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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [466r] (286/633)
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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As reg- rds the intema-l state oi the Ye®« n # the Tui?k
said that the people were oppressed by the Imam’s sol i* rs
who fleeced them, le ascribed this to the men (including
their Commanders) being poorly paid, rhe result wi a they
extorted money from the people. The people ho suffered
more at their h nds were the hafaie. out they were help-
less as they had no one to look into their grievances.
The Turks who were at first resolved to settle in the lemen
on account of their intermarriages with iiTabe are now sick
of the place ?jid leaving. ula»i» ^ahmeod ic si Live
that if we were only to advance as far hm avia actual
fighting would be done by the arabs themselves, ihey &re t
indeed, praying for the advent of the .British into the
lemen. ulasim i aiimood « dvised that no stories 01 the
lm.m’s intention to attack the iritinh Ca»v should be be
lieved. J e said that the /.eidis were afraid of the British.
PKOT-CTCrvA'iC .
Cenflicting reports conti ue to come In reg rding the m
Zeid intention to attack our Cmp at hohat hekim. le oxtme
ordinary activity on the part of the Zeicis i6 # however f re
ported.
The auahabi ^ultj^n continue to send in al; rming re
ports of the Zci<i movements on his border. The Zoidin have
been sending him messages continually but so far they have
not actually entered hie territory.
Ihe ^aushabi has sent in a letter adcressed to him
b,> the Imam’s Com raider in Kevin enclosing copy of a letter
from the Coranander at .ala in ^diieh the latter requests
permission of the former to proceed against the ri«.ushftbl^<A
Mevia Com under w rne the n^ahabi that unless hs comes
and sees him, he will be attacked.
Captain Jstfd t hffendi, vho ! rrived here on the 3rd
indent from Tai* via kavia for repatriation, w e interview
ed
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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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