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File 3300/1916 Pt 1 'Aden News Letters:- (June 1916-Dec. 1916)' [465r] (309/348)
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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Bb*' 3
It cont%in«4 milu dated 6 th June 1916 and
in oeing nealt with^ but probably contains nothing
of any Talus# Translations of ths letters they brought
in are being despatched to you by this mil#
3 * The Zarartil<s express a desire for an agrees
rant with us md their actions in the present instance
certainly betoken an attempt to gain our friendship#
I an allowing them to taks such foodstuffs as they ne«<
and will try and &% ± 1 * 4 # ,
.t tnca to move a bit more against
the Turks#
4# ior a one time past we h«ve been expecting to
hear news from the tfadli tfultsn's grandson with regard
to the moTements of a Turkish Officer who had been re
ported as about to be sent from Lahej to the iiadramaut
with letters from Based
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to certain person* up
there. This week the grandson sent us in certain let
ter* which had been seized *dille going through Abyan
territory# They were carried by an Arab of small con-
sequence so he was not detained# Translations of the
letters hawe besn sent you by thi# mail# I regard All
Based Pasha’s letter to Baiyid Abdurrehiaan bin Obeidul-
l$h as Saqqaf as very important# It shows the method
in which toot he tries to work upon the Arab Bheikhs
and also eonfime the fact that he i» attempting to
make treaties on behalf of the Ottoman Ooremment with
the Sultans and ISheikh* within our protectorate. The
man to whom the letter is addressed is a well known
malcontent end agent of the Imra# who is working in
Kadrsraaut against our interests. The news letter which
accompanies this letter is interesting also. The
letter from the Padli Sultan which accompanied Al*
Saeed
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
1 a letters is only of interest in that it
is addressed to this same Abdurrehman as ^aqaaf. an
arowed friend of the Turks# v
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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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- 311r:356v, 359r:387r, 388v:393r, 396r:398v, 402r, 406r:411v, 415r:425v, 436r:436v, 445r:452v, 462r:467v, 483r:483v
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