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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [216r] (431/620)
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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.ehirrad in 7 rano« r««ultlng in th« German ratreat, "
Ha aa/a that thia nawa h&a ohaerad tha haarta of all
Ar ah a*
X notiea tha Royal Vomiaaion hara wmmwki
pinctionad Tery larga axporta of ahaat and flour to
Britraa* X think it would havo ha an hatter had wa baan
oonsuited first* Thara are no military operations
going in in Britrea 9 nor are thara more than a faw
troops thara* Xt ia more probable that tha aheat and
flour ware needed for other purposes not connected
with Britraa at all* I hare pointed this out in my
wire Ho* A.P. 309 dated 14th May 1917*
5 » Reports reoeired from Camaran show that
Saaad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has baan wary active in propaganda in tha
Yemen* German submarines &re 9 according to him, in tha
Indian Ocean,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and off tha eoasts of Afri
ca and Arabia* Two German cruisers with aeroplanes are
said to be off Aden* Ve are said to have mined
netted Aden harbour* And finally the mar oh ants are re
ported to have given up trade in coffee and skins and
in consequence the Rational Bank at Aden has failed*
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Yours etc**
Fid* J* M* Stewart*
To,
The Hon* ble Mr*A*H*Grant 9 0*S* I**G*I*B**
Secretary to the Government of India;
foreign 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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- 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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