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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [156r] (311/644)
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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7 th AUiiN HE LATTER
mom.
ADEN USSIDiSNClf,
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3rd August 1922
infoimtion^ft '*°Hinn* S ■ 1 f)r # for the sole
produced). 0i ^ whom iz 18 aont. Not to be
The Allowing is a eanmary of the news reported
since the despatch of the last letter dated 30th June
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Captain r’azluftdin reports that at the beginning
Oi hay last, ibn baud's forces in Asir coim;itt©d groat
atrocities in the Ghamid and Zahrm country where they
killed 3000 men of the uhamid trib®. This is caid to be
in retaliation for the help whici* this tribe gave to the
ohahran tribe in the latter'a attack against the .fehabis
in Larch last. The ohahran tribe had. then killed. 1500
v/ahabis, but Ibn Gaud la said at that time to hare blamed
his own Aiail for the revolt which he considered was due
to tiie Aiuil ® tyrannous rule. The present action of
the .aliaoie is therefore considered to have been taken
witiiout the knowledge of the Ibn 3aud. The Shahrans are
said to be holding out successfully against the .Vahabjs.
Captain Fazluddin states tliat these two tribes,
Ghamid and Aahrana and Bani dhahran as also the tribe
of Bani Shehr have not placed themselves under the
suzerainty of the Idrisi or any other ruler as the opinion
in their countxy is divided between the Idrisi and the
King; of the Hedjas.
A Baudic force consisting of about 30GG Wahabi
fanatics and tribal desperadoes is said to have reached
as far as the Bui Qarnel country having arrived at a
village
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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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