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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [581r] (516/633)
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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T 9 *& by ^rabB a« breach cf raith with thna ^nd will pre«*<
juaice our causo Mid our elaimo to be the moet intereetoA
power in the country*future*
b* I an t&uportxxiXy held up by the fulcra Bh&lJdui fro*
going to Ib\ 4 Jbl 9 but the ex-Vuli ie coming down from the
leu** to treat for continuanee of our journey to . ana’ a*
6* 'fhe preoenoe of a BritiBh ^<nyoy to the exclusion
of those of tho allied powers is regarded by the people
here as &n attempt on our part to adranee the cause of
the Ibi«ub to their own detriment* Kagotiations are etill
proceeding* All membtye of the ! ierion are well**
Colonel Jacob hae been informed by telegraph that tho
block, dc hue be* n r* teed*
After the above date ne further new* of the IsbIoh
lutB yet been recrired*
In view of the preeent eituation at Hodeida and oving
to the fact that nearly all the tribee in the bhafiet
Tehama t^re tmti-lmaii and ti ey are under the impreosion
that our chief aim ie to advance the eauee of the imam to
their own detriment # ae aorit ea by Color:*! Jacob in hie
above telegram* a eert&in amount of anxiety ie entertain-
led about tho safety of the hie»ion t but this is lessened
owing to the repeated ©siuranoee el the Imam* hie effort*
"to settle diffiottltiee* tho coming of the ex-Vali 1 ahmud
Nadim to Bajil to treat for the oentinmmce of the Miesieni
journey* the general aanguin^ tone of CJenfl Jacob*• tle-
gr mm the raising of the blockade*
Any further new* about the , ietion will be duly tele
graphed to Your xcellency as soon ae received.
To
Hie Excellency*
The High Coirt iesioner*
Yours etc**
ec»* cee*
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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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