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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [371r] (121/348)
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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eoe paragraph 3 of Weakly Letter
dted 2v;th August 1916 # Ihe ^adll Sultan hoe again re~
it :r ».ted his enforced journey te L »hej and aeked for hie
stipend froirt the British Govemmut* He remarked that he
ie plagued by the Lower Yafai people end those of An
Larpaq. x # e # the d lidara Am. U&rmur who had received from
^aid 1 is ha ari!ss and anxiunition micii they now utied agaimt
him 9 ihereupon he coplained to the i aeha and now naively
enquires if Aden will object to his calling in the Turks
to aid hin against these refractory tribes men l V he a^dc
that the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
gn,Ye him one ^jun and this presumably must
be that oelonging to the Sultan of Lruiej idiich wr» cap-
tured by the Turks at tVie fight at Am Tannan before 4th
•Tuly l^lj.
7# Amir Abdallah Abdul Kawi the Amiri exile in
Aden has concluded treaties with most of the hadfan tribes
(except the Kotaibi) by which they recognise him raid nig
3 brothers as their fathers in the place of the renegade
Amir &asr*
Amir Abdallah is the eldest son of the deceased Amir
Abdul Kawi who was the eldest brother of the late Amir
and huling Chief - Chaif bin Sef. his influence is suall f
and again f the iiadfan allegiance is a purely paper one and
of no intrinsic value*
8 * The ivadi of Behan who had to flee from his
country owing to tno Imam's roacninations writes that his
men have recently been lining the borders against the
Imam or ths Turkish invasion; that a party of Zcidic
came down to fight them but fortunately fell out with men
of the Leidi persuasion near the border and many on both
sides were killed* Thus the invasion was abortive.
9 , The Hijaili Sheikh (Kadfan) * reports that
hs has net responded to the blandishments of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
*
but forwards a letter to hie*elf from the Kotaibi Sheikh
Lahomed
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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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