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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [457r] (293/348)
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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From,
Sheiich Mohsin "bin Farid,
The Upper Aulaki Sheikh.
To,
General Shaw,
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.
, Aden.
A.C.
We inform your honour,oh friend, that on this even
date we received letters both from the Turks and Zaidis
in which letters they enjoin us to go to his honour Said
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
or to them.We enclose the letter for your perusal.
Tney inform us that they are marching against the Eastern
tract for the purpose of severing the relations existing
between the British Government and the Arab chiefs. They
intend to march against our country and Hadramout. Our
country is part and parcel of Hadramout. Because we are
in treaty relations with you, they therefore desire to
disrespect our country. They appear to be in preparations
to march against us.They have come as far as Rada and also
deceitfully captured some of the Akils of the Masahi clan,
ihose people are upto the present moment as captives in
their hands.After they reach at Behan-Masabi tract there
will remain a distance of one day and one ni^it between
them and the tract of Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla. We have
engaged not to willingly allow anyone to secure a foothold
in our country; but these blocks desire to encroach upon
our country by force. ¥ou have similarly engaged to back
us up in the event of any one trying to enter our country
with fire and sword. The country of the Aulaki is without
prosperous conditions. Its army is strong but is poor
in war materials and provisions whereas the armies require
proper arrangement i.e. expenses, war materials r&es and
arms in order to De useful to them on the oorder of the
frontier for the purpose of driving away the enemies from
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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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- 394v:395r, 400r:401v, 432r:433v, 456r:459r, 461r:461v
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- Shaikh Mohsin bin Farid
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