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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [273r] (545/620)
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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WBeiKLY IJtTTll.
SKCKST.
Ajm raaiDKiicY,
17th February 1917.
yit have received another letter fron th.e
Imam, a translation of which le attached for your
information. Tne letter is I think undoubtedly ge
nuine. Though it is couched in much the same terme
as the former letter I think there is perhaps a lit
tle more indication of a possible raporochement. I
am addressing the Imam again, through a new channel
if possible, and hope to be able to effect some sort
of settlement with hinu
The same messenger brought in letters i rom Uiarif
Abdulls bin Mohamed Ad-Domain f one o tne pri 1
supporters of the Imam. His letters show that ne
is himself distinctly ready to assist us if we pro-
wide the ways and means, and further that he is prs-
pared to use his influence with the Imam towards
bringing about a settlement with us*
Reports have been received whioh show further
fighting ie in progress in the neighbourhood of Baadan
in which both the Turxs and Arabs have suf: ered
\
siderable losses*
Saeed Paoha is •♦111 endeavouring to interfer*
with the Abyan Xafila. The
Kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
which came in on
the 12 th wa* waylaid on ite return and some 60 camels
and 40 men carried off to LaheJ. Later news would
tend to show that a greater effort is going to be made
to interrupt this route . Jfor the present sufficient
is coming in for loeal requirements*
Our
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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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