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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [471r] (296/633)
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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dheikh horned HaBEajn i b the Imam*a Anil at
and akb;*na, hnd his non f heikh All who vi? © delirer^d as a
hostage in with the ,f fikd? l mi t yyei ;Jii ut T&i*#
Ali OthMan is the Amil in okha but is at present
in M&na*
vi•>>. Jaudat dey infoiais that no illneas of any kind
exists at either Tais or Maria nor haa there been any
epidemic during his stay at Tui*. The reports regarding
heaiy mortality amongst Zeidi soldiers is denied by him*
It would appear that about two months ago f the ZeidjL
troops sent to : o ha mutinied because the climate did not
suit th^m and r< turned to ana*
iuT ,v>rI^S Oi*. IMAM Jaudat iiey informed thst a certain
in ABh/dil Ttid ilTOUY.
Yahya H&yati who is living at Lahej ia one of the Imtim'a
spies and is in corresjondence with yyed Aasim il«Iazi #
He actually saw a letter from Yahya Hayati to oyyed i asim
in ^hich it was mentioned that the Abduli pultuns were in
favour of the imam end tiiat the i^ritiah were very we^ik*
Yahya Haynti peases for a lurk but is of Arabio
origin jsnd a oana*ni, Luring the lurklsh occupation of
Lahej # he was a clerk in the Municipality, ?ind prior to
that was a telegraph lineeTun at avia*
Vfuhaymid 1 d-Dehablli is j.lso de cribed ao being an
Imamic spy, .nd in correspondence with oyyed hasim Iizi #
ie is a merchant of avia but now lives in L:heJ,
Abdulla Madhaji is another spy but is in iiujjuryia
at present. He is a kxxKkxx trader iaia was in heikh
Othmun when the Turks c one down* e then fled to LrheJ
and was put in charge of sohoola by oaeed ^aaha* It is
said that Abdulla adhaji whM ttie mediun of comnunieation
during the war between oaeed
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and his Agents living
in Aden* Multan Abdul h&dir used to oontributo Ho*100U/«
monthly for the upkeep of Laeed lasha'o force ?jfid the
money
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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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