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File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)' [313r] (625/644)
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* ^mdhi report# that on th« l^th Aprll f the
L. m
Comr^and^r at Dal a atmmoned all the leading man «f
the Mnlri country nm; that they have obeyed the summons.
The Ladhi suopecta that the commander la trying to exact
a declaration irom them to the eifect that they prefer to
remain under the Im/vn.
of the &aldl» from the hadfan hat oayed fahya # the commander
at Dala has been recalled, xram the latest report It
appears that uayed Yahya is etlll at mla and that Sayed
Kasslm, dayed Yahya's uncle 9 who had been sent by the Xae*
to relieve him came but refused to take over charge, a* he
considere-; the present garrison of da la. unreliable. He
is eald to have gone back and to be collecting troops at
nan-al abh near Yerim to repl ice the bala garrison.
A rumour has been current since the withdrawal
( -dd) T.C.dcott
h.G.
The hight honourable
tinston cponcer Churchill, h.C.,h.P.,
secretary ol ..tat#* for the Colonies.
London
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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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