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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [‎121v] (242/620)

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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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their hesitation to perform the commands of God,
relying on their fictitious leniency and temporary
submissiveness, more particularly that their infamous
acts have greatly been increased, that their ancient
belief prior to the time you were at war with them
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has oeen altered, that the facts of causing the
Moslims to rush into this fearful war and the varieties
of misery is brought on the country by them. God has
rescued the sacred district by causing the important
King (of Hedjaz) to rise and take such actions as
you'have all along been urging him to adopt and,
you had hinted that you would render him the necessary
support in the matter. He continued to place confi
dence on the old arrangement between you and him,
awaiting the arrival of an opportunity. In the mean
while he has been witnessing their (the Turks) bad
conduct against the Islam and the Arabs, so much
so that they have at last openly declared the abolition
of many of the pillars of Islamic faith and are
acting contrary to Shari's laws. They also have openly
shewn their hatred to the Arab's languages and be
sides they have erected gallows at Syria and in most
parts of the country for the execution of the learned
and virtuous men.
Al_ this, oy God, is disgraceful to the Mohamedan
world generally and the Arab nation especially. Could it be
possiule, after all this, that reliance could be placed
on any convention of such people? and, after their Govern
ment having reached such a stage? By God such a thing
cannot be endured and we are astonished to see our
brothers,

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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)' [‎121v] (242/620), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/610/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100080150301.0x000034> [accessed 3 March 2025]

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