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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [421r] (221/348)
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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7 h«rd is littls to add to ths fsots mention-
•d last wssJc as to ths rscsption of ths nsws of ths
Sharif^ oapturs of Jsddah, Taif and Mecca* Generfilly
it is looked on as a wslcoms relief* Some of ths tra** ;
▼ailed merchant classes are reported to go even so far
as to say that they would welcome British rule STen in
Mecca as they know we should not interefere with their
religion* There are a certain low class here who seem
to think that it may yet he our intention to occupy
Mecca* Another side of the question is represented hy
one Ahdulla Roberts, of whoa I think you hare heard.
He states that a large number of people do not believe
that Mecca and Jeddah are in the Sharif’s hands and
adds that if they are they think it must be due to
British gold* As far as outward signs go there is
little or no interest exhibited at all*
• The Abdali Sultan has written to me expres
sing his pleasure at the Sharif’s action and success.
He has also addressed letters to all the neighbouring
Sheikhs and Sultans giring them the details and urging
t^ern to do their bit in the general Arab rising against
the TurkSo He sent a congratulatory letter to the
Sharif by H.M.S. •Perth” and has written a letter to
Imam giving him full details of every thing and urging
him to join in ths gsneral Arab revolt*
a _
letter received from Sheixh Kassim Hah-omed
An Zubedi states that Sated
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
wrote to Imam several
time*, when the eea-planee were at Aden, aeking him :o
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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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