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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [488r] (330/633)
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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28th l^bniur/ 1920 #
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ih« fallowing im m sunmavy of nows reported
since the despatch of ray last letter dated 12th jfebru ry
1920«
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There does not eppear to be Much dangef in the
situation on the ^uhra frontier* lighting has been going
on in the region of Bur* 1 * which seems to haTe ehanged
h inds at least ones* Bura'a was reported to haTe been
9
occupied by the IdriBi in Jsnu;ay 9 but the latest reports
*
speak of/fresh Idrlsl advance sg inst imra's find tixxq Su,* ti*
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in the neig bourhood of alma in which the 4ar&nik and
Aboos h *▼« taken part en the aide of the Idrisl. Hajjails
was occupied by the Idri^i on the 4th 1'ebru ry but had t#
be eYaeuated ewing to Imamis threats from the flanks*
Turks she hare come dev* ts Aden Tie iiodeidali
state that although the Imam has rsesTsred sons of ths
villages ef ilh;n f he will be turned eut again frea there #
as the people of the plaee are generally in favour ef the
Idri&i find this nsws is confirmed by Captain faslndcin as*
cording to vhom ths reverse was only temporary and the
1 dri at has re-occupied all the villages* It ap, sars th^t
the Idriai Com ander there had advanced on Jabel Adrs
without leaving an adequate reserve at Jabel Aahar thus
enabling ths enemy to cut off hie com tunication* Hie
I dried fores was sonasauently forced te retire te their
former bass and had te fight their way bask through the
enemy r»nks losing about 20 men* On receiving this news
s reinforcement of 500 men was despatched by the Idrisl
under Jheikh Ahmed bin kadi el haij raaha* the prineiptd
oheikfc ef the VaaSat but the enemy was driven away free
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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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