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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [585r] (524/633)
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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Suleiman also denied having visited Hodeida. The Q,uhra
Shaikhs refused to remonstrate with Suleiman for fear of
causing trouble between the two tribes and suggested his
being treated direct.
2. The general attitude of the Quhra tribe as
reported to the Political Officer, Hodeida is-that they
will not fight either the Imam, or the Idrisi or the
British Government but would accept the domination ox
whichever of them turned out to oe the strongest.
Negotiations were opened by the Imam with this tribe who
submitted the following conditions under which they
would be prepared to accept his suzerainty and at the
, nr . 0 qhf>ikh YAHYA ALI HUMEIDA (also
same time nominated one bneitcn iahia
known as ABU HAD!) as the administrator of their
territory and their spokesman. The conditions are.-
-L The Quhra tribes to pay tithes on lands and
cattle as in the time of the Turks. No other
taxes are to be demanded by the Imam.
The appointment or dismissal of Mansabs,
Shaikhs and Akils in the district to be in
accordance with old Turkish reflations viz.
py selection by the people.
Transit dues to be levied by the Shaikhs and
Akils in their respective territories as has
teen customary from time immemorial. Each
Shaikh or Akil to be responsible for their
safety of the routes in his own limits.
Oazis, officials, clerks and gendarmes are to
he nominated by the inhabitants of the
districts concerned subject to confirmation
by tbe Council of Elders.
2 .
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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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