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&o*aJ?, 359 dated 14th May X9^7« At his instigation
hhiMd Pasha of Tais appears to hare looted a nail
from Sanaa containing £ 20Q0/~ to he sent to Lahej,
A force was sent against Ahmed Pasha to try and get
the money hack and on his appealing to Bayed Mahomed
Tehya, the latter told Ahoo Has of Pi Sufal to sup~
ply him with 3 Mountain Guns and 1 Maxim and 2000
armed Arabs of the Phu Mahomed and Phu Husain clans~
were also sent to assist him* We hare since heard
a report that Ahoo Has has been captured hy the Turks
and taken to Tais and beheaded. This requires con**
firmatlon*
5• The Arabs of Badan are also said to be on
the move against the Turks in oo-operation with Bayed
Mahomed Yehya, who is said to be a squiring great in**
fluence* It is reported that he had obtained pay
ment of tithes from the greater part of the Kashld t
Bakil, Dhu Mahomed and Phu Husein tribes and also
from the districts of Hamdan, kllhan, and Hafash,
^ 6 « The Imam Hamid Bd-din-el-Mutawakkil is re**
| ported to hare written to the Turks that unless they
1 took ixnoedlate action the whole of Tais district
I would be lost to the Turks#
7 * In continuation of the note attached to
sqr Weekly Letter dated 2 nd instant, it now appears
that a eonraisaion composed of Syed Mahomed Mohs in el
Muyaikarl, a notable of Hajjur and 4 Turkish offi
cers arrived in Sanaa from Constantinople about the
8 th April with £*30000/- in Bank Motes and £*30000/-
in gold. The party travelled disguised as pilgrims
and came via Hsjd. This appears to be the same party
referred to before. If se it appears that all six
sffleers are now accounted for#