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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [490r] (334/633)
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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Xuauf xia8s<in # tha ex«i\aiamfj£g«n of <.«bid 9 a i'urk 9
latcl/ visited tkia Idrl&i and cl^imad to h r* Baiated
in tho rttloaeo of the ission* The object of this visit
is not ole^r but apparently it w^s to boo if ho could ao*
ouro a poet und< r the Xdrisi» ho has r.inoo returned to
Bajil« un receipt of a letter fron the Polities! officer
ilodeidoh, warning him ogainat Yusuf Hoooa^ doyod MUstafo
replied saying he know hiM well ao an in tricar but eon*
aidored it
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
to scotch hio aotivitioo by employing him*
The Amil of dura'a has adcrooaod threatening
lettero to heikh ohamad ^aid (f.ui»ra) .md to eo»e of the
Akils accusing Uiem of joining N ono whoso support is ilia*
g&l aecording to h^ria** Ho warns them of very eve re
punishments unless iney hasten to tender their submission
to th# but t is they are unlikely to do as J; bel
Bura'a is beeisged by Arab tribes acting on behalf of the
1drisi*
The head heikh of nl i araoh^ Abdo Ibrahim iia-
ghash, co 'ies of who to letters h> ve be- n sent to mo by
Oipt in -."l'*. jn # ntr ; t "y^d u t f•• to ion 14 re
presentative to 2>obid to form an alliance with him* Ho
assures Hayed Mustafa of the friendship of ^ayed Ahmed
Abdul Kahmam a! >onb ri for the idrisi. The -ay«d iu at
proaent kadi and Officer Coimnanding the ^ebid district
under the 1m m* During the reign of the furke he waa a
Kadi snd i akib of the AOhr fo and his undo ^ayed Abdul
Kader bason whs the ufti of ;:obid. Ho still holds that
position* i’heir fathers held tue s me posts* ihiir grand*
father* who w s given th title of the small ohaf»i # w»s a
friend of ~ayod Ahmed bln Idris. ikh ^bdo s ye t, t
daytd Ahmed Abdul vehm-n Al Ambari is ready to plaoe
himself under the Xdrisi provided the letter gives him a
written guarantee tbit he will be retained in his present
post and his privileges will not be curtailed* b*yed Am-
bari has »f j de arrangements with all the ;heikhs pjnd c n
eject the Im^m‘s representative and garrison from J.ebid
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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