File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [‎280v] (560/620)

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G. M. Press, Simla.—No. C709F.D.—31-1-17—1G—M.D.
for Joma prayers on Fridays and pays occasional visits to the Governmen^iouse
only. The country is being administered by the officers of the Imam viz. Syedi
Zaid and another called A1 Izzi.
The number of the Turkish troops at Sana does not exceed one battalion of
800 men only and they are in a very bad condition on account of want of food,
clothing, etc.
Imam Yehia Hamid-ad-din has with him 4 battalions of Turkish troops.
Saeed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. is said to have written to him requesting him to send the troops to
him, but the Imam declined to grant him his request unless he sent other troops in
their stead. They are stationed at Shahara.
The informant states that he came to Aden by the following stages : —
He first left Sanaa to Walan, one trip.
Walan to Maabar, one trip.
Maabar to Damar, one trip.
Damar to Yarim, one trip.
Yarim to A1 Makhadir, one trip.
A1 Makhadir to Ibb, one trip.
Ibb to Siyani, one trip.
Siyani to Mavia, one trip.
Mavia to Dureja, one trip.
Dureja to Mosemir, one trip.
Mosemir to Khandak, one trip.
Khandak to Zaida, one trip.
Zaida to Lahej, one trip.
Lahej to Imad, one trip.
Extract from the note of interview accorded to Muhammad Abdul Qadir, the Turkish
'prisoner in the jail at Aden.
The A1 Hada tribe formerly owed allegiance to the Imam and assisted him in
all troubles, but now they are at loggerheads with him. Two months ago they had
a severe fight with the Imam in which more than 1,000 men were killed from both
sides. The cause of the rising as the complainants say is the Imam’s co-operation
with or consent to the tyrannies which the Turks are practising over the Arabs.
I he grumbling tribe is said to have been reduced to extreme misery by over
taxation, etc.