'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎18v] (41/228)

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surrendered to the Ima “- ^battalions
instructions have been issued foJ4 ^
to be sent at once to tlie ic ,
Aleppo districts. The Commande., m reply,
has protested. ,
5. On the 7th February, a Turkish
(see paragraph 3 of Memorandum or ec.
her 1901) relief column successfully forced i s
way into Sana. On the 19th February, he
Turkish troops were withdrawn from the
important posts of Hajur and Tebjil. A week
later the rebels raided the Cazas of An
and Kataba. Three companies of troops at;
Mansourie, in the Caza of Haraz, were obliged
to surrender. On the 22nd February, Kataba
and Ibb were besieged and communications
with the Taiz Sandjak were interrupted.
Anis and Yerim were also blockaded. On
the 2nd March, the important military centre
of Hijje was captured from the lurks, after
which the rebels pushed on towards Johor.
6. Hedjaz- —Five thousand Arabs are
reported to have attacked an Egyptian
caravan near Yembo returning from Mecca.
Seventeen of the escort were killed.
PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
7. JMasTcat .— (Vide paragraph 1 of Memo
randum for March 1905.) A despatch from the
Secretary of State has been received, directing
that the proposed new Treaty of Commerce
should not be signed without previous submis
sion to His Majesty’s Government and forward
ing the comments of, and proposals made by,
the Foreign and Colonial Olhces and the Board
of Trade; but as it was not clear what action
was intended, the Indian Government tele
graphed, on the 18th April, enquiring
whether the revision should he on the lines
only of the letter from the Foreign Office, or
whether the amendments suggested by the
Board of Trade should also he adopted.
8. {Vide paragraph 11 of Memorandum
for January 1905.) The Jemadar who parti
cipated in the slave trade has been sentenced
to three months’ imprisonment.
9. {Vide paragraph 12 of Memorandum
for November 1901.) The Secretary of State
for India telegraphed, on the 17th April
1905, that the question of compensation
m connection with the murder of the
crew of the S. S. “ Baron Inverdale ” mioRt
he dropped. 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. was
informed accordingly.
10. In his diary for the week errb'nn.
19th March 190B, the Political Ttefiden!
reported that news bad been received on the
10th March from Sur to the effect that a ve s S el
under the Cutch flag belonging to one Liladhu!
Pershotum hound trom Bombay for Sur was
wrecked at Rowers near Bas-el-Badd and tw
the Arabs looted her cargo. ’ “ tliat
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