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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [159r] (317/644)
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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2arard(i*» # with tm negligible exception of Ahmed r'itini
ana his el;ui f profesaed themtol^ee unreservedly for* the
Acrif4 # hut uuit he m* too cautious to take them at their
wor ^ or ^ :r y ^ occupy their country until ho had
sufficient money to satisfy their avarice*
Captain F&sduddin writes that the Idrisi
Govemnent !m» started building a fort on the south of the
town of BodeIda*
1 *
9
3.
Captain Fsaiuddin r-aeaivad a report os fch# 17 th
uO t.h® «ffeefc that Saiyid Ahead, tha eldest oon of
the imam arrived at Sana from Hajja on the 0 th July and
that he was about to start for Zabood with SCOO troops,
3 gano and 200 eaass of aosaunition, “hr? following
p®.fc so # K*^-; :f es c eeidi to h&vo beeti npoomteti to co ^e niii^r!
this force:-
baiyid Ulm Syed Aimed bin Ke^feim
Saiyid Abdulla ibn el Wasir
Shaito Mahomud Hjasan er P,mwh t Urn Chief
v is at present a force of nearly 2DQQ mm
st«% t* loi at
the object of this big move is not clear, but
ir-vc a import received in June from our Sabaad agent, the
Irmc: appeared to coiitraplate a c&ap&ign e^xinst the
aarmiqs*
fh# hum is said to have imposed a contribution
of / 2D f CS0 on the people of dabeed in order to meet the
co^t of t^orar^/ barmcke or huts which, are being erected
It is reported that the toil of Sabeed and
Baiyid
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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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