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j/Hjl (18) and (19) M. 'All and Muhammad al-Bedeywi (a corruption of Bedawi),
e ^ Members of a family distantly related to King Huseyn and formerly important
i T in the Juheyna tribe and in the coast towns of the Northern Hejaz. Despite the
j Si similarity of name, they would appear to be two distinct, though closely related,
H persons. Both were mixed up in the Ibn Eifada affair in 1932. M.'Ali became
an object of attention in Trans Jordan and was more or less arrested in July to the
displeasure of the 'Amir. Muhammad seems to have been in trade at Suez and
Dhaba and was concerned in attempts to get supplies by sea to Ibn Rifada. It
esupj, was probably he who was reported killed in the defeat of the rebels.
l m 89. Suleymdn Shefiq Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Kemaly.
intenjj ^ former Turkish officer, now over 60. Rose to high military and adminis
trative rank in the Turkish service. Served the Turks as Governor of 'Asir and
Vali of Basra before the war. Was one of Damad Ferid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's Ministers of
War during armistice period. Left Turkey later in consequence of his anti-
i Tiifi r Kemalist associations and fetched up in Jedda in February 1926. Employed
pij later in that year by Ibn Sa'ud and promised to be important among his advisers.
Expounded views about future of oil, &c., near Wejh and in the Farsan Islands
to acting British agent in August 1926. Became apparently Inspector-General of
fe:; Government Departments, but met with opposition and was put in charge of
roads in 1928. Was responsible for heavy expenditure with little result on portion
of the Mecca-Jedda road. Appears to be now no more than a pensioner of
Ibn Sa'ud and lives mostly at Taif. A back number. Brother to, but not known
-- : to be specially intimate with the once well-known Turkish diplomat Ghalib
., V Kemaly, who was stated in 1927 to be vice-president of the Russo-Turkish
^ . company, with headquarters at Moscow, which shipped the Tomp cargo to Jedda.
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. 90. Suwayt Family.
Leaders in the Dhafir tribe. Two members of it have figured in recent reports
from Kuwait, viz.—
(1) J a'dan, a disgruntled man, hovering between allegiance to King Faisal
( ; j r or to Ibn Sa'ud and too proud to come to terms with either; and
(2) 'Ajemi, recognised as chief of the tribe by Ibn Sa'ud.
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iem yofi91. M. Taufiq Bey Sherif.
Syrian ex-officer in Turkish army, of remoter Yemeni origin. At one time
uiethi secretary to Ahmed as-Senusi. Later head of the divan of the 'Amir Faysal at
aid to k Mecca. Figured as an 'Asiri delegate at the Moslem Congress in Mecca in June
Idem® 1926, and was appointed Secretary-General after an election hotly contested by
li 0 v the 'All brothers, who complained that 'Asir was not, in fact, represented and
that Ibn Sa'ud was packing the congress. Went to India later in that month to
combat the 'All brothers and make propaganda for Ibn Sa'ud. Floated in and
out of the Hejaz in subsequent years and had hopes of great preferment with a
mandate to reorganise the administration. Had very variable relations with Ibn
Sa'ud during this period. Finally broke with him so acutely that in June 1931
he decamped secretly in a pilgrim ship bound for India. The Sa'udi authorities
:aW accused him at that time of being concerned in a plot for circulating forged
['0 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. on a large scale, but did not pursue the charge, which may have been
oiieO- trumped up. He later published violent attacks on the Sa'udi Administration.
J®PI Has since ranged about in India and countries beyond the land frontier. Engages
in trade as well as political adventure. Intelligent and active, but volatile; a
uda'ii superior type of adventurer, who might again make his peace with Ibn Sa'ud and
ft play a role in this country. Closely associated in the past with Mahmud Nedim,,
former Turkish Vali of the Yemen, who seems to have gone to earth in Constan-
^ r tinople in his old age, after a long and curious post-war career; and with Ismail
Ghuznavi (q.v.). May still be in touch with the latter, despite his breach with
Ibn Sa'ud.
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^ 92. A bu Tuqeyqa Family.
P 0 j# Formerly chiefs of the Tihama, mainly Hejazi, section of the Huweytat tribe,
Jiv with an urban connexion at Dhaba. Rafi'a, their common ancestor, was chiei ot
j ]e til the tribe prior to his death in about 1870. One of his many grandsons, Ahmed
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