ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٤ "نشرات عدن. (١٩٢١-١٩٢٣)" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٦] (٦٤٤/٥٥١)

About a month ago ibn Aidh is said to
have gone with a force of 600 picked men of his
tribe to attack Ebha, but no attack has actually
been made. In the meantime Bin Saud»s party has
summoned a large force fV'om Beni Shihr and shahran
to meet Ibn Aidh. Mohamed Abdur Rahman has also
succeeded in winning over a large number of Ebha
people to the side of Bin Baud*a party.
Fighting has not started owing to the
intervention of Sheikh ibn Hamid, the chief Sheikh
of the Beni-es-Salih, who has arranged a fortnight's
truce between the parties and is trying to settle
the differences.
Captain Fazluddin says that both parties
have approached the Idrisi for help and that the
latter while holding out no promise of assistnace to
Ibn Aidh has informed Bin Baud's representative of
his readiness to send the force at present at
Sharbani to his aid. He has, however, advised both
parties to exercise patience and forbearance.
Sheikh Ali bin Abdalla claiming to be a
Chief of the Bani Kaithoom in Asir visited Aden
last weefc to try to obtain our recognition of the
complete independence of his country. He was
informed that his country was far distant and the
British Government did not desire to i.eda_e in
affairs in any way at all.
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