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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [182r] (363/644)
The record is made up of 1 item (322 folios). It was created in 16 Feb 1921-26 Feb 1924. 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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G-overnments. He has, however, expressed his desire to
send his family to Constantinople and has asked whether
arrangements could be made at Aden for their early des
patch .
A reply has been sent to him expressing a hope
that the terms of peace will soon be concluded between
the two Governments, and asking him to send in a list
giving the number and names of his family whom he desires
to send to Constantinople, to enable this
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
to
obtain the previous permission of His Excellency the High
Commissioner, Constantinople .
XEMEH (Upper and Lower)
Fighting is reported among the Zaidis in the
Jebel Habesh district outside our Protectorate, It is
said that the cause of this is that Ibn el
Wazir
Minister.
, the
Imamic Commander, sent orders to Sheikh Hooruddin bin
Hassan of Jebel Habesh directing him to despatch his
soldiers to Dala. The latter accordingly issued orders
to his men but they refused to comply with them for fear
of British aeroplanes. Thereupon Sheikh Hooruddin
collected Saidi soldiers and attacked the men who dis
obeyed him. In the fighting that ensued Wooruddin him
self was killed and there were several casualties on
both sides. The Zaidis are said to have received re
inforcements from Ibb, Taiz and Mavia and fighting con
tinues.
Sheikh Nooruddin was the brother of Sheikh
Mahomed Hassan of Jebel Habesh, who betrayed Jebel
Maktari to the Zaidis as reported in my news letter
dated 28th September 1921.
ADEN PROTECTORATE
In response to my telegraphic message, referred
to
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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, addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and then to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (from the News Letter dated 5 May 1921, forwarded 1 June 1921), which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India; 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 12 January 1921 to 31 December 1923. 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 Zaidi [Zaydi] tribes, and the Idrisi [Muhammad al-Idrisi]. The News Letters report on news from Tihama, Upper Yemen and Lower Yemen, Asir, and the Aden Protectorate, as well as the slave trade, illicit arms traffic (folio 89), and miscellaneous matters such as the visit of Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence to Aden on 18 August 1921 (folio 270).
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