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31st Weekly Letter.
Dated A len Rosidency, the 3lst July 1915.
From—The Political Resident at Aden,
To—L. Robertson, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay.
Abbas Hassan, the Abdali’s Town Overseer, who has lately arrived here, reports
the following news. He has impaired eyesight, and so the news he has brought is
largely gleaned from others :—
were pushed up to meet the British attack, which was fully anticipated
on hearing the firing at Shaikh Othman.
The Shaikhs (Turkish), who accompanied the Turks in their attack on Lahej
have left with their men for their homes to return after the Id. The
Haushabi Sultan has also left, and taken away his gun, which was with
the Abdali people.
There are seven British prisoners at Lahej, one of whom is an European, and
the rest are Indians. The latter are given their liberty to go about
the town, but the Englishman is not seen out.
The Turkish Commandant has ordered various Abdali sub-tribes to surrender
their arms, and some of them have agreed to do so.
On the night of the Turkish attack on Lahej, there was wholesale looting by
the Turks and Arabs. After the third day, the Turkish Commandant,
Saiyid Bey, stopped it, and collected all the grain in the Government
godowns. Most of the grain, etc., has been sent to the Yemen ; also
iron bars removed from houses, and sent up-country.
Price of grain is rising in Lahej : Turkish soldiers are living on jowari.
The Turks have given out a story that a German fleet is to attack Aden, and
that as soon as the attack is made from the sea the Turks will attack
from landward.
2. The Assistant Resident, Perim, sent one of his informants to the interior in
June. He has now returned, and brought the following news :—
(1) Muhammad Nasir Mukbil was not ready to join in with the Turks in their
attack on Lahej, and was imprisoned, but has since been released.
(2) Abdul Wahab is Qaim-Makam in Ahmed Noman’s place (vide paragraph 1
of Weekly Letter, dated 12th June 1915). A few days ago he received
orders from the Wali at Taiz to arrange for the renewal of the bom
bardment of Perim. He replied, that he did not wish to do so, as
there were very few Britishers there, and the Arabs, whose number
was larger, would be the sufferers. The matter has been referred to
Constantinople.
(3) In the recent fighting near Aden, the Turks tried to persuade the Arabs to
make an attack on Aden, but the latter refused to do so, till the
German fleet attacked it from the sea.
(4) Reinforcements of 1,200 Turks passed through Taiz, en route to Lahej,
about a week ago (i.e.,the third week of July). Four hundred of
these were wearing Astrakan caps, and had dogs with them.
(5) Three hundred and thirty-five Turks with three guns, under Ali and
Abdul Effendi, are one day’s march from Shaikh Said. They are at
present engaged in collecting taxes. They are later on going to
The day* the British re-occupied Shaikh Othman the Turkish casualties
*21st July 1915.
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