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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [183r] (365/644)
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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to in my last letter, the Imam ordered his Commander,
baiyia Yehia bin Mahomed, to withdraw from the Radfan
country, and the latter accordingly returned to Bala on
the 6 th May 1922 with all his force leaving behind only a
picket of about 30 men at Urkub in the Bakri country.
Since then fighting between the Zaidis and the Radfan
oiices has practically ceased. But reports continue to
come Saiyid Yehia is concentrating troops at Bala
and that Ibn el
Wazir
Minister.
, the Imamic Commander, has arrived
at Bala from Mavia with a Zaidi force. It is rumoured
that the Imam has sent telegraphic orders to Ibn el
Wazir
Minister.
to send Abdul Hamid, brother of the Amir of Bala, and
Mukbil Abdulla, nephew of the Koteibi Sheikh, again to the
Radfan country to induce the tribesmen to tender their
submission to the Zaidis. If* the tribesmen decline to
listen to them, it is stated that Saiyid Yehia end Ibn el
Wazii will again advance against the Radfan country after
tne Ramazan Id. The Amir of Bala reports that the Zaidis
are sending letters to the heads of the Radfan tribesmen
calling upon them to tender their submission to the Imam,
I have addressed letters to the Amir of Bala,
the Koteibi Sheikh, and the principal Sheikhs of the Radfan
country warning them against any interference with the
Zaidis as long as the latter remain within their original
limits and do not attack them.
No hostilities are at present going on in any
part of the Protectorate.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mr. Amin Rehani and his companion Constantine
Yanni arrived at Sanaa and they informed the United states
Consul at Aden that they had a very good reception from
the Imam.
Captain
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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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