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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [330r] (39/348)
The record is made up of 1 item (173 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1916-19 Jan 1917. 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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g 1 nason f I sent the Indian Aeaisttait KeBident there hy
| E.M.R.»gap P hire« # The grandson,Sultan Abdul Kadir # wu«
| thankful for the information but elected to remain at
his post *here he sad he had sufficient followers to
oops with a few hundred Turks. The Turks are angry with
{ thin .young Sultan Who is working loyally for us in ShukXa
and defeating th« racillatione of the old Sultan who
j iinds: it more conducive to peace to humour the Turkt#
The other day the old Sultan again sallied forth from
fhukxa _nci it wan uileged he woa 8 °ing to Ltlxej. On the
way, however, he fell in with 2 Ashraf isfco conveyed him
back ^o Bhukra aaying they had a specific remedy for eye
trouble.
The grandson asks for arms and ammunition from ue.
It i« not, however, politic to give them, unless the old
Sultan takes an open step of hostility against ue.
Kadi of Behan writes that in return for
the generous treatment accorded by the British Government
° u Arab Chiefs, it is incumbent on these to sacrifoe
| themselves for the Government. Re ie very pleased with
the propaganda matter received from %ypt in re *&© Kwanni
Yeni Turan and ie having this statement read out in all
meeting-places and mosses so that all and sundry may
come to know "of th is deceitful party and its enmity to
the Arab Ration, and possibly devise means for driving ‘
away the abominable People".
** *
j Idrisi Saiyid is busy negotiating a bloodless
I oompaign against Ibn al Haig of al Waidat who had long
been contending against the Idrisi tmd aiding the Turks.
Ibn al Haig has several times written to Aden asking ue t
guarantee hi© independence. We have consistently referred
him to the Idrisi. Idrisi says that Ibn al Haig is not
very big 9 fry 9 but his secession will pave the way to th<
country
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This part contains copies of Weekly Letters 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. (and Acting 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 to Government, Special Department, Bombay, and enclosed correspondence, 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. These Weekly Letters are numbered from 23, dated 10 June 1916, to 51, dated 30 December 1916; however some numbers of the Weekly Letters are not included in the file. 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.
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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