ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٣ "رسائل أنباء عدن: ١٩١٩-١٩٢٠" [و‎‎٤‎٦‎٩] (٦٣٣/٢٩٢)

400 cases of austv amnunition # 262 of which had
been surrendered by the Turks on evacuation end the remainder
obtained from ; ahomed ..aiiir and Ali Othm n #
300 cases of big j; un amrrmni tion # of which 200 had been
obtained from the xurks and 100 c»ses from Ali othmaJi*
ihe iurks under iyyed All at fail consint of Lieut,
^aleh Lffendi (lately of the 1/119) Captain of Artillery
Allahudin (deacribod by Jaudat Bffendi as an useless officer)
and Zaid A^ha # a liashid Arab who served in the urkish gendmre
merle* It is possible other lurks m^y be sent down from Lana
to join the force.
There ire neither Turks nor *;uns with the force in
Hujjaryia or *«avia*
The other Turkish officers now resident in Tail are
Captain ahomed a 11 ffendi ohararaanda. Ibrahim Lffendi,
formerly udir at rhl Lufal f i^avncl iilffendi g v;ho was a rofes*
sor in the Kilitary achool and two other civilians named
Anwar and liidki.
All the above Turks are desirous of coming in to Aden
but are waiting n we as regards the treatment they mt^y expect
on arrival here, us certain dschievous persons h. ve been
circulating very unfavourable reports concerning prisoners of
Ware
Jaudat Bay stated that the Imam was bent on conquering
the interland >nd was preparing his armies for the attack on
Lshej which he expected would take place very shortly i*e.
within the next fortnight if not befors. He states he warned
the Officer Comr\folding Tibsn Column against a surprise attack
by the Zeidis, which would most probably occur at night.
The Im mic Makdami has sum oned All Mann of the i aUi>h*»
bl to Tali but up to arch 1st he had not left and was still at
Museimlr.
Chelkh i&ahoraed Paslr uq bil and hi a Lecretury # Uahomed
Abdoo balam, arrived in iais on the 22nd February. It would
appear t>iat the latter was responsible for the Zeidl occupation
of the avia and surrounding districts.
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