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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [380r] (115/633)
The record is made up of 1 item (316 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1919-16 Feb 1921. 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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N«w* r#c^iT^<i from uula thi» w««k Tcry conflicting*
While reports continue to com© in of the ©urly withdrawal
of the Heidis from our Frotwctor te # other rcporto speak
of reinforcement e on their way t© i>ala with a Tievi t© an
advance* 50 ^eidie ar» reported to have already arrived at
Jala* 1 do not consider that the situation has altered ma«
terially*
With reference to the report that the Yafais had ap
proached the Imun’e Cemnander at Jala for aeeift nee to
drive the Fadlie out of karn Hilma (vide page 6 of ! ewi
Letter dated 13th August lt2C) f a eecr^t agent who w&e dee-
patchcd from here to the Yafa country last month to verify
the report| has now returned and reperte that t^o petty
Upper Yafa Sheikha, Ahmed Haitam and H raiti re in Jala
negotialing for the release of the prisoners taken by the
heidis in the fighting at «1 kuaa in December last r nd in
cidentally intriguing with the ^eiais. The Upper and Lower
Yafa Sheikhs met and made a pact to invite all sections of
the Tribe to resist Xm&aio aggression* .,hcix.hs ..\ r i-.ait&m
and ^1 Haraibi have not joined the pact as they axe dissatis* .i
fied at not receiving any share of the ammunition which 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.
had given some time ago for distribution among the 4
Yafai Chiefs* accc ruing to our news correspondent in Yafa,
the Upper Yafa Chiefs have be^n corresponding with the Imam
and his Amil at bala with a view to the release of the Yafai
prisoners, but h v© no ©tn^r aim^* he Anil of i)ala,however |
has availed himself of this opportunity to attempt to im uee
them to submit to the Imam but it is unlikely that he will
succeed,
Teurs etc etc*, *
sd* 1 cott.
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The lion’ble Mr.ftrnest ctovell ^cott,
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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, mostly addressed to the British High Commissioner, Cairo, which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; 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 5 February 1919 to 23 December 1920. 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 Idrisi [Muhammad al-Idrisi], and include news of Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob’s diplomatic mission to the Imam on behalf of the British. The News Letters report on news from Tihama, Upper Yemen and Lower Yemen, Asir, and the Aden Protectorate.
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- File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20'
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- 323r:330v, 331v:395r, 396r:637v
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