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9.
Reports tend to show that there is trouble in Zubeed and its districts.
Kamaran reports that Idrisi troops at Medi have been pushed on to the Rem'
Abs country and that Ibn Tawwab is now hard pressed. He is disappointed
not getting the help he expected from the Turks/ A report says that in an en
gagement on the 14th May the Idrisi force lost 85 men killed, while Ibn Tawwah’*
losses are put down at 150 Turks (including four officers, and ten Beni Abs Arabs'!
These numbers are probably vastly exaggerated but it gives one the idea that a
nght of some magnitude must have taken place.
10. We have heard for some time reports that the Turks were raisine a war
levy. It is apparently to be obtained by an imposition of a tax on merchandise
They reckon to get from 15,000 to 20,000 dollars monthly, of which 10 000 dollar^
are estimated to come from Hodeidah. We hope our'patrol measures wM di
appoint them as-to the amount from the last place at least. In the interior several
places have already dechned to pay, notably Mansuriyah and Zubeed. Probablv
ilchne^topay!^ reStnCtl0ns We are lm P osin g the people everywhere will be less
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J. M. STEWART,
Political Resident'at Aden,
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