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ADEN RESIDEFCY,
11th tforembar 191^*
Dear Mr. Robertson,
Said Pa»ha is rsportsd to be repairing the
tombe of the Xbdali Ruler# in Lahej probably to ingra
tiate himself with the House of Abd&li and to prove
that he has no animus against the Moslems*
2 0 Please see paragraph 4 of Weekly Letter dated
2lst September l9ie. Writing from Doom on 9th October
1916 - and the letter only just received • the Chief
Minister of the Sultan of Mokalla reports that he has
had interviews with all and sundry and the results are
satisfactory. He says that •there exists now ne dif-
ferTence#, disputes, nor th® least trouble** Re inter
viewed also th® Chiefs of A1 Kathir and the notorious
Saiyid Ibn Ubeidillah Who has been Said Pasha*» mouth
piece and agent in that garter. He remonstrated with
them. The Sultan of A1 Kathir said that there had been
secret communications passing between them and Said
Pasha Who had promised to make them Rulers of hcadramaut
after the war. The Minister stigmatises the A1 Kathir
as weak and vain-glorious and unable to carry out any
serious programme. He interviewed representatives ©f
su~~ch tribes as A1 Kathir, Kohd, Awamir, Fh&nufir, A1
Tumern, Sa" ir &ca, <Scca. f Wh© ejspressed contrition for
listening to th© words of Ibn Ubeidillah*
Yours etc*,
(sd) J.M.Stewart,
L.Robertson t Es quire.,1.0.8.,
Secretary to CrOvernment,
Special Department ,Bombay*
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