A NEW MAHDI.
BIG RISING IN YEMEN. - By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Adon, January 20. ■ Seid -Idriss, tho Pretender, and the Imam Syycd of Yahija, are operating against tho Turks in tho Yemen district, on tho Arabian littoral of the Red Sea. Tho Imam's forces have been sent to all parts of the Yemen Mountains. Tho Governor of tho provinco is with tho garrison in tho capital, Azir, which is being besieged by Boni Pacha, a notorious Sheikh who has joined the Imam.
Tho Imam, who is at the head of 25,000 followers, has proclaimed himself a new Mahdi.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1032, 23 January 1911, Page 5
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97A NEW MAHDI. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1032, 23 January 1911, Page 5
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