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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [57r] (113/620)
The record is made up of 1 item (310 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1916-12 Dec 1918. 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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b««n at J. HAS during th» past two month#
pr*ss*d ignorance of Turkish aotiritiss in that
Tieinity, informing us that all was p*ae* and
qui*t thara for tha momant^ This is contradic
tory to raports from ¥ . UU which point to conti
nual fighting in that naighbourhood in eennac
tion with tha collaotion of taxas*
Tha following details haw# ba«n supplied
by Shaikh Mahomed Hasson:
All Turkish troops hitherto stationed in tha
TA'Xl liwa are being employed in collecting taxei
in the IBB 's&sa 1 and incidentally despoiling
arab homesteads.
The Kaiamakaa of MOKHA recently risited KHOKA
and secured promises of assistance from the
population in repelling enemy attempts to land
at their port,
Ha has now returned to his head quarters
after haring called on his colleague at 2ABXD
to bestir himself in levying a sum of 10 9 000
i
dollars in his district to meet urgent demands
for tha maintenance of the LA1CSJ Field Force,
Bews furnished by Agents to the Assistant
He si dent at FHRiM would indicate the existence
Of nervousness on the part of the Turks between
SHAIKH 3AID and ZAB1&, A small Tureo-Arab forea
with one heavy and one light gun was moved not
long ago from MAUZA to KHDKA to cope with any
eventuality,
3h*ikh Nasir sf Sheikh Said lately re
turned from Lahej where he had be«n called by
SYYi£D
PASHA
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to discuss possible developments
in his sphere of influence, Sheikh Issa whs
had also been to I,AH3J in the eame connection
Has now come back,
Periia Agent No, 5 reports that HAHO&ES
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TAnm
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This part mostly consists of copies of Weekly Letters and enclosures 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. at Aden, to the following: the Secretary to Government, Special Department, Bombay, and the Government of India in the Foreign Department (forwarded by 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. at Aden to the Secretary of State for India for information); and the British High Commissioner, Cairo (forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs). These Weekly Letters are numbered, from number 1 of 6 January 1917, to number 12 of 31 October 1918. The file also includes 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. Minute Paper covering sheets, and printed copies of previous Weekly Letters, which were sent to the 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. as enclosures in letters from the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. A few numbers of the Weekly Letters are not included in the file.
The Weekly Letters mostly concern relations between the following: Imam Yahya [Yahya Muhammad Hamid al-Din, who took the regnal name al-Mutawakkil ala Allah]; the Idrisi of Asir; various other rulers and tribes in the Yemen; the United Kingdom; and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire].
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- File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)'
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- 1r:84v, 87r:93v, 98r:106v, 112r, 113v:114r, 115v:120v, 125r, 127r:133v, 136r:136v, 139r, 141r:145v, 149r:164v, 167r:220v, 222r:234r, 237r:248v, 250r:258r, 259r:262v, 266r:266v, 268r:275v, 278r:279r, 281r:293v, 301r:310v
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