ملف رقم ٣٣٠٠ لسنة ١٩١٦ الجزء ٢ "نشرات عدن: (يناير ١٩١٧ إلى ديسمبر ١٩١٧)" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٩] (٦٢٠/٢٣٨)

To counteract this rnove the Imam has ordered All oaeed Pasha,
to send Husni Bey, Elias Bey and Ivlohomed i\asir r/lukbil of
Mavia to Sanaa for trial. From several sources we have heard
that Husni Bey and Elias Bey have been sent, but that Mohomed
Nasir declined to go. The {Latest report about ohe latter •
that 150 of the Imam’s soldiers came to Mavia and carried him
off to Sanaa.
These events are favourable to our plans. If Moho
med Nasir Mukbil is kept away from Mavia for a bit it is like:
there will be a decline of Turkish influence in that neigh
bourhood. We shall probably get definite news of some move
ment soon..
A report received to-day (9th November) again refers
to this movement of the tribes and adds that it is not impro
bable that the Imam's own son may participate in it. ' This is
the eldest son Mahomed who.we have heard of before as discon-
tented with the Imam’s miserly ways and who has once approac.
the Idrisi with a view to getting him to assist in deposing
his father.
The Sultan of Mokalla has reached his home and has
already sent down 25 more men to be trained as gunners. The
s
guns have been* received and will be retained here until his
men are trained. He informed us in Aden that he meant to rai;
soldiers from among the Yafais who are related to him. Since
his departure I have received letters relating to this pro
posal. The- Nakfbs of Mausata report that the Fadli Sultan
has addressed them forbidding them to supply any soldiers to
the Sultan of Mokalla. They forward the Sultan's original
letter in which he conveys the order by command of Ali Saeed
Pasha. The Sultan refuses to allow any men to proceed via
Shukra. It remains to be seen v/hether he can carry out his
threat.
■ * * In the iast few days we have had a good many
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letters about the doings of Sayed Mahomed Darwish of Biya*
shia. This man received very considerable assistance from ^
in