ملف رقم ٣٣٠٠ لسنة ١٩١٦ الجزء ٢ "نشرات عدن: (يناير ١٩١٧ إلى ديسمبر ١٩١٧)" [ظ‎‎٩‎٩] (٦٢٠/١٩٨)

Yerim and Damt in tlie Hubes 'v ^ Turks and patiently await-
Whilst exhibiting a friendly neutra i y ^ x mam having rendered any great
mg the inevitable day—there is noeAuden _ ^ certa i n sac ks of very old stocked
SnidJ *W » *k« T;;* " ; ' t,y -l« .uthoriti.. amongst
^ li4 - V "' , t • i i ■ , «„ nq ; s sa i(l to be tolerable, thanks to the
protertfon afiorded thlm Vy the I mam from the exactions of the Turks.
It is gratifying to learn that British war prisoners at Sana are all r.g
are being well treated. . , era ] SO urces of the arrival at Sana
of Hnssni, the two principal offenders
implicated in the murder of Sheikh Aboo Has.
, , • i v i_ Qi-tpiirV. Yasir Mukbil has failed to
It is ascertained at the same '.ine tt represent him at the
respond to the Imam’s summons rut has sent an age. t
r , u Jebel Ambarasha quarter continue to
Accounts of desultory _ iv^o-Arabs have suffered comparatively heavy
reach us. Penm reports th t d 1 - ^ that sheikh Mahomed HassanA
followers 8 hav^been aUacking a n-r Trailed Ordhu and thaUurm^their
^^SH^St'LykiUed in the fight that ^
• • * • in of of nrp^PTit according to Hussain Abdul Kadir
owing to the destruction of crops by locusts.
Reliable news gleaned from miscellaneous sources points to signs of continued |
nervousness at Lahej. Sayed Pasha is trying hard to enlist the sympathies of the
neighbouring chiefs and tribesmen and to secure their co-operation in the event of
a British advance against him, but has met with no success.
Sheikh Sayed Abdulla Rashidi of Balahaf in the Wahidi country recently
visited Lahei and is said to have been given a small gun and some rifles and ammum-
tion on his promising to fight the Upper AuXa/i Sultan, Saleh bin Abdulla, who
refused to respond to the overtures of the Turkish Commander.
The Jewish merchant Fanhaus referred to in this letter, during his stay at
Lahei heard that General Sayed Pasha was removing his property and valuables to
Taiz. ’ ‘ , - . . .
News received yesterday from Sheikh Yahia Naser bin Omer Shibeen shows
that Sayed Mahomed Darwishhas arrived at Damt near Reda with 1,500 follower^
As already reported, he is now said to be^ acting on behalf of the Imam. He
reported to be moving against Maris, Sha aib and Katab^T.
No. C.-828, dated Aden Residency, the 10th (received the 29th) December 1917.
Endorsed by the Political Resident, Aden.
Copv forwarded, with compliments, to the Foreign Secretary to the Government
of India, in the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi.,
C. M. Press, Sinaia.—No. C 521 FD—S-l-18 10 M.B.G.