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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [491r] (336/633)
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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in a tira*. All th« p«opl« the district a» far a*
Tale : ,re submieBiTe t* hia. be, however, w»nt» the Idriei
to give him aeeintanee in woney and anew and «»munition no
about 1000 ^eikh Abae entxeate bayed ttuttafa to writ*
a letter to a ay *4 Al Anbar/i,
The .iheikh of Rakh.AWad Ali Tarbeh, writes to
bayed uatafa that before the Xmas's advent in ^ebid he
felt the want of a strong Government awing >.0 the lawless
ness among his tribesmen end their refusal te aeknewleige
his authority. He looked towards the west but found th t
the Christians poosested influence there} he looked towards
the idrisi but found the dieU-nce too far. tie wae between
thh devil iJld the deep aea. bo he agreed under certain con
ditions to let in the Imam siio had been sending him onti-
nuoue telegrams, is idea wae that the Imamle Government
we a good Government but he now finda that he wae mistaken
«nd wants the rdrisi to coma to his rascua,
amai *fienoi, Iste of th# Ottoman ielograph
hepartment in the 1 emen, arrived here on the xuih instant
from Hods Ida. ho was interviewed yad gave the folio ing
inforraafchunn
"On th« tTaouation oi' the ourk» from the le n # hie
services were placed at the diepoeal of the a.ram by Hilmi
Bey # the uirector-(ien«r JL of x oets and Telegraphs* e re»
malned at the eapital for bout a year i nd wae tlien trwne-
ferred to ,.uq-el- hamis. Zebid # Ibb and iaia in Bucceesion
and wae ultinately brought oack to ana* He received a
salary of 16 dollars per meni;#* from the imam, but wae
paid very irregularly. He resigned in January t-nd proceeded
to Hodeidah to bo repatriated*
•kvwnal .ffenoi wae at HuJ. alla on t o fcato January 1920.
A f ew gays later hs Isamt that a i>sidl fores which had
been dsapatchsd from .ana on the dlxii January to resist
Idrisl sg rssslon had on arrival at hujjall* loot. « ths
whole villags including the houses of uaiasa Abdulla ths
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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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