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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [348r] (75/348)
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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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.
4th Norambar X^Ib*
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Please gee paragraph 8 of Weakly Letter
dated 2lst September 191&* Kadi Atik of Behan writes
that he will try to get into touch with the Sheikhs
of RadaT(Turkish) in view to winning them over to our
cause* These Sheikhs are "trimmers**
The Kadi reports that a Turkish officer had
run away from Sana with his children end property; that
at Bajil (the stage before Hodeida) some Arabs looted
him and killed 5 of the children. On the Turk*s person
were discovered letters addressed to Constantinople in
which the treachery of the Arabs was mentioned. With
regard to this, the Kadi remarks "Evidently the Turks
have attributed treachery to the Imam*.
The Imam is still closely watching th© struggle of
the Turks in the Yemen and has not yet shewn his hand.
3. Sheikh Salim bin Saleh bin Atif Jabir one of
the 2 Dubi (Yafa) stipendiaries reports that letter^
relations exist now between our nominee the Sultan of
Upper Yafa, via., Umar bin Kahtan and hie unci© Saleh
; \ '
bin Umar and he hope* that we will help matters on.
It was Saleh Who in 1904, When hie brother Kahtan \
came to Aden to sign the Treaty deposed him. Kahtan
never regained his supremacy though he was paid hand*
somely to further this object and the stipend was con
tinued to him until his death as *de jure* Sultan and
is still paid to his sen Umar Who for a long time has
been a refugee in the Dubi country. It is best to let
things
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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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- 311r:356v, 359r:387r, 388v:393r, 396r:398v, 402r, 406r:411v, 415r:425v, 436r:436v, 445r:452v, 462r:467v, 483r:483v
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