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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [618r] (590/633)
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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whioh he eaye wre support*** by the Haehid and Bakll and the
dheikhs ef Ibb and Udein f and also by the Idriei. It le evi
dent that this scheme is being promoted by the Idri 8 i t and I
hear that Mohammed Mohsen 9 s son is going to pay the Idrisi a
▼i»it« This bef-el-Islaa made overtures to me a fev months
age f sending down a letter by Uheikh iiusaid Alleo, but X gave
him no encouragement; nor do X propooo to do so on thio occa
sion* One of this ^ef-el-Iolam's daughter! is married to the
Imam Yahia, and another to the Imam* eon, while he himself is
married to a daughter ef the Bakil Sheikh Nasir Uabkhut*
15* The Idrisi and ^yed Mustafa gave valuable assist
ance in facilitating the evacuation of the Turks from Aeir t and
X have thanked them for their help* The Idrisi has been allowed
to retain the arms of the Turks who were on hie borders, and
has furnished me with lists ef what he has taken* He appears
to have established hie influence in the £bha district and to
have obtained the adherence of Hassan ibn All ibn Aidh, while
dherlf Hwaud has been sent te kbha in the IdriBi , s interest*
In the south the Idriel has eooupied Leheiya,
&ehra, Mur c £el&lya and other places* The Idrisi recognises
that his stipend of £ 10 , 000 /- should now cease, but has asked
for a continuance of some assistance to cover the period noooo-
•ary t# re-establish ordinary conditions sf trade* I hars re-
ewuaondsd £ 7 , 000 /- a month fsr three months.
Captain Clayton returned to fcgypt on 32nd Fe
bruary. Captain yasluddin, I.U.H., is still Msdical Officer
with the Idrisi, and as hs has bsen doing useful work and the 1 <W
has asked that he should bo allowed te remain, I am recommending
* oentinuatien of hie appointment for a year,
ABPALI AFFAIRS .
l8 ^ British troops with tha sxcepticn of s post at
Uubil, hare boon withdrawn fro. Abdali territory. Dar-el-Amir
and Hal wan hare been restored to the Abdali dultan.
With the exception of one or two families, all
the Abdali refugees Iwts now returned to LshoJ, 20
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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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