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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [210r] (419/620)
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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o« Xamaraa further report* that Ihn eX HaiJ
and hi* "MiXii* troop* hare definitely seceded from
tae &&& ax* hindering their operation* against
the Idrisi*
9 .
B*port« Mmd to show that there is trouble
in Zubeed and its districts.
Kamaran report* that Idriei troop* at Itedi hare
been pushed on to the Beni Abs country and that Ibn
Tawwab is now hard pressed. He is disappointed at
not getting the help he expected from the Turk*, A
report/ says tnat in a*engagement on the 14th May the
Idrisi force lost 8$ men killed, itoile Itm Tawwab'&
losses are put down at 1 J 0 Turks (including 4 of fl
eers) end 10 Beni Abs Ar be. These numbers are pro
bably waetly exaggerated but it gives one the idea
that a fight of some magnitude must hare taken place,
10, We have heard for some time reports that
tne a arks were raising a war X£y^» *t is apparently
to he obtained by an Imposition of a tax on merehan**
diea , They reckon to get from 150Q0 to 20000 dollars
monthly, of which 10000 dollars are estimated to come
fro* Hodeidah. W# hope our patrol measure* will dis
appoint them as to the amount from the last place at
least. In the interior several place* have already
declined to pay, notably kansuriyah and Zubeed, Pro
bably with the increased restrictions we are loosing
the people everywhere will be less inclined to pay.
A J —^
Hob’U, Hr.A.H.8rant,C.B.I.,C.I.B.,
Secretary te the Crovemment of India,
foreign Department, Delhi,
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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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