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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [424r] (227/348)
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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ment* hare taken plaea f but the next few days should
bring us some news of developercents*
Ahmed Sef t the M&sabai Bhelkh t (Behan) 9
10*
reports that one of his tribe, Alawi Ahmed by name c
had gone to the Turks and had made an agreement and
received a flag* This flag he apparently hoisted on
his return, as the Sheikh says he shot it away and as
a punishment turned the people out of 9 Tillages*
Alawi Ahmed had to flee to Hada*
11« Reports and letters generally show that
there is a shortage of all sorts of supplies in the
Hinterland, perhaps more especially of clothing* Thsrs
is no question that certain commoditiss sent as cotton
twist, iron and pepper are badly needed especially
amongst the Zaidis* The more the pinch can be kept
on for the present the quicker the end is likely te
be* The attempt to stop the main
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
coming into
Aden has again failed and it has now resumed its
former proportion. The Turks har* mads and are still
making, efforts to stop the kaktari
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
and every
few days 1 receive reports that the kat
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
has
been cut off* But on the wholW- the effort has failed.
12* The removal of the Blockade on foodstuffs
so far as Jeddah and the ports north are concerned has
had little mt±m local effect* We are still keeping a
strict blockade south from Jeddah,with the one except
tion of Djezan, and must continue to do so for some
time yet* Ho
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
traffic is allowed anywhere along
the coast up from Aden to Jeddah and our exports from
Aden are restricted to the little that Cow&sjee Din-
shaw & Bros* boats can carry, and this amount is still
further restricted now by the wrecking of the *Barawa"
near Suakin and the stranding of the ^una 11 at Kismayu*
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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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