ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٣ "رسائل أنباء عدن: ١٩١٩-١٩٢٠" [و‎‎٥‎٩‎١] (٦٣٣/٥٣٦)

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10. The Assistant Resident, Perira, was informed hy
the messenger of the above Sheikhs that they exported 70
dhow loads of coffee, skins, sweet oil, ghee, jowan,
dates etc. monthly to Djibouti. This is no doubt an
exaggeration, but it confirms information from other
sources that dhow traffic is carried on between this
coast and Djibouti.
n. A conflict between the Zeidi troops under the
salf-el-lslam and the Ahl Hutalsh has occurred o.ing to
the former demanding taxes from the latter, .he Jrl
Hubaish assisted apparently by people from Ibb, Udain.
+ ^ +n ’-‘we killed over 60 Zeidi soldiers
etc. are reported to nave kii
and to have tahen 70 prisoners including one officer
and also one gun and t.o machine guns. The bnei-nM
Sabir and Ibn Abdul Wahid mediated between the parti
nnd got the zeldls liberated on the condition that the
Imamic troops would withdraw from the Hubaish terri ory
and would take no further action in the matter. .
a to have ignored this condition and come
Zeidis appeared to nave gn
• in force but were defeated a second tirr ,
down again x . where acco rding to one
and subsequently retrea e sieged. The
nrt saif-el-lslam Ahmed bin Kassim is besieged.
of this fighting in the Hubaish oouhtr, has been
news of this , au , tj be remembered
confirmed from several ' • partisans.
+ n these renorts come from anti-Zeidi paru
that all ^ efi to have entered
,, 400 zeidi troops are reported to
... w nalmmham and invited people to sulmt
KATABA with a waim ^ of people to obey
'Z'er Ttroops'fired on the people who f-urped
this order, tne uro p , OTinr ted on both sides,
on casualties are reportea ou
the fire. 20 casual ox ^
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