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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [267r] (533/620)
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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M.I.l.B.
March i5r5, 19X7#
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War Office, London.
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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.
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Aden.
foreign Office, ^
Ihe following la information appearing in tho
•OBaanleohar Idoyd * of Constantinople dated 80th J'efcru&ry:
H Accor ding to information reooiTod by tha Boparteent
flaullng with nuoh m&ttars, the la&a Yahl, a.aotmo «8 •••
di»api>rov«B tfcw attltud. adoptud by Husfiain, l»t# ^■ir °*
Woooa, who In ooXlusion with th. isnglifih, raroliafl efjinst
the Ottoman Oovarnmant, Imam Yahia in any arant woul' lend
hi® aBBiatanoo, and eparaa no effort® in order to guarantee
the needs of the local population. By the act® of humanity
shown by him toward® the population, lohia has prored hi®
attachment to the Khalifat find to the Imperial Ooverment. s&
ha® stated thut ewen if ho had only a piece of broad, he tfould
have shared it with the* Ooveromant.
The Krurlish hare made attack:® from time to time on the
^don front, but each time they have been dofoato^ and thrown
back on their defences* , „ -
fhe fribo® of Xesa, Kihl&f, Beni-l«eohir and Beni Salem,
which make up the principal forces of Idris®, hare made
th<iir submission to the orovornment* She other tribe® haro also
commenced to follow tho example, with th® result that Idrise
h&a lost all hi® influonoa# She plana of the English have
thus failed, and they can no longer count on the help cf Idris#•
Bo it her can they find further men on account of lack of funds.
favourable rains have fallen this year In the Yomen
country v^ith the result that the crops have much benefifcod
thereby; price® have fallen by on^-hulf and a further drop
in price® i® expected.
In general the situation of this country is favourable".
(3d.)
Oaptciin B.&.
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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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- Osmanischer Lloyd
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