ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٤ "نشرات عدن. (١٩٢١-١٩٢٣)" [و‎‎٣‎٠‎٩] (٦٤٤/٦١٧)

of no uum for thflro to return to liodeld* before he h*4
obtained the Idriei # « reply.
Siignor Clnnirella h%d a car#© of flour but wae
unable to obtain pur<^iaaer« # nor was be able to secure
carjro or pas»^n^;ers xor uassaeaii m i lesab.
\hified jiltini of Talf, one of the 4*rani(| sheikhs
la reported to hawe sent hie brother, Uii Jfltini, on a
yisit to the Imam 1 ® r^resentative at 2iabeed to ask lor
a gu# ma to apply ior the Ijraas’s protection. The
r^resentatiye replied that he would write to the
about the iiheilch's requests and disiriissed Mi if it ini with
the present of a robe for him*41 and another ior his
brother, the sheikh. Ui ^itini is said to have brought
back an Imamic flag to Faif*
The reason for this overture to the Iwasi on the
part of Ahmed i> 1 tini is doubtless the fear of the Idrisi’s
threats to punish him for the two acts of piracy which he
committed near Kodeida after the occupation of that place
by the Xdrisi.
It is believed that these acts of piracy were
committed at the instigation oi certain itoueida merchants
whom the Idrisi has now deported to Jeisan.
It is only Ahmed kitlni of Taif the notorious
pirate of the Taranto, who is opposed to tiie idrisl. The
inland haraniq are his allies and he is endeavouring to
obtain tiieir co-operation in an advance on dabeed. There
are now about <1000 Idrlsi ooldiere at Uodeida ready for
the advance against Zabeed. I have instructed Captain
jaaluddin to dieeua^e the Idrisi from this enterprise*
(Sur Menahha agent reports that J eman Bey who was
returned to $*nakha has submitted a report to the Imam
describing the presdnt deplorable conditions ot the twamic
troops at ^asfan, Kadwal and Taraf, which he ascribes to
the insufficiency of medical and coram!ssariat arrangewents