ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٣ "رسائل أنباء عدن: ١٩١٩-١٩٢٠" [و‎‎٤‎٩‎٥] (٦٣٣/٣٤٤)

th* r«qu«»t of t e/i Amil 9
*ire thu son of ths fmsaufi ja ohcikh amongst them, ent om«
sola!era to that UieiJ* to demand his surrender but without
result, A second detaohment was sent but *r*e ag iln ignsni-
•outily turned out of the country by Aboul J 111,
ihe .hsiWiB m the iiaJctart ,Jid Vuseufl dlstrtcto are re-
ported to be tsking meaeures with a k* visa to repel hairti
agrrosslon, and th.t AoJkh Abdul Wnhab is secretly co
rns Yussufi -helm wrote to us ior assistance a few days
ago but his request was politely refused,
A secret agent mo lately Tisited iiawia rsyerts that the
mole of the 'Javia district is under the domination of the
lm,m who ie represented by an Anll.dyyed -as an WiiXith or
smar, Kayed bin ialeh, ths nsphsw ..no suoucsoor of ths
former but now decrepit eld oheikh, Ibn haoir uukbil who has
gone into retirement, hue no MMU* authority vhateyer,
Ihe agent obserred no activity or oonoentration of -eioi
forces at Havia. he estimates the strength of the preeent
garrison from aoo to 3uu, all haiaie. Xelegrsphie com unicaw
tion hae not yet been es ebli hed with i>.iz,
ickness accompanied by heavy mortality is said te pre
vail among the haicii troupe who had come do«n o is ru.
■okha. A Company of fresh seluiere was recently sent from
!,ana in relief, but sicfclness has held them up at iz.
Vhe nature of the sioknese is not known, but ch lera le
reported to be prev lent among the iaidi solaiers in havie
Ushomed Al Aghbari and the Makibs of J>* Mahomed -nd
Husoln h ve written lettere expressing their desire ti be
piaced under our protection, fhoy are members sf ths old
^rab honfederi cy. rhsj will be given a suitable reply.
overtures hare al.o be.n mads by ths Inyani bhs.khs
operating wit them*
of the bheikhs of the Lower Yemen, Abdul nab bin
in the Yomom si»King
instructed the Officer
asking to come under eur protection. 1 hare
e uffieer Co»!ianbing, obut J'skim, to =>end