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File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [297r] (593/620)
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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The following new* has been gathered from Iffohamed
bin All Hiba Mafcki of Zabid.
I oam« from Sana*- 1 travelled for 18 days until
I reached Aden. There is some quietitude at Sana?now.
The son of the Imam named Ahmed bin Yehia Hamid Ad-Bin
nicknamed "AX Jfotawakil Alla Allah ’ 5 (also oalied A1
Vomahid) has revolted against his father Imam Yehia and
took possession of all ammunitions, store* &o as also
large amounts of funds of the State. The reason is said
to be that he (son of the Imam) became much angry against
the Turks for killing the Learned men and firing at the
Holy Hlaoe of Mecca. He proceeded to the tribesmen of
Hashid and Bakeel and stayed with them for sometime. He
wrote to all the heads of the various tribes in Yemen
to come to hi* and they have done *o. He entered into
solemn undertakings with them to the effect that they
shall ©spouse his cause and support him in every reject.
He obtained document* duly sealed by them to this effect.
He explained to them th© tyrannical reign of th© Turks
and their outrageous deeds. He accuses the Turks of
having disrespected th© Holy Flao© of Mecca by killing
th® learned men and th® firing on th© Haba. Such acts
he says on their part is a direct interference again 8 -
th© religion. The Heads of the tribesmen also complain© d
to the son of the Imam against th® Turks for having
out off their usual allowances and that by SaeedBasha**
going to Lahej they hav® been put into great inconvenien
ces. They ceased to get all their requirements which
they used to get from Aden &o. Th© son of the Imam
pointed out to them that h© will take revenge for them
from the Turks. H® wants to keep no eign of
Turk, in Yemen and g»T* an o.th that h® de^re. to kill
•aoh and every on. of th*. H» ooiieotad a very large
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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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- 280r:280v, 297r:299v
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- Makki, Mohamed bin Ali Hiba
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