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File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [590r] (534/633)
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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6. The Imam is reported to have sent two mares to
Bajil one as a present to Abu Hadi and the other to
Ismail flaqwi.
(B) LOWER YEMEN.
7. The Qaiiaitiakam of Hujjaria Abdul Wahab Noraan
ent Sheikh Abdul Haq-el-Aghbari to ascertain the
.ttitude of the British Government towards the Yemen.
; e declared that it was well known that the country is
i0 become a British protectorate. He was informed that
:he British Government had no intention of extending its
Limits but it was impossible to say as yet what the
future policy would be. Sheikh Abdul Haq said that
Abdul Wahab would throw in his lot with the Imam,
Muhammad Nasir Muqbil or even the Sultan of Lahej which
ever of the three was recognised as the Chief in the
Lower Yemen. Submission to the Imam, however, he stated
would be made with reluctance as the Shafais of Lower
Yemen would prefer to manage their own affairs with
help and advice of the British Government.
8. The Assistant Resident, Perim, reports
’ ^ nnimmakarn of Moza, was prepared to surrender
Ali Otnman, QaiinnaKcui J ,
lurklsl. arms ana amnnltlon «U1. »» “ s - '
present J
possession of tee gnns and arms at liosa
mi n+hman with this intention.
9 The Assistant Besident, Perim. iurther reports
snat the ShalKhs of Khohha and surrounding villages have
requested to 6e placed under British Protect, m.
usual reply has been returned to them.
10 .
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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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