ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٤ "نشرات عدن. (١٩٢١-١٩٢٣)" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٩] (٦٤٤/٢٩٧)

Mahomed Ze id Awad 4 tha Sheikh of Mash alaha near
Mocha took refuge in Perim last month through fear
of an Imamic force vhich recently arrived at Mocha.
Sheikh % 7eid the Assistant Resident, Perim,
and told him that the Frenchmen referred to above took
ith them the Imam f s *wakil to Jibouti. The Sheikh
believed that the French were trying to acquire the
port of Mocha# This statement lacks confirmation*
The report that Sheikh Ali Othman and his brother
tore taken prisoners by the Imam has proved groundless*
Sheikh Ali Othman with his brother, son and 23
followers visited Aden last month with the ostensible
object of having his son treated by one of our doctors*
He left for Mocha on the 28th August*
His real object must have been to reiterate his
request for assistance, as reported in my last
; considered it advisable not to have anything, to do
I with him and before he could ask for an'interview
f I mnaged to give him to understand that it would not
ba qr^-ted, it' .iskei#
ADEN PROTECTORATE.
The Haushabi Chief, Sultan Ali Manih died on
the 23rd August and his son Mohsin ibn Ali Manih has
^ been elected rnbr of the Haushabis in succession to
his late father* The election, however, is not
unanimous. There is another claimant to the Sultanate
in the person of Ali ba Sallam of Ahl F&jj&r. who has
no re J following but has been encouraged in his
pretensions by the absence of the Amo or and A1 Ghaii
clans from the election. The absence was in reality
a sign of neutrality end was not intended to show a
preference for any particular candidate.
The