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stated to to oo 1 laot as big a fores as possible
and to attack the Subehls* This report is not
confirmed*.
The Ssidi strength in the Asiri country and
Had fan is reported to be 88? men variously distributed.
The Alawi Sheikh reports that about 4000 ?eidis
have arrived at Bamar under the command of Saif ul
Islam and Saiyid Yahya and that they will proceed
against Yafa and Bad fan.
About the middle of last month, arrivals from
Bhala reported that bakris and Hu jail is in the Rad fan
had been ordered to supply camels for carrying the
baggage of reinforcements of 800 men coming from
Madira to Bhala* The camels were said to have been
gathered at Tafwa and R&dfan* An aeroplane,
reconnaissance which was recently made over these
places showed no concentration of either men or camels
at the p.Laces mentioned*
Sheikh Mokbil Abdulla, the nephew of the Kotebi
Sheikh and Amir Abdul Hamid are reported to have been
summoned by the Imam to Sana.
The Kotehi Sheikh is said to have received a
warning from a 7eidi friend to be on the look out.
It is not clear whether this warning refers to any
fresh advance against the R&dfan or any treachery
C-nnst the Sheikh.
The feidis who are still in the Bakri country are
said to have demanded tithes from the Kotebis, who
h&w lands in the neighbourhood. The latter have
d ; :u ined to pay t em.
Owing to the increasing Subehi lawlessness on
trade routes and in the Abduli territory, the Abdali
Sultan