File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎574r] (502/633)

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TiXX«ig« of 1 u«i»ala after com itting atrecltlas* Thay
art butt. obckI to haro carried away booty in oaoh and
jowolo worth about 7000 AttBtrlan dollaro # besidoo eon*
oidorablo quantitioo of grain and animal** uyed Ahmad
leaving 300 men behind In the uao&la village under
Abdur hahman, brother of the prineipal -haiJch of that
district*
The Zoidi troops by their oxoooeeo in the aonquered
territory have made theatoelveo extremely obnoxious to
tho 1 eh»jna people who were already averse to them os
aecount of the religious differences between the Tehsafc*
tee and the highlanders (i*e* the hhafie 4 ,nd the £eidie)*
( The ^uhra tribe is still unreconciled te the la an and
appears to bo taking active steps to resist any advances
of ths haariltss troops in their country* According ts a
report of the Felitical officer at Hodcida it is evident
that recently a reeeneiliation has taken place between
the titihra and Abo os tribes which had hithsrte been at
entalty with eaeh other for a considerable number ef years
and in view ef the present situation in the Tehama this
is certainly a significant f*ot* Their object appears
to be ts present aulimited front te all the efforts sf
ths Imam in their territory*
On the morning ef the 11th ust* the v*uhra Sheikhs
wired to the Imam notiiyin* that i* oot stop hie
advance on Bajll they would appeal to the European rowers
for protection# Ko reply was received from anaa f tele*
graphic coiw uni cation being intsrriipted later in tho day
owing to heavy rains in ths mountains* Next day they (net
including Abu Had! Kumeda sf Bajil) sent a* ultimatum
ts bhalkh All b»lami # tho lmam t s agent at habid, inform*
ing hi® that if ho and his keidi troops did net evacuate
trbal by ths corning of tho 13th August 1919#thelr tribos*
men would attack them* But on the intervention of Abdul
Kadlr of &arawah 9 Abu Kadi and other qphra bhalkho in a
Alambarl returned to ftabid with his foreo and ono gun
conferenee