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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [576r] (506/633)
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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AtaaA All Paiha t the #f T^ii uid jtaAi Abdul ^i* §
A loeal »otfibl« # both daftiring aaoesdency in tha Tai*
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Aooordin* to a report receive* in Hedaida on the 13th
ultiaa a fight took place on 18th July 1918 in Jabl# he.
bashi district between Abdul-wahab, the preeent KaUnaJuja
©i KuJjariy h, 9 irjid another Shaikh of the etone place mine*
Jiis^ aeelete* by Kuruddin, brother of lihaikh oh/^r ad
d&**an 0 Abuul-ifchab*e party is said to have lest 80 men
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while their eprtnente loot about !§•
The Idrlsi has fixed a salary fer the principal thaikhs
of >Jbha« Hassioi bin asis is getting 100 Austrian dollars
On sean's requislUon, the Idrisi has sent hi* a large
sun of money to defray the expenses of bringing the lurklsli
war materials aown te Jls&n* Ibn-Abdur a former
Turkish Bln Bashl and a cousin of Husan bln Ain has boon
twice to the King of K1J&* at Mecca since the Turkish eva
cuation of Aeir and the Idrlsi ie con^e uontly v^ry sus*
pi clous of his movements* @ven ^aesan bln Ain dose not
seen to be stiaflod with his couein'e conduct and hue pro*
ferred several eempl&lnts about kkmt him te the Idrisi*
The Uriel has written a strong letter to Haesan to put an
imnedlato stop to hie oouein’s suepiciouf &etivitioe 9 other~
wieo he will hold him responsible fer everything dene by
Ibn-Abdur Rahman*
The Idrlsi seem* to be taking a lively interest in
i
the organisation and training of his Army and has employed
an ex-Turkish Bin Bashl 9 Salim Bey - a bh&rif and Arab by
origin - for this rurpose*
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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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