File 3498/1912 ‘Aden News Letters’ [‎168r] (346/598)

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4th Weekly Letter.
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 24th January 1914.
Prom—Political Resident, Aden,
To—L. Robertson, Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay.
forwa P rZ g attte r to7sS Ahmed NoW
he had Droreoderl wifb nil iea JNo man, totally denying the report that
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Askar' to 1 NAwT b of 0 iwwt USata T* an ex P edition "nder Shaikh Saleh Mohsm
NaVa includinTshailTh Mnh re f satisfactor y- A11 the Shaikhs of
wifWh. l khM ^ ammadAhMohsmAa NaVi (who some time ago was
n gmng with the Imam) have surrendered, and promised their allegiance to the
Naqibs now and m future. The Shaikhs also declared that they would c^ase in
triguing either with the Imam or the Turks. *
Imam’sforcfsTdvfncl^ 7 Fl ' rther news fronl Hod eida states that the
toTbeTmen of BanrMarv the Idnsi’s positions at Jaba! Razih, and that the
admStt anoo^eTw / eb l 1I ? d a g ainst tlle Idrisi - ^ d gelled the
aammistrator appointed by him to their country. Having appointed their own
—IT decided to demand 8 then hostages from
the Idris , and in the event of his refusal, to attack him at Sabia The
the^Banf Ma”an rted t0 ^ COne ° tin S the tribes stiU faithful *o him to fight with
the JfIct g twTnT f 16 r f ported to bave been received from Constantinople to
and Gekan shnn i he T ° n the COast near Maidi > 8uch as Maidi, Habl
and Ueizan should be closed for imports and exports.
.ireZi 6 ! forc f/re now reported to have occupied Jabal'Razih, the
the v? 6 » P 0 ? ltlon a ' ld fo . rfc ln , the Possession of the Idrisi. After the capture of
he guns and arms therein, they advanced on the Tihama. “Abu Naib” their
attack it SUpP ° 5ed t0 be at about 12 hours ’ distance from Sabia, and intends to
• A ^ f w da y/ a § 0 ’ a ma “ impersonating a priest, came to Hodeida from Egypt
Hh J Th re ,— endatlons from B il a l Ubaid to his brother Muhammad
Ubaid. The man s object was to proceed to Sabia by land. But being suspected
he was prevented by the Mutasarif of Hodeida from doing so, and arLted uX
instructions from the Governor of Yemen, and his kit searched. Some letters
written by a community of Syrians to the Shaikhs of the disaffected Bani Marvan
and other tribesmen were found advising them to adhere to the Idrisi.
4. Paragraph 3 of my letter, dated the 18th October 1913. It is reported bv
Dunkalis that a Dunkah Chief, Yahia, son of late Muhammad Hamfa, is waiting
for ram, before moving a force to attack the Italians at Assab. Assab was visited
the other day, so reports the Assistant Resident, Perim, by a high official from
Massowah m a warship. °
The height of the wireless station at Assab is being increased.
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 24th January (received 2 nd February) 1914,
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.
Copy forwarded with compliments, to the Deputy Secretary to the Govern-
ment of India in the Foreign and Political Department. Delhi.
G. M. Preap, Simla.—No. C. "59 P*. D. — IS. \ [‘lilDIA, FOREIGN SECRElALl o