They entered Lahej, and its sultan, Ali bin Ahmed Al-Abdali, withdrew from it to Aden, where he was assassinated by firing squad.

After the success at Perim, Brigadier General Shaw deemed it necessary to send the camel contingent in Aden to Lahej to assist Sultan Abdali, whose force had been almost eliminated by the Turks.

[3] On July 3, the Aden mobile column, consisting of two hundred and fifty rifles and two mortars, departed to support that division.

[4] In the Sultan's capital, the British found themselves facing four Ottoman battalions and twenty artillery pieces provided from Mawiya and Al-Hujariya.

The Ottomans had occupied Lahej,[4] but Sultan Abdali was mistakenly wounded by British forces, and was transferred to Aden, where he died during the attack.