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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [146r] (291/644)
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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| 8th ADEN NEWS LETTER.
-SESRET.
[ +
(The contents of this letter are for the sole
information of those to whoa it is sent. Not to be
reproduced).
The following is a suBnary of the news reported
since the despatch of ray last letter dated 3rd
August 1922.
ASIR.
The Political Officer, Hodeide., reports the
( death of the Idrisi's youngest son, which octcurrsd
in the last week of July.
The Political Officer, Hodeida, also reports a
rising of the BmI Kughaid tribe under the leadership
of Hasm ibn Aidh and his cousin Abdur Rahman against
the garrison of Ibn Saud in Abha, numbering 60 men.
These mn who were besieged in a fortress are said to
have been released through the intervention of the
Idrisi »nd allowed to return to Shah ran.
T1HAMA
The Political Officer, Hodeida, reports that in
July last, a section of, "he 3araniqs under Ahmed
Fitini who are unfriendly to the Idrisi, made two
raids on the Idrisi Camps at Ka*
Bania
Merchant of Indian extraction.
near iansuria
and at Mandar near Hodeida, The Zaraniqs were driven
away with the loss of 6 men. The Idrisi's casualties
were three soldiers killed and one wounded.
Tn« Msnakha agent of the Political Officer,
Hodeida, reports that Saiyid Ahmad and Shaikh
Abdullah Haseawa, nephew and father-in-law, respectivelj
of
ADEN RESIDE ICY,
5th September, 1922.
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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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