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Dated Aden 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. , the 21st September 1916.
From—The Political Eesident, Aden,
To-L. Robertson, Esq., C.S.I., Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political
Department.
Shaikh Kasim Muhammad the Zubedi, a Shaikh under the Amir of Dala who
has all along been averse to the Amiri antics writes to say that Said Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. recently
wired the Mawia Shaikh, Nasr Mukbil, to send down men as reinforcements to
Lahej ; that the latter has fallen out with the Amir who shows signs o pern en
for his work with the Turks.
It appears that Amir Nasr and some of his tribesmen were seen recently at an
attack onZ Jabir before Shaikh Othman. The Amir had gone to Lahej to
complain of “ Mawia.”
2 It is renorted that Said Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. has written to the Fadh Sultan who is il
enquiring afteAis health and also to two of the Sultan’s rektivestelhng tbem^at
• n the event of the Sultan’s death, they should go to Lahej and that he, the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
would nominate a successor in consultation with the Fadh San ec..
• 3 The newly elected Sultan of Lower Yafa is reported to have summoned an
onfv approach this Sultan to secure him on our side against the Tui cs.
We have of course a Treaty with this Lower Yafa Chief, but ttelate Sultan for
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Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Lahej had settled their differences. w c .. ,
4. Some very interesting letters have b - n J^“ P p^C ( l) tfe notonous
grandson at Shukra. They came ^ dr g e ^f in Siyun (Kathiri), (2) to Ibn
Saiyed Abdur Rahman Ubeidallah ^, l | a . (Mokalla) Wazir Minister. , (4) Saiyed
Abdallah the Khathm Sultan, ( 3 ) to the Kua ti SuR i3 ' believed ^ be in the Upper
Muhammad bin Muhammad al Iladda , , M b jn jarid of Upper Aulaki.
Aulaki country and (5) to our stipendiary Shaikh Moton^ar a PP.^ Thig
No. (1) is a grovelling script contammg 15 Inms of m letterNo (2)
Saiyed is one of first importance in the Had ’ a “ a X en tteKathiri Sultan and Said
that some correspondence has been going Turkish Government, draft copies of
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. over the signing of a Htote" The Kathiri had protested
which Said Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. has sent a o , on ) 1 i m our wrath and the result
that for him to sign at this time wo , sea and further the confiscation
would be the closing of Mokal a o ^^mp^ the difficu ity; congratulated
of his properties m Singapore, etc. S 0 and toId him that after a month
the Sultan on his loyalty to the House Turkish aggrandisement of lands now
peace would be signed, »nd Uiejvay^ f wa _ s written In a similar strain enjoining
under British influence. The letter W • ( 1 time in smoothing the way
on the Saiyed Al Sakkafthenecessty British tracts. Letter No.
for the acceptance shortly of Turk Mokalla Sultan’s Wazir Minister. for having
(3) was a remonstrance and a wMch was only defiling (sic) the
accepted a British decoration (Khan “ur^ man - ^ jt was his
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to Turkey. in much the same’tenor as letter No. (1). Said Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Let fy e G N widtowiteh the perveme British friend in Upper Aulaki, i.e., Sultan
urging al/ H add act t
Saleh bin Abdallah.
Received on l 'J0V 1916with
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
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