File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [‎279v] (558/620)

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Dated 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 20th (received the 26t!i) January 1917.
Endorsed 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. , Aden.
Copy forwarded, with compliments, to the Deputy Secretary to the Govern
ment of India, Foreign and Political Department, Delhi.
Neivs furnished by Sniyid Yehia bin Abdurrahman, the Mutawif in the attached two
papers, on his return from Jizan on the 31st December 1916.
Paper I.
1. After the settlement between Saiyid Ahmad the son of Imam ^ ehia and
his father, he (former) fled away from As-Souda. Nobody knows where he has
gone to up till now.
2. On the 12th Safar 1335 (17th December 1916) a disturbance broke out
between the people of Atma and the Turks. The latter had a casualty list of 16
men and the former of 3 men.
3. On the 22nd Safar 1335 (27th December 1916) a fight took place between the
Imam and the Turks on the one hand and the tribesmen of A1 Hada on the other.
The fight continues hitherto. Twenty-one men of the Turks and the Imam have
been killed, and the Ahl-al-Hada lost 8 men. The above account is related by
Hasan bin Ibrahim of the Hashid tribe w'ho w'as present in the fight.
4. A force comprised of 100 cavalry, 2,000 camelry and innumerable number
of foot soldiers have come from the east and occupied South Dahia and entered the
country of Barad to the east of Bakil. God whiling their number will increase and
they w'ill take possession of Sanaa and its dependencies. This force belongs to
Ibn Su’oud (of Najd). This information was communicated in several letters to
Saiyid Muhammad Ali bin Idris the Idrisi and many other people. There is much
opposition against the Turks and the Imam.
Paper II,
Mahmood Nadim, the Governor of Yemen and Haj Shaikh Hizam bin Abdulla
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of 'Amran have fallen out. The cause of their quarrel was on account of
some prisoners who were detained by the deputy of the Imam.; and, the above
mentioned Shaikh of "Am.ran broke open the prison and removed the prisoners
forcibly. The fight is raging between the two parties (i.e., the Imam and the
Turks on one side and the Shaikh of ’Amran and the Hashid tribe and Bakil on the
other side). The Governor of Yemen regretted this trouble, and wrote a long
letter of expostulation to the aforesaid Shaikh of ’Amran and complained to him
of the constrained state of the Turks in Yemen. The aforesaid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. (the Shaikh
of ’Amran) sent the original letter above referred to, to the Idrisi Saiyid, and
requested him to remit $80,000 to him. He aslo promised that he would take
action wherever wanted, and would place hostages in the hands of the Idrisi.
The Idrisi sent him a reply, (but the Mutawif does not know its contents).
Paper III.
The Idrisi gave terms of a proposed settlement between the Imam and himself
to the deputation of the Hashid tribe who visited Jizan. They are as follows
(1) The following districts should be considered as belonging to the Idrisi
Zabid and its district, Bajil, Bura’a, Hodeida, Yarim, Bait-al-Fakih, Zabid-
az-Zaidia, Wasab, A1 Jerahi, Jabl-al-Ras, Hais, Nakhla, Al Khuka,
Mokha.
The frontier tribes who are at present under the Idrisi, may stick f o him.
The tribes on the frontier to the east of Abs, Sa’da, etc., shall have the
option of either joining the Imam or the Idrisi.
(2) The following shall be considered as the Imam’s portion:—
Yillayat Sana’a and the districts originally attached to it, lb, Jibla, Audani,
Shar ab, Makbana, Jabl Habashi, al Hogaria, Jabl-as-Salw, Khadir,