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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [431r] (241/348)
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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Accompaniment No. 2 to letter dated 19th Stiaaban 13J4
20th June 1916 ,from the Kaiti Sultan.
Sultan Saleh 'bin Abdulla,
the Upper Aulaki.
K.K. Sultan Sir Ghalih lain At/ad K.G..I.h.
Sultan of Mokalia & Shaher,
A. C *
We send you this letter from Nisab the country of
the Aulakis where the news is good. We inform you that we have
received letters from the Zaidis requesting us to go to them
and enter into alliance with them and that failing to do so
they would march against us,They are very pov/erful and have a
large force,guns and ammunition.They also say that they would
march against Hadramout.Unexpectedly our Sheikh and leader
Sheikh Atiq bin Aimed came to us and acquainted us with the
treachery and wrongfulnes of the Zaidis.As xx a result we en
tered into solemn conventions with him to follow him.On making
up his mind to go to you he received letters from his country
people asking him to go back to his country and accordingly he
did for the purpose of defending his country and ours from the
excursions of those iniquitous and unjust forces.he will no
this because he is an influential and important man.iie uas
warned us to hold ourselves in readiness to encounter the
Zaidis.We are in preparations and hope to be successful.
Y/e also inform you that Sheikh Atik is saddled with
debts and experts your assistance .He deserves such assistance
because he is second to none in the North.A man of your stand
ard requires no initiation.May you be preserved.
(No date)
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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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- File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)'
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- Abdulla, Sultan Saleh bin
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