File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎577r] (508/633)

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The etr«Qgth of th« ldri»Ki<^n troops stationed in the
eid^e^dintriot, inoludlng i» eetimetod it about 1600
They ure under the cow -nd ef Shaikh hehamad bin Said of
Suhra #
Shaikh Kadi i’aij f Kadi al kakraai Sharif * ansoor vi
sited Seidiyah and reoeived hostage* fror the i>ulail 9 Alla
wayia, Beni MohM—ied and knloefm tribes 9 sn behalf sf the
Idriei and eent then over to the Amil o Sadiyah te be
kept in safe custody till they are despatched ts habia*
The Idrisl does not intend to adranss on the hotter
Tehama beyond laidiyuh without our consent, but if h* does
there is no gainsaying the fast that he will be welcomed
everywhere in the Shafai country and he can confidently
count on the support of the bansabs sf harawah, 1 unira # and
I Hadadiyah* The tribss Sf ^ahra, Abeos, /-araniq and Beni
KUkatil arc also prs-ldrisi and anti-lm*m #
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X very eerere fawins is raging in practisally the whol
of the Tihiuma. Bura gridn is laid to be selling Ke # i-o-0
per baa (about 16 lbs*}. The condition* in Buajia oeuntry
behind m**?* hehaiya are still worse, on c»ocount of tress
aeute conditions the people have taken to holding up car**
van* and traveller* and cow/titting rob eriee.
Aecording to a renort of Captain It. fasluddin,! # ^ #i
hiaison kedical Offieer with the Xdriei, Ibn-i-Caud 1 *
agents arrived in babia on the 12th ulti o
letter* fro® hi® to the Idrisi# Ibn-i-Baud has expressed
a desire te enter into friendly relatione with the Idriei*
Captain Fasluddin doe* not think that the Idriei is likely
to take any active stops against the r ing ©* l iju* in
conjunction with Ibn-i-Baud without the full knowledge ef
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the British Crovcramcnt*
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