File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎377r] (109/633)

from the Bharif of ] ecoa anci th# promise of the ^rant
to him of the ]»ort of hunfida as a reward for hie
revoIt # The Idriri kept Ibn ^aud , o forces informed
of these events anci they made a sudden march on ^bha f
which they captured. Having be^n ordered by Ibn fcaud
to consult 1 he Idriri in all their movements in these
r rts t a deputation o tie Akhwun crme to consult him
ragardinr heir future actions. The Akhwan themselves
wirhed to march on bada find tana or proceed on Kunfida t
but X he_I drlsj advired them to direct their energies
towards the north (i.e. Hodjas). They agreed to his
proposal and have proceeded north. They have already
captured Abdullah ibn haf,.r| one Of th# two chief fcheikJfi
of Sen! bhihr ana realised from him £10C/- which accord,
ing to his own statement he had received from the Shari !|
of ecca. The Sheikh has been warned that if it is
proved that he received more than that sum, he will
lose his herd.
Captain Farluddin says that speaking about the
political importance of the Akhwan movement as a whole,
the Idriri re?x-rked. **1 am afraid the xkhwan movement ^
fearfully lacks that cohesion # organisation t.nd tact
which alone can ensure the stability of ruch a movement
It is true, Ibn baud has, of late, caused certain nomad |
tribes of central Arabia to settle in villages and
groups of villages and allotted to them land for culti
vation, which fact has materially increased his strengt]
and importance 9 but inasmuchas thty neither organize
the country they t.ke, nor control it by tricing hostageil "
and other precautions, nor they administer it on proper
lines, thvir movement is not likely to last long. 1 am
saying this from my own 11 years of experience in deal
ing with kabicIs \tiibes). iheir forces consist merely I
of promiscuous jumble of aiffer^nt tribes with no cohe- g
sion in them except a somewhat vrgue and fanaticra no-