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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [107r] (213/620)
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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»t K Holt ha and this proposal was approyod »> us at tho sus^ostlon
of !ih*ikh Pahoaod tfasoan of whoo^ aon a party is still with us
and baoauso thio ontarprioa will an tail tha dispersion of the
foroo of the ««namy who mro oonoantratins souni Lohiya and los.
Ao you hara already realised that Sheikh UahoMed
Hsosen has taken to work properly then you must ©y all **e*no
renter hi* all possible Help beeause th* Arabs are wold of
sufficient ttenns*
On and above our usual nunber of sol diero there have
ooae to us # on and off, over 5ooo neroenerios fron Haohid and
Bakil, Ao a result of the sane the oosupation of lohiya, Abo
and *aidat will b* eff**ted i n a p+ri9ii of one Month, At that
stase the difficulty with the enemy will oo»e to an end Xnsha*
Allah, The aeroenaries have been with us sinoe the last 2 yawns
weeks. Had we been in possession of suffioi«nt means of pr*~
par a ti on we would have marched Ions before thio time, our
expectation is linger in*, a day passes entails a heavy outlay,
Sinoe we fully understand that th* representatives of aovemaient
are aware of what is required from a Military point of view we
Heoitated from talking mush. It is adaittedthat we did not ask
fsr many soldiers out besaute Government suggested th* same and
beoaus* they have honourably promised to give ample assistance,
*e trust that it is the British asvemm*nt whioh is far above
all
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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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- Title
- File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)'
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- 85r:85v, 107r:111v
- Author
- al-Idrīsī, Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī xx al-Idrisi, Sayyid Muhammad bin Ali
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