File 3498/1912 ‘Aden News Letters’ [‎28v] (67/598)

Political Intelligence Summary —contd.
Summary of Events and Information.
The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. has urged on the Fadli Sultan that he
should not meet the English, and that the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
will recompense the Fadli for what he will lose by
the stoppage of British doles ; that the Sultan on
return from Lahej has proclaimed that camels
going into Aden will be plundered : that thfe Sul
tan has been given by the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 200 acres of field
and gardens belonging to the sons of Fadl bin Ali
to the family of the present Sultan of Lahej).
Sultan Husen the Fadli writes (31st January 1916)
that his enemies the Haidara Am Mansur and the
Marakisha are numerous. They go to Lahej, and
lie against him. He went to Lahej to clear him
self, and to make arrangements for his subjects;
and the peaceful enjoyment of their fields. On his
return to Abyan he heard that Shukra was close to
sea traffic. He now accuses his Aden agent A1
Ramah of sending goods to Shukra for Turkish
consumption. He says he has imprisoned some
of his subjects for this action, and has substituted
another agent in place of A1 Ramah. Hopes
Resident will remove embargo on trade to
Shukra, as by it our proteges up-country will be
the sufferers !! Undertakes that nothing will go
to the Turks.
(b) The same messenger brings a letter from the grand
son, Abdul Kadir, who writing from Abyan (no date)
acknowledges the Resident’s letter, and pleads for
clemency towards his aged grandfather. Says he
is willing to meet the Resident in Aden.
5th February 1916
Letter from Fadli Sultan (dated 2nd February 1916),
acknowledging Resident’s letter of 31st December
1915. Says he only did what he said would be
necessary, when the Turks entered the Haushabi
tract adjoining his frontiers, i. e., he went to Lahej
to preclude the invasion of his country by the
enemy. This would have meant devastation and
ruin, and the stoppage of the routes leading to the
Friendlies in the North. He went to Lahej to save
his country and people. He was at his wit’s end.
The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. has received no benefits from him. His
friendship with the British is as strong as ever.
He has not received Government’s favours for 40
years, without being indebted for the same. He
acted solely under Turkish pressure. He did not pro
claim that caravans should not go to Aden. The tribes
men complained of ill-treatment at the Barrier Gate,
and tribesmen should not be so treated. It was the
tribesmen, who proclaimed by beat of tom-tom,
but he (the Sultan) forbade them to do so. The
trafe-route is not closed as stated. He has not
sefit supplies to Lahej. Some irresponsible fellows
did, and he has imprisoned them. It is true the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. gave him lands, and a place in Lahej. He
did not ask for these, but returned to Abyan. When
the Abdalis return to Lahej, they will come back
in to their own. He asks that the embargo may be
removed, and requests his stipend be paid. He
ignores the proposal for an interview.
(6) The new Fadli agent, /hmad Abdallah Am Uragi,
interviewed states, he remonstrated with Fadli
Sultan in the Abyan for having stopped the trade-
route to Aden, and pointed out to him that this
would call for retaliatory measures from British
Government, and that such would affect the Friend
lies above Shukra, to say nothing of loss of Fadli
taxes. That the Sultan replied, he had [enforced
the embargo outwardly to please the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , but
that he did not mean it should be carried out, and
he told the tribesmen to travel through as usual.
Am Uragi said this was insufficient, and the Sultan
Remarks and
references to
Appendices.
n
oth*
He omits to mention
that the Military
prevented the
Turks entering his
country by demon
strating against
the Turks at Lahej.
This is an untruth.
He did proclaim
this.