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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [570r] (494/633)
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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The H< urjfccObi J uXt^n 8®nt me letters saying that
the Iir«aa intenae to an inRursion in te his oountry etc
tnrou siKwia*
The i an curls 9 a suh^trlhs el r uhehi 9 Jut© or a esnsi»
durable time intirruptinit the tr&de routes enu interfering
with travellers* but they have now snr^rertly subriitted ts
the Afedtili rmlt n who is responsible fsr the :iitbnhi country*
Sheikh hosi*d“5rotfihar Curtcdian of ths bsuno^xy yillivs
st LrJm ia /jrdhf died on the lith teptmber 1919 tnd his
brother, based ^etuhav, has succeeded him.
The tribes in the Aden Protectorate ere very unetsy
to the Imam 1 ® aims. Colonel Jacob was to have told the
that le expected him to revrect our boundary, but his deten-
tion at Bajil has naturaUy upset this proyraasne. 1 beve
written to Colonel Jacob to enquire whether he considers it
politic at this juncture for me to address the Imam direct
on the Kubjeet.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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