File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎441r] (236/633)

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The Amil in reported to have sent men to bring him
information re the number of liYe«atock in the Amiri 9 iihairl
«nd lialTTiin villages* The object is believed to be the imposi~
tion of a tax. The Ar.il hpe imposed the following taxes on
articles etc. sold in the m rket:-
1 per camel
" i • bullock
Annas 2-4 per goat or she*p
! V/XJik/ {•V'fr'W-v Aj, t&h*
w 1 each from seller and purchaser of 1 dollar
worth of jowaxi.
The Imam , s Amil is said to hare received orders re
calling him to Jana, but he has not complied with them e
ihe Yafais are said to have withdrawn from their
border as they have heard that the Zoidis have given up
their intv ntion to attaok them.
The Imam’s Amil at I awia lately cent two Jheikhs to
the PUutfhabi ^ult-n with a letter asking him to come to
.7; awl a. ITxe Jult an Rent a, v rbal reply to the effect th^t he
was under the .British protection and th-xt he had nothing to
do with the Amil. The Haushabi hastened the departure of x
the ^ieiJdis by stating that he was expecting the arrival of
British troops at usemir that very dty.
' ours sincerely t
sd. • tev rt.
His excellency kield Marshal.
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etc., etc.
The Viscount Allenby of l^eglddo
and Felixstowe, G.C.; C.B.,