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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎394r] (143/633)

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The record is made up of 1 item (316 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1919-16 Feb 1921. 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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the Imaa’a Gommander at i)ala for aasistance to drive the tw ^
iPadlia out of juarn hilma.
fixe Imam told us in February last that he will not
coja J e down below Dala. It remains to be seen whether he wil^
abide by his word.
I hear that oultan Saleh bin Oxaer of Uoper Yafa wham
we have recently acknowledged in the place of Qmer bin £ahten,
h xs been intriguing with the Imam. Before the war he was not'ed
for his Puxco-Iinaniic proclivities. During the war, however, he
behavad better and became friendly with this 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. . His
policy now is probably to get as much as possible from us and
j.ro:n the Imam and give as little as possible in return to either.
Yours etc.,
(Signed) a'.B.Beott
ilie honourable Mr.hrnest Stowell icott. C.M.Gr., M.Y.O.,

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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, mostly addressed to the British High Commissioner, Cairo, which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; 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 5 February 1919 to 23 December 1920. 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 Idrisi [Muhammad al-Idrisi], and include news of Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob’s diplomatic mission to the Imam on behalf of the British. The News Letters report on news from Tihama, Upper Yemen and Lower Yemen, Asir, and the Aden Protectorate.

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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎394r] (143/633), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/611/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054527227.0x0000c5> [accessed 6 April 2025]

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