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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [587r] (528/633)
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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Reports differ as to the result hut the
predominating opinion is that in returning the conditi
through Sheikh Mohammad Ahmad Mashoor of Hujjaila,
imam insisted on the Quhra paying all tithes to his
representative at Bajil, facilitating the passage of
Zeidi troops through their country to the coast to
establish order in that region, and accepting Sayyed
Muhammad Hashim (son-in-law of the Imam) as 1 AMIL at^
Bajil. As an inducement the Imam promised to liberate
Shaikh Mujaikar from prison when his demands had all
been agreed to. It also appears that the xraam ^
Quhra to contribute towards the maintenance of the .orce
tl ,elr aei® AW Haai Aa,e wfomed we imb that nw
terns are not acceptable mainly because “«y *ou
tolerate the presence of Midi broops a,«onBSt o -
troir -nresence would only aggravate the
secondly because their presence the
+A +he er p a -t scarcity prevailing m the
situation owing to the groii
The ., urg ed also that the country «as puite
country. They ur from either
mi-let and there was no tear 01 ...
Q v Thev further told the Imam
+>i 0 Tdrisi or elsewhere, ihey iihio
nn+ nrepared to listen to any proposals
+ thPV W0T6 not
t.iat the., - -hr-rated from the prison at
qheikh Mujaikar was liberarea n
rue 1- has summoned his envoy Muhammad Ahmad
Me * t0 sana t0 discuss further the Quhra berms.
of Hujja a n idi^rs in Jebel Bura quarrelled
3 The Imamic soldi-rs m
■t m + ants there and were driven out m
with the inhabitants rne led to to
consequence. - yy ded in doing so.
mahe peace be«e.n them has succeeded -
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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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