File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎596r] (546/633)

of our own troops from Kainaran. 52 of tne Idrisi/s
men are, however, reported to he encamped at Salif
still, and I am writing to him again on the subject*
19. The Idrisi has been informed that Goverment
have sanctioned the payment of £ 7000/- per Mensem
to him for the months of April, May and June 1919.
/
20. This Sheikh is reported to have occupied Mokha
and he is trying hard to get possession of the Turkish
guns, arras aid ammunition now in the possession of All
Othman Qalmmakam of Mokha. The latter has established
himself in a house on a hill near Moza village and
has up to now defied the Sheikh's attempts. The
Sheikh is said to have attacked Moza with about 3000 men,
of whom 600 were armed with rifles and the rest with
clubsand sticks only, ne has made repeated requests
to this Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for assistance, which have been
refused.
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21. Muhammad Nasir Mukbil is reported to have occupied
Taiz at the invitation of the inhabitants. The Imam
again invited him to Sanaa but he excused himself on the
score of infirmity, old age arid ill health. The
tribes roundabout Taiz have been plundering caravans
and otherwise harassing the travellers. One agent
goes so far as to report that all the gardens round the
town have been laid waste by these robbers and the summer
houses in them demolished. Sayyed Yenya el i-Uali al
Mahi, who has recently returned to Aden from a visit
to Mares and otner districts, says that an alliance
has