, not to ex.ct taxes from
the peeple of the Tihsma, including tithes and the ’fitra’
or Ramadan levy .and also octroi dues and ouetoms duties.
He only expects their assistance in turning out the Idrisi
and also the Christians from lie del da,
he Imam, moreover, promises not to appoint Zoidi
Amil. in the Tihama. which will be under the full and in
dependent oentrol of i^red Abdul Kadlr,
vifijifAW ( lit) uer and L owerl
Syed Ahmed ibn Kahomed Jharafuddin who lately aeeem-
panied his aunt, the widow of a Turkish officer, to Aden
considers the state of bans and the *emen highlands to be
far worse and more unsettled than it was in the time ol the
i’urks and describes the condition of the tribesmen as de
plorable. he thinks that not the
influence with the imem ae formerly,
iyed Ahmed estimated the regular garrison of the
Capital at 1000 men. According to him, the imam s moot
trusted advisers are Abdulla-. l-«mri «« d •* 6li 1 in
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Jheikh Abdulla bin All bah** # » petty sheikh &
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