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Patel 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 I7lh (received the 28th) March 1917.
% 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. , Aden,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla.
Our friend the Fulesi Sheikh-Akil has come in to Aden. He says that he had
a private interview with Sultan Husen bin Ahmed, the Fadh, in the course of whic
the oM Sultan asked him to find out from the Abdah Sultan and others whether
we are likely to pardon him and grant him a safe conduct to Aden. He is aW of
our detaining him, as we did some years ago for being implicated in the mu d
of his brother (vide pages 37 and 38 of the “ Arab Tribes m the \ icmity of Aden ).
f have taken no notice of this indirect statement of Fadli Sultan, for I have mo, e
than once told him he could come in to Aden and need fear no! king. I do not
propose to invite him now for occasion might be taken by h.s grandson to depose
him and we should be accused of abetting.
The Sultan appears to have lost faith in the Turks who, he complained, had
not fulfilled one out of the many promises made to him.
2 The Fulesi himself complains that the irrigation of his lands has been
stopped under the orders of Said Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and that the latter is keen on securing his
arrest and also that of another Sultan, Ahmed Mehdar.
3. A caravan consisting of 43 camels is reported to have be ®"
from Abyan (Fadli) by a party of Arabs and Somalis sent from Lahej by Ah S
pZa This is said to b e in'response to a verbal message sent by the Jadh to
Said Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to the effect that he was unable to stop caravans going to Aden but.
that he could send his own men to stop them.
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son-have proceeded to destroy the houses of certain '^en a few
village of Musemir because these friendlies seized and brought to Aden a ie
. IS coming from Lahej in revenge for the loot —
This lot of 43 camels included camels belonging to the friend! .
I have written warning the Sultan of the ill consequencesoffurther pandering
to the will of the Turkish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. as such acts are distinctly anti-Bntish.
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10th WEEKLY LETTER.
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INDIA FOI. IGN SECRETAnTC
Letter. No. £8 M
Dated 6 APR 1917
Received 3 MAi 191 f
G. M. Pious, Simla.—No, C.82oF.D.
—30-3-17—A.