ملف رقم ٣٣٠٠ لسنة ١٩١٦ الجزء ٢ "نشرات عدن: (يناير ١٩١٧ إلى ديسمبر ١٩١٧)" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٠] (٦٢٠/٤١٩)

o« Xamaraa further report* that Ihn eX HaiJ
and hi* "MiXii* troop* hare definitely seceded from
tae &&& ax* hindering their operation* against
the Idrisi*
9 .
B*port« Mmd to show that there is trouble
in Zubeed and its districts.
Kamaran report* that Idriei troop* at Itedi hare
been pushed on to the Beni Abs country and that Ibn
Tawwab is now hard pressed. He is disappointed at
not getting the help he expected from the Turk*, A
report/ says tnat in a*engagement on the 14th May the
Idrisi force lost 8$ men killed, itoile Itm Tawwab'&
losses are put down at 1 J 0 Turks (including 4 of fl
eers) end 10 Beni Abs Ar be. These numbers are pro
bably waetly exaggerated but it gives one the idea
that a fight of some magnitude must hare taken place,
10, We have heard for some time reports that
tne a arks were raising a war X£y^» *t is apparently
to he obtained by an Imposition of a tax on merehan**
diea , They reckon to get from 150Q0 to 20000 dollars
monthly, of which 10000 dollars are estimated to come
fro* Hodeidah. W# hope our patrol measure* will dis
appoint them as to the amount from the last place at
least. In the interior several place* have already
declined to pay, notably kansuriyah and Zubeed, Pro
bably with the increased restrictions we are loosing
the people everywhere will be less inclined to pay.
A J —^
Hob’U, Hr.A.H.8rant,C.B.I.,C.I.B.,
Secretary te the Crovemment of India,
foreign Department, Delhi,