File 3498/1912 ‘Aden News Letters’ [‎43r] (96/598)

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Dated Aden 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. , the 23rd October 1915.
From—The Political Resiient, Aden,
To—L. Robertson, Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay.
The Barhimis (Subehis) the other day raided Little Aden, and carried away
about 200 goats, but the inhabitants of Little Aden pursued the raiders, and re
covered the property.
2. An informant reports that the Arabs are discontented with the Turks, who
loot them when they refuse to give camels or supplies, and who, unlike the British,
do not pay for what they take. The informant says that the prevailing opinion
among the Arabs in the interior is that the Turks have ruined the Yemen by enter
ing into the war.
3. A regrettable incident took place lately at Khokha, believed to be a friendly
port, when H. M. S. “ Lama ” anchored off the place for the purpose of examining
the dhows lying in the Khokha harbour. The ship’s steam cutter was fired upon
by a hostile dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. from another tribe, as well as from men of another tribe from the
shore who wounded two of the crew of the cutter of whom one subsequently died.
The dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. escaped. The Shaikh, who was lately in Aden and had returned to
Khokha only that day, came on board the “ Lama, ” but declared his inability to
arrest the delinquents. He was, therefore, made a prisoner, and brought to Aden.
After inquiry in the case, I am releasing the Shaikh, but prohibiting tentatively
commerce from Aden to those ports.
The Shaikh is a figure-head and powerless, but certainly inimical to the Turks.
It has been our policy to win over such Arabs to our cause by allowing occasional
dhows to ply there from Aden.
A. B. Aden letter No. 42, dated the 16th October 1915. No news to record.
Dated Aden 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. , the 23rd October (received the 5th November) 1915.
Endorsed by 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.
Oopy forwarded, with compliments, to the Deputy Secretary to the Govern
ment of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
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