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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [575r] (504/633)
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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conference u.% Buh& fteeid*4 to eutspend hoeiilltiee un J
The ^mraniae i A recent report from hedelda e*gre that
<litf*r*nQ 9 B between shaikh HanatealF of the Nertltern
nif olaai and Ueh&aed baeed and ether Sheikhe and Akile
of the eam^ tribe htflre been eettled emieably* Shaikh i.a»
naeear hae premised to act in accordance with the riehee
of the tribesmen in general and te deeiet from inviting
the Zeidie te occupy their country # Syed tohicnaed-ed-JDhari
having aeked Bheikh Haeean Yahya Fa»hi^ # the chief Cheikh
•f the iarcnigt te tender alle^i^nce to the Imam* another
meeting of the northern and Southern flaranig elane van
held, in which it wan decided to reeiet the Xma*. The
shaikh* are said to have been in favour of being placed un
der the protection of a Foreign lower.
Burin* the month of toy lent, Shaikh Mohammad
attacked and captured ekha* but abandoned it very
shortly afterwards* He then tried te capture Sauna which
was held by Ali Othsun but failed te do eo* On the 2tth
ef July 19It it was reported at Hodeida that Shaikh feohasi-
mad Han can was again preparing to drive Ali (ttwvn o o?
MoJtha sdiioh the latter had reeecupied on the former , n
withdrawal, ©nd subaenuently te attack : ausa as well# hut
shaikh kohumt.ad Haosan 1 * efforts to reeapture vekha and
I'auna failled ignominously and Shaikh *11 Cthraan is still
in nostfeeeion cf both the plaoen, thourli fAOklja is said te
be practically deserted, there being not more the* 80 te
30 men of the population left in it, the shaikh himself
in living at i ausa*
Ifo reports have yet boon received about the
Heidis reaehlng Tain* although they are already in occu
pation of Ibb and Jabal Hubei eh. Put it is reported that
the people are living in const nt fo r of the aeia peril.
nerotiate with the Imam and await his reply*
nmaiA
TaU *
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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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