ملف رقم ٣٣٠٠ لسنة ١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "نشرات عدن: (يونيو ١٩١٦ إلى ديسمبر ١٩١٦" [و‎‎٤‎٠‎٥] (٣٤٨/١٨٩)

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P.S .—We have received official telegrams after writing the above letter
from the Minister of War. His Excellency Enver Pasha, may his honour be
perpetual, that the Turkish Government have, on the 16th of Naisan 332 —,
corresponding with 26th Jomad Akhar 1334 (29th April 1916) taken 13,500
English troops as prisoners at Kut-al-Amara in the interior of Basra, together
with 277 English officers, 274 Indian officers, 5 Generals (Pashas), 300 big guns,
war materials, equipments and innumerable quantities of ammunition, etc. All the
above booty has been taken in one place only.
Serious fighting is going on at Suez. Our victorious armies surrounded 500
English sowars who came out on patrol duty and completely annihilated them.
This excludes large number of infantry who came after them and killed. v\ e have
also captured a large booty of war materials, etc.
Basra News —The English have been completely driven away from it and not
a singl? man remains therein. The total number of killed, wounded and missing
of thf English at Basra from the beginning of the war till the time they were turned
t f it fo -.0 000 men They have retreated with shame, disgrace, humility and
T Lt Basrk became one of our protected territories. In short, the English have
Caliph for the reading Islamic dominions for these pleasing tidings. We
Prophet) by ail creeds distr i c t s in Yemen for the reading of the Sacred
have issued instructions to a d t^t ^ ^ gtate of perfect ion. If God pleases
SiesTaU^shortly enjoyed. We .shall continue to refer to you news which
will please and console your nund.
Dated the 7th Shaban 1334.
Dated the 8th June 1916.
From—S ultan Hose* biu Ahmed The MU
To—S aved Abdul Rehman bin Abdullah Sakkae.
After Compliments, ^ coul(1 not understand its contents.
We have received your esteeme e ^ ^ gons, tribesmen and * hos ®
We request you to pray tod to grant W g afiairs, to let us have a good end
attached to us ^fj^KmT^me^t and to allowa seat mheaven
at the time of death, to s . , become weak and we ask you to
We further mfonn Tou^ttot our sig^ back _ We have paid your me ssenger
kindly pray Goj ^ l e wh i c h please note.
Mohamed bm Abd ^ ^ ug good advice3 which may lead to the
Please do not cease yv
path of God. ^
- ^tlSSS WtHs
to the address of Say ^ stating that the P e0 P e dvices similar to those
Th , tern,, .f'fS.ff “Ji»g S. 7 «l “ .*“** “•
7th May 1916- -