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The dovernor^eneral pf the Yemen has now sent a reply te
the A mar loan C ornml of nhich a translation la enclosed*
?roa the letter I gather the report of forced loans from
1 Indians In Hodeldah Is probably not exaggerated*
2 * 2 rom Information receired lately, it appears
that the Dhaitls, a section of the Amiri tribe, have again
risen against the Amir of i>ala who had to apply to hahomed
Haslr Mukbil for assistance* fee latter sent him 400 men
bat soon withdrew them*
3 . The Turks are reported to be levying Ke.l per camel
load of vegetable* klrbi, grass, etc. in the Fadli country
Sultan Abdul Aadlr* the grandson of the ?adli Sultan is
said to hare warned hie people not to pay any taxos or
tolls to the Turks*
A* Pises# see paragraph 4 of my Weekly Letter, dated
9 th instant* It is reported that the officer in command
of the party of Turks feo have gone to the Padli country*
met Sultan Abdul Kadir at a fair and tried to induce him to
go to Lahej, promising to fix a stipend for him* The lat**
ter pretended to agree and quietly left the fair*
5* On the 18th instant, opportunity was taken of the
33rd Punjabis being in harbour on the Hired Transport •Puss-
"Pumea* awaiting escort to hast Africa and ot H*H*s* Clio
and "top&se” being available to land the regiment at Wadi
Sana, with orders to proceed to Kusemir (Padlij. The ob
ject was to clear out any parties of Turks found lu-ue, ts
hearten the local Arabs, and to increase our own wnile
lowering the Turkish prestige * Very little opposition was