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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [145r] (289/620)
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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These letters speak for themselves. I also attach a
copy of a translation of a communique issued by him which
was received by Khan Bahadur Sayed Hussein. It is undated
but 'from the last sentence is probably issued sometime in
August or early September.
Yfe have just received authentic information of a
strong Turkish detachment being sent against Shukra. I am
sending two companies by sea to Shukra for a few days to
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support Abdul Kadir•
Khan Bahadur Sayed Hussein A1 Mahdar came to Aden
last week to press for assistance for His Highness the
Sultan. I have already addressed you on this matter.
•After some discussion he returned to Mokalla and His
Highness himself came to Aden and is here now awaiting
a favourable reply to his requests. The Sultan and his.
minister have been loyal friends’to us and I attribute
a good deal of the quietude which exists in the Eastern
protectorate to their influence and example. The letters
attached show that considerable pressure has been brought
on the Sayed to break his allegiance.
The state of affairs thett at present promises to
give trouble unless assistance is forthcoming. j-he
Kathiris have been a source of trouble to the Sultan for
a long time. At present he is fighting them near Seyum,
apparently with some success as he reports the destruction
Of two dhars. But the Kathiri Sultans and tribesmen are
x /vh- m0 gtly wealthy* and backed by the Turks as they are, they
have succoeded in - bribin s the Humumi tribe to conimit acts
of open rebellion against the Sultan of Mokalla. This
| occurred during Khan Bahadur Sayed Hussein's absence m
/ Aden. He now has to proceed against them. He needs
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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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