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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [‎126v] (252/620)

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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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order to counteract the defamatory statement she made in her circulars which
she distributed in the beginning of the war and shortly after Sharif Husain had
resorted to her. The defamatory statement was to the effect that the English
Government would not do any harm to the people of Hedjaz, that no hindrance
would be caused to pilgrims and that all the holy lands would in no way be subject
to the attacks of the British armies either by land or by sea. Sharif Husain was
misled by her words and thought that she was that Government which cared to
do good and admired the Islam but she has now damaged the harbour of Jedda and
hindered the pilgrims. All that she had said is now just as ink on paper. This
is one of the samples of her knavish acts. When her intentions were frustrated
she changed her statement. During this week the enemy twice raided a Police
Station known by the name of Bir Gaber which is near Imad and a dependencv of
Shaikh Othman. In that place there were 150 Turks and Somalies. The enemv
came out with his armies, armament/and heavy guns with the object of seizing
We have been winning the laurels since we joined in the war and by the will
of God we shall continue to win to the end. The Suez Canal is shortly falling.
God willing in the Bakrid festival we shall have two festivals.
No. C.-685, dated Aden Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , the 13th (received 30th) October 1917.
Endorsed by the Politicl Resident, Aden.
Copy forwarded with compliments, to the Foreign Secretary to the Govern
ment of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla.

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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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