File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎489r] (332/633)

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J«b.l b.for. their «rriT a l. ih. enemy lost 2 K u„ 8 and
a number of men*
A. already reported, the hesitation of .heikh Sahel
U o the Abooe in eecepting the Idriai was due to his
an.iity with hie riral, oheikh duleia»n Heesan al hakheit.
rh * idrisl Ce«munder imprisoned both these uheikhs in Bajil
till they made a bond ef friend ah ip. Akil Un.r Saghlr who
took a proninent part in scouring the release of the Hisslon
le also imprisoned in Bajil fer failure to co-operate with
hie sheikh, ism ill Bnghawi, toajor Meek thinks that the real
cause is the desire of yed Abdul hadir and the uhra sheikhs
u. out for hie Mlsalea work. Major Meek has adrissd
Omar -ughir to bs loyal to his heikh and tribs now and s.t-
tld his peraon il diiisrsnces latsr on.
All al Vikdad of Anio, who lo s faidi, has applied
to the rolltioal ufiicer, Bedside, for the post of Governor
of Anis and itsima under the Idrisi, the latter being under
British protection. All t ikdad was heikh-al-Maahaiih of the
C;aba of ania in the time of the Turks, He rebelled and served
with the Imam against ths Turks. Hscsntly he has held no po
sition and has bssn at enmity with Imam fahia. He holds an
influenti, 1 position among the people of inis.
The idrisi Commander at hajll has star tad a levy
of duo8 on goodo paoaing through iiajil which is reg&rdtd at
oxees; ivo # iho com mdor objected to Cyod Abdul ivadir’t
interiorcnco in uhra affaire ?ufid the latter hat returned to
! orawaa doclaring that he is ditappointed with the Idrisi and
that he sees no hope outside aritiah rale* her waa is hit
house and ho had not bo^n there since the 1 itsion arrived in
Bajil,
n Akil of boni bead c jne in to i odeida at the
beginning of j*’ebru*ry # Ho told ajor Uook that from the
cheikh down to the last a*n 9 the Jdeni Head hated the IniBm*
They liked the idrisi but would much prefer British rule*
AOcording to hia there wore about 800 Idrisi men in his
oountry. The Imun’t men had retired (vide Komal Kffendi'fe
report below)*
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