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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [151r] (301/644)
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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stated to to oo 1 laot as big a fores as possible
and to attack the Subehls* This report is not
confirmed*.
The Ssidi strength in the Asiri country and
Had fan is reported to be 88? men variously distributed.
The Alawi Sheikh reports that about 4000 ?eidis
have arrived at Bamar under the command of Saif ul
Islam and Saiyid Yahya and that they will proceed
against Yafa and Bad fan.
About the middle of last month, arrivals from
Bhala reported that bakris and Hu jail is in the Rad fan
had been ordered to supply camels for carrying the
baggage of reinforcements of 800 men coming from
Madira to Bhala* The camels were said to have been
gathered at Tafwa and R&dfan* An aeroplane,
reconnaissance which was recently made over these
places showed no concentration of either men or camels
at the p.Laces mentioned*
Sheikh Mokbil Abdulla, the nephew of the Kotebi
Sheikh and Amir Abdul Hamid are reported to have been
summoned by the Imam to Sana.
The Kotehi Sheikh is said to have received a
warning from a 7eidi friend to be on the look out.
It is not clear whether this warning refers to any
fresh advance against the R&dfan or any treachery
C-nnst the Sheikh.
The feidis who are still in the Bakri country are
said to have demanded tithes from the Kotebis, who
h&w lands in the neighbourhood. The latter have
d ; :u ined to pay t em.
Owing to the increasing Subehi lawlessness on
trade routes and in the Abduli territory, the Abdali
Sultan
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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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