File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎594r] (542/633)

demonstrate against the imprisonment of their
Sheikh Ali Mutlaq, hut they were pacified hy Sharif
Ali Eshshawi and Sharif Ahdulla Ed-Dumain. Sheikh
Ali Ivlutlaq has heen liberated hut is not permitted to
leave Sanaa.
14-a. Mahmud Nedim ex-Vali of the Yemen continues
to advise the Imam and to issue false communiques
of war news. Very recently he announced the Turkish
reoccupation of Baghdad and Palestine. The latest
reports say that there are about 39 Turkish MILITARY
and MEDICAL officers and 25 civilians, aad also 250
regular soldiers still in Sanaa and in tne eiflploy cf
the Imam.
IT - - THE IDRISX .
15, The Idrisi is very anxious to extend his
influe me all over Hie Tehama and reports of deputations
and letters being despatched to him by the tribes south
of HOdeida have been received from different sources.
He was addressed on the subject and warned not to extern
his activities south of Zeidiych. His reply is onto
whole satisfactory although he argues that it is tne
people of the country who desire to come under his rule.
He as usual displays great jealousy of the Imamic
propaganda.
The larlsi also receives a deputation from tne
aortt which Drought him letters to show that the people
were anxious to have Sharia Law. It was considered
advisable not to give the Idrisi a W endowment
m the ratter of meddling with the affairs of territory
lvl „ at such a 10* distance from Ms own as Shahren
and Basha ani discussion on the subject was therefore
ref used. Captain Faxl-ud-din reports the arrival in
Jlsan of another deputation of B.Shahran. .no stated
that