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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [‎288r] (575/620)

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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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coal depot* The report of some such notification haring
issued is confirmed from other sources*
In Aden itself all is normal with the exception of the
money market, which is very tight at present* The lack of
tonnage is causing considerable financial distress as the
bigger merchants are unable to export their goods. The bulk
of trade in Aden is done through the Bank on credit notes,
and the Bank is unable to advance money against these until
the documents for shipment are in their hands* Consequently
the merchants are unable to pay the dealers from whom they
have made purchases* The situation is bad but not critical,
though it is said that if the present state of affairs, i,e*
lack of tonnage, goes on for another fortnight there will be
considerable financial trouble*
• Robertson, Bsquire, I*C*S.,
Secretary to Government,
Special Department, Bombay,

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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)' [‎288r] (575/620), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/610/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100080150302.0x0000b9> [accessed 4 April 2025]

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