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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [476r] (306/633)
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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and threa small guns to iifjjil ;nd J&bel ilh n. Koinforcs-
raonts of Idrisi troops continually -xriving at - aidiya re
sent on to ilhan 9 i nd dajil #
According to a report from 4abeed 9 the occupation
of i>ala by the Imam is regarded as a great victory against
the Christians (sic) who fire said te have rmtreated from
hala« The news was published by beat of drums in ^abeed,
the plaee being illu inated <rnd salutes fired* The Imam's
Amil in Zabeed was iJLse inxormsd by telegraph of other
allowed victories won against the Idrisi*
The reason for this kind of propaganda on the part
of the lm<im is ebvioue* The aecl /nation of the idri*! by
Tihama tribes and hie successful advance eve?rywhere have
naturally annoyed the Imam and he ean de no better than
feed the people with news ef imaginary victories* lie is
said te have sent letters te all the LJieikhs and uai>ids
in the Tihama denouncing tho idrisi* who as our ally is
considered an enemy of lolum who is bont upon ahodding tho
blood of Jnoolimo* Tho Imam ofi oro tho ^ioi xhe ? nd ^ai>ids
aesi^tanoo in men 9 arms and am unit!on if they Tors sxe tho
Idrisit
balyid Ahmed al Arabari referred to in my last letter
io reported to have circularised the people ef Zabeed saying
that threu^K the medium ef ifranee 9 the Turks and o arif Faisal
have concluded pease and that the former will shortly return
overland to the Yemen, The notification eulogises the Imam
who has stood firmly by his alliance with the Turks up till
new 9 and admonishes the people who are friendly with ue nd
I the Idrisi. Tho notifi ation ends with tho good news of tho
capture of throe . nglioh provinces by Anwer laeha*
XHHI*
haair Mabkhut, the friend of the ldrisl 9 is said te
have completed tho eon< uest of hajja and has approached Kau*
kaban* > o has occupied Jabel i<aioa t 3b miles I.l.W. ef £>ud<4h 9
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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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