ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٣ "رسائل أنباء عدن: ١٩١٩-١٩٢٠" [و‎‎٤‎٦‎٤] (٦٣٣/٢٨٢)

Uslft in Yerim came in to Aden 1; tely* lie states that he
had fled from the Imam ' 8 oppreseion tmd has come in to seek
iiriti»h protection and incidentally to rect ire of ills ha»
jesty's Government’s generosity• I understand thi t he is in
search of a monthly stipena too*
The .heiih^ 9 ays t at he can muster IGuO men armed
with rifles end has a certain toiiount of avmurjition but no
money for the up-lceey ot hi a men* He asks for &$med inter*
rent!on on our part* His complaint an?inet the Iraa* is that
the latter is dem nding exorbitant taxes* The Jheikh was
called ux^on to raise troops in hi& district for service
against the Idrisi or in the Yafa country # but ho declined
to res >ond. He is afraid that the Imam will now take actio*
against him*
This ildi doei> not upbear to be a m n of any im*
portance or Influencs* Aeing dissatisfied like the rest of
the province with Imamic rul« # he has come here to enlist
our sympathy and assistance on behalf of hio cl^n and at
the same time to see what he can get out of us for himself*
Gheikh Abdul ^ahab. the ivaimmaki?* of *ujjaryia_
has sent a letter to our principal intelligence agent* k 1 ax ah
Saeed* The letter is intended for communication to uo* The
Ghelkh comx>lains hriVing adTreseed us on several occasions
in the met but without result* he mentions that he is li
ving in hopes that we will come to the salvation of his
country* He hints that if we h ve any intention of making
a forward move in the Tais direction* he is ready to assist
and co-operate with us* In such OaM he expects us to send
him fin official letter* Ho adds that thsro is a movement
in 3ana against the Imam and that internal dissensions in
his c rps in the i*hunds axe increasing and many sections
of the Zeidis ire ready and watching an opportunity to
iverthrow hie power n< fret the country from his presence*
I hcvc sent him a polite reply, as his country is
outride our fro tec tor to* we can do nothing for him*