ملف رقم ٣٣٠٠ لسنة ١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "نشرات عدن: (يونيو ١٩١٦ إلى ديسمبر ١٩١٦" [و‎‎٣‎٤‎٨] (٣٤٨/٧٥)

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ADBK RESIDENCY
4th Norambar X^Ib*
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Please gee paragraph 8 of Weakly Letter
dated 2lst September 191&* Kadi Atik of Behan writes
that he will try to get into touch with the Sheikhs
of RadaT(Turkish) in view to winning them over to our
cause* These Sheikhs are "trimmers**
The Kadi reports that a Turkish officer had
run away from Sana with his children end property; that
at Bajil (the stage before Hodeida) some Arabs looted
him and killed 5 of the children. On the Turk*s person
were discovered letters addressed to Constantinople in
which the treachery of the Arabs was mentioned. With
regard to this, the Kadi remarks "Evidently the Turks
have attributed treachery to the Imam*.
The Imam is still closely watching th© struggle of
the Turks in the Yemen and has not yet shewn his hand.
3. Sheikh Salim bin Saleh bin Atif Jabir one of
the 2 Dubi (Yafa) stipendiaries reports that letter^
relations exist now between our nominee the Sultan of
Upper Yafa, via., Umar bin Kahtan and hie unci© Saleh
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bin Umar and he hope* that we will help matters on.
It was Saleh Who in 1904, When hie brother Kahtan \
came to Aden to sign the Treaty deposed him. Kahtan
never regained his supremacy though he was paid hand*
somely to further this object and the stipend was con
tinued to him until his death as *de jure* Sultan and
is still paid to his sen Umar Who for a long time has
been a refugee in the Dubi country. It is best to let
things