File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎573r] (500/633)

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Th# loXloirlng 1* a brief report on the JpeXitloaX
situation la the Yapea einoe the date of njr prerloue Xettes
ea the aubjr?ct the X3th of iiuguet X9X9.
fercee $ the Xmaa's agont there has bees trying to extend
his influence in the surrounding country• on 24th July
1919, byod AbduXlah bin Ahmad lbn-el«*asler effectively
occupied J&bel-fcas anc tech hostages on behalf of the
Imam, he has written to the hhulhhe sad Ahils of hale
sswmealao the* to larir (the marhet at the foot of jr&bel-
Ras) for negotiations* 3 e has be<a apv^ointed by the Imw
to organise and establish admlnl strati one at !fokha,hheicha,
and Jabel*Kae and has also be-n nominated Amil of lekha*
On ‘49th July 19X9 a force oonelsting of 300 £eidlf(
troops, 100 Arabs raised in habid, and 200 tribesmen fro*
^eeh with one gun, under the eemnond of i f yed Ahmad Alamba-
ri • a local magnate of ^abid - advanced against the lu-
aeala and after four cays severe fighting completely rout*
ed their opponents who were comnanoed by siyed All Tahir
and a certain Davood Ibra* Syed All TaMr wae compelled
to take refuge in Hnselniyah in the heart of the £aranlg
country, where he is seeking the support of the ^aranio
for a further effort against the Heidis,
The Aeidis ture said to have burnt and looted the
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The T ehana*
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2lmsn the eccupation of Aabid by the Imamle