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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [293r] (585/644)
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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Th* Vali , a>Yrud iiaahim, ie reported to ^are
Rone to tian« from fcanakha to meet an ex-^Turkioh ^ajcr
' aean el-Jandari t who is said to have arrived at liana
via Aden and Lahej from Constantinople with letters* Te
is said to have brought news that the British morale has
been badly shattered by Mustafa fcemal
pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and that on
receipt of official lists from Malmud hadhim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
all
urkish officials in the Yemen will receive their pay*
iis individual appears to be identical with Passi
^ffendi al Gindari referred to in my offieiia letter ?c.lC
dated 27th April 1921 C
The political Officer, Todeida, states that he has
not been able to aiscover the nature of the correspondence
which the imam and the ex Vali, A ahnud Padhim, are said to
be carryin* on with the Italians through Abdul Ghakoor.the
{ Italian agent at &hoka*
Abdullah bin Ahnad bin
Wazir
Minister.
arrived at Zabeed on
1st ay with 6CC Zeidi troops, one gun and 66 oases of ^ ^
ammunition. Cn the arrival of these trorps, the Amil,fcayetl
> a v omed ad Dair, was arrested and is kept in custody pend
ing arrival of the new* appointed Amil, Khalfa, when fcayed
ari will be sent to Lana to be tried on charges of ill.
treatment, religious persecutions and blackmailing, said
to be brought against him by Zabeed merchants.
The Political (fficer, Pedelda, states that bayed
Abdul i^ader, the chief ansab of 1 arawa paid him a visit
on the 28th April last. Captain Pazludain says that the
bayed is an intelligent and sensible man, but fanatical
their prestige through the influence of the Idrisi. Captaiij
< vluduin cor siuers that this opinion is correet probably
because the Idrisi, though conscious of the lansab’s hold
on the popular mind, and consequently very scrupulously
considerate in his treatment of them, does not pander to
them as much as the Turkish Government did*
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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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