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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [470r] (294/633)
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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4-70
Enllrti Kay id bin dalak of
has gone there in connection with eorae dispute he has had
with his ncle f ai^iom^d h&sir unbil«
Ih-b> The following officers re 8t»tioned ht:re:»
Lt*Colonel Rafiq hey # Inspector of I^mic troope #
Lieut* Mahmud Lxfendi
Lieut* Idris Lffendi*
t
MOi-U/.A . There are no troops posted hcre 9 the nearest
Imamic g rrison being at Makb na+
LALA > The Heidis are com anded b> uy^ed Yahya ibn •ahomed
ibn ^•MutaWfikkal* Their strength is not known to Jaudat #
The advanee guard of this force is said to hare reacned fhumeir m
in the ; otnibi country and only three hours* march from ftobat
Lakim*
Li strict * The conditions are not described as being
Economic*
very favourable nd re attributed to shortage in the rninfalV.
jj'ood is very de r owing to the presence of Heidis
in the district*
foreign merch>n<tkfi*ereheh' e Taiz in fair quantities
but prices are still very high*
The trade routes re unsafe nd the roads through*
out tiie Tai* liwa are infected with highwaymen*
ielegra^h^ The Tali to ana line is in orLing order, and
that between the former mentioned pi ce nnd avia is being put
into repair* It is working up to iireeba*
Jaud&t ^fiendi attributed all the trouble in the Jhafa'i
districts of Venen to the intrigues of ahmud l.adhim* The
Bheikhs and tribesmen who had a high opinion of f'ahaud fadhim
at one time had begun to find him out and now took no notice
of his advice and wi rnings addressed to them on behalf of the
Im*.
The feeling at Tai* is very strong against the Zeidis
and the Imam and the people are longing for a liberator, whoever
he may turn out to be*
$1 A 4
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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'
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- 323r:330v, 331v:395r, 396r:637v
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