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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [134r] (267/620)
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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Dated 26th Shawal 1335.
AuCTist 14th, 1917.
From:-
Sayed Ahmed bin Yahia al Kibsi.
To:-
Sayed Attik bin Ahmed Baker.
A.C.
We inform you that we were coming to you but we
have been unable to do so on account oi what nappened
between nl Aresh and Al Dalyani. be nave oeen instiucoec Oj
His Excellency the Imam and Government to proceed to
Aarib, Ubaidah, Murad, Behan, Haban and all other eastern
places in the neighbourhood in order to see to the welfare
of that country and to draw the people to the right path
as per commands of the Almi^ty God, His Prophet, the Imam
and Government. We have written this to you :/hile we
are engaged in looking after the prosperity of your affairs
and pray God to help and guide us to the proper course for
looking into the interests of the kossulrnans. be are
sending our lad Ahmed bin Mohamed al Kibsi in order to
discuss matters with you and arrange a meeting between us m
such a place as you wish or for you to come to us to
Hujrat al Kebar in order that you may see the orders of tne
Imam and these of the illustrious Government.
Please note that you will be treated with the respect
and honour due to you etc and after your arrival we will
discuss matters of interest to religion and Mosoulmans.
Should you be entertaining any suspicion or doubt as to our
good faith we make this solemn declaration; that we will _
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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)'
- Pages
- 114v, 134r:135v
- Author
- al Kibsi, Sayed Ahmed bin Yahia
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