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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [566r] (486/633)
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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forwi*r4 any definite nroros^Xt^ v ^ I
It i« diffic It to gaugo the attltudo of tho ex»YaIi lahmud
liadUi. Ho has gon# to Bajil o«trn»iiHly ao popreoontatiTO
of tho lmcoo 9 but appears rather to bo playing for hie omi
hand for whereas ho informs Colonel Jacob that ho fears
the ambitious aims of the Imam, he ale# informs tho i^uhra
that ho approves of their action in holding up tho I lesion
as had they been able to re&efc tho lmam 9 the latter eould
have conceded all they &ok«
I h&ve reported the pxogrooo of negotiationo by wire from
time to tin# and it appears to ao from ouch soonty in*
formation ao wo have received that tho aim of the ox»Vall
is to got Turkish troops hack to the Yemen to a^port him
as first Mussulman Oovernor of tho Teiuona*
following oaou^ltioo among tho raiders on 30th August and
2 nd toptember 1919*•
Th«** fiRura* 40 not tnoludo tho ion* lot* ^ehin* on tho
17.
tho Polltioal officer, 1 odeido, reports tho
on 3 ith Au auet 191A,
} 3 men killed
On 2nd bpa tenbcr 1919.
1 7 men killed or diod fron rounds
lb men wounded
Banna*
hanaflra
4 men killed
6 men sounded
field*
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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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