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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [48r] (95/644)
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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Hodeidah Consulate and elated t '•♦at he feared they A
/ ’4
| go to toe length of sending a warship to bora bard the
town, and in that event he looked for British protection.
He was assured by Major Barrett that such a nove was
hardly conceivable.
Bayed .Mustafa stated that the Idrisi was not in
any way perturbed by the Ira am* s preparations to invade
the Tihama, but asked for m rupoly of arms and ammunition.
he was told to write to the aden ! esidency f
where his request would receive consioeration.
'•elation® between the young Idrisi, Bayed /di nd
his advisers appear to be far from cordial ot oresent.
TIHAMA
3 . The much-talked-of attack of the Imam ago. in at Jabel
Halhan is still expected. The Imam is said to have detailed
10,000 troops for this offensive alone and to h- ve disbursed
to the troops two months nay in advance. ?ive thousand of
the troops have already loft for Jabel Malhan.
The total number of the Idrisi troops in Jabel
M&lhan is 3000, exclusive of the tribesmen of lalhan, whose
nu mber is not known.
The Imam has further reinforced the HeIma-Buraa
front with 2 C 0 Cmen. His object is to en,-'®we the Idrisi on
all the fronts at one and the same time.
4 # Captain Faxluddin informs me that on the 22nd July,
he received a visit from the important $uhra JheiKh, I email,
baghwi, referred to in pare, 4 of my letter of 7th June.
The Sheikh told Captain Jazluddin that the Idrisi*s death
had. considerably altered the views of the Q,uhra people
about the Idrisi Government and the future of their country,
ffe said that he and Bayed Abdul leader (referred to in ny
last letter) wish to discuss the latter question Hth Bayed
Mustafa and that the latter had promised to meet them in
August, when he intends to come to Hedeidah on a prolonged
visit.
Captain Hazluddin says that Sheikh Baghwi is not
ne rvous
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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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