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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [249r] (497/644)
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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5.
tne; envoy ihmt as soon as tne ^aidis efacuate oui
1 A "’» ^kri&li wultan snould post a part,/ of
aia o?n men on the hubthi borders under a trustwort^
co^&nder, who should restrain tne uuUaia from t oin L
beyond tneir proper Ikats and send to tne wuitazi earJy
and reliable into mat ion in tiie event of ary infraction
ox the borders uy either party*
1'hQ envoy naa given me persoizally a solemn
undertaking tiiat he will carry out wjzat he n&s promised
to do and that he will do his utmost to ensure tnat no
untoward incident occurs again,
x?ivo principal ^neikns 01 bpper iafa nave coluc
in to Aden to pay a friendly visit to tnis
residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
*
luey complain bitterly 6f the Aaidi eiicroacnuiezit upon
Mhaib # hawa ant uubeatein and tiiat ovii^ to t/iia
taey are losii^ a good deal of their revenues which
they derive from these places according to tne tribal
custom* Iney urge us to tame iiu,jeci&te steps to turn
out tiie aaidis by force of arms, it zxas been explaiiied
to them trxat suui a method if resorted to would only
aggravate the situation and that therefore it is neces*
sary to secure tixe withdrawal of the z^idis by mesuis of
diplomacy, fhe wheiKhs agreed and appreciated tne
policy of bovensi ent in this matter.
baiyid nlawi cifri. thief minister of ais high
ness the abdali wultan, left naizej for ^-anaa on the
24th October 1^21 accompanied by a party of 12 compa
nions under an escort of 2o men, with the mo^tor cur
which is being presented to the hiiaia uy hi# majeaty's
Movem ent. Irze party includes iushi mahoaied bin liusein
nephew ol i.adi nuoulla uia idmued el Areshi, iu^am’s envo^
in aden*
nt iionournule,
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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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