"ملف 8/15 سلسلة الجزيرة العربية - ١٩٣٣-١٩٣٩" [ظ‎‎٦‎٧] (٤٣٤/١٣٤)

The first act of the Yemeni Representative in Egypt will be to establish
a Yemeni Agency in Cairo and then to negotiate with the competent autho
rities with a view to their recognizing him (? the Imam).
News from a reliable source says that some Yemenies in Beirut have
received a letter from Sana to say that His Majesty Imam Yahya has
appointed Siyyid Ali Rida al ’Alavi ts Representative of the Yemen in
Syria and the Lebanan; Qadhi Ahmed al Unsi as Representative in Iraq;
and Siyyed Muhammad Ibn Ziyara as Representative in Egypt, Siyyed
Hussayn Ibn ’Abdul Qader as Representative in Turkey.
The Turkish Government have appointed Jalal uddin Bey, who went
to Sana as President of the Red Crescent Mission, as Turkish Representa
tive in the Yemen. The Japanese Government also have appointed Siyyed
Muhammad as-Saqqaf as Japanese Representative in Sana, the latter
having teen employed in the Japanese Agency in Singapore.
( 80 )
(Received on 9th September 193A, with Political Secretary's letter No. 34,
dated the 23rd August 1934.)
Memorandum from His 'Majesty’s Charge d’affaires, Jedda, to the
Foreign Office, No. 2224/81/137, dated the 24th July 1934
Copy sent to Bushire.
Enclo. to S. No. (80).
Letter from His Majesty’s Charge d’affaires, Jedda, to the High
Commissioner, Palestine, Jerusalem, No. 2224/81/137, dated the
24th July 1934. ‘
During an interview here on the 19th July, Sheykh Yusuf Yasin, the
Saudi Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked me to do him a personal
favour. It transpired that a friend of his named Hussain al Awayni
(Aoueini), now resident in Haifa, desired “to open a shop’’ and received
permission to take up permanent residence in Palestine. Sheykh Yusuf
therefore invoked my assistance in getting this permission accorded to his
friend. .1 •
I pointed out that, as he was well aware, the regulations governing per
manent residence in Palestine were strict, but promised to do with I could
to please him. I would be grateful, consequently, if any application that
Awayni might make in this connection to the Palestine authorities could be
favourably regarded.
I attach herewith a printed sheet dated the 1st January 1934, con
taining particulars of Awayni’s firm, Bohsali and Awayni of Haifa, from
which it would appear that the “shop” is actually a factory for the manu
facture of cotton and silk piece-goods.
For your confidential information, Hussain al Awayni is also the inti
mate friend of Fuad Hamza and is the agent here for the Manchester piece-
goods merchant Ydlibi, together with whom he has been playing a certain
role here in connection with oil concessions in this country.