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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [475r] (304/633)
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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iron the reports received from uodeida during
this week 9 Jatoel iiura appe. re to have been re^oooupied by
the idriai• ihere are, however, eonflicting reports about
hiqab, the Imfiti's head-quartere on Jabel Bura* It was re* i
ported to have been eaptured on the 18th i'ebru&rjr but a
later report states that it is besieged by the ^uhras #
A large Imamie fores is s^dd to have attacked
Jabel bahir and recaptured all the villages, driving away
the Idri&l fores to the bass of the mountain#
fhs disposition of the Idrisi-^uhra combination
en the (.uhra border as given in one ef the reports is as
follews;*
t&eikh Abu hadl (the iunra head Jaeikh) with his men is
stationed at Ain; Bhelkh Yehia All i. user!a at ^hutaba; umer
ftaghoer ai Attai,dhsikh Ismail Bagaawi at ub*l f ^iheikh Abdul*
lah ^ujriktr in the vicinity sf Beni Bead; and sheikh hhusam
at Beni Hamadi#
Die people of Kelma art reported to have revolted
against the imam#
On 17th rebrury a party sf the Imam’s men raided
and partially burnt dhelkh Abu Had!*8 village,Ain,(3 hours
from Bejil) retiring after looting the piece# Turks formed
a strong leaven in this party.
The Idrisl is said to have lately eent one big
and
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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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