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opening of the^ffieere’^chooT'^ee 0 f/ 1 ?/ 1 Co ” miSi L loner w ere present at the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's opening words m et w?« general annrovs ^a '^nn Ja ‘ far
with a short but admirable sneeoh ;!? i“ P £ i? * the G 0-G.-in-Chief followed
the school in the Arab Army ™d his rer? 011 h ! e:! ? pres f, ed his g re at interest in
reported in the venmtuto Sess elrtof h^* 0 gIVe a11 help inhis power (not
Ja‘far Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ): Ma‘ruf al Rasati’s ten' lg - ' was trans ^aied into Arabic by
sufficiently sympathetic Saivid ’Hnh !?”” 'T'?^ were tllou g ht n °t to have been
that he had arrWed early tnd n,,st^h ,r Sad * r WaS present and « was noted
expression, closely resembling ?haf of mt ° a * 1 ? laC One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ? ,° f P romi "™»e' His
towards the Anglo-ArX accord wli^h Luo fe J t f aetI y delineated his feelings
fact that in a company of Br tilh and' Arab pr0 , cee<iin g s . aa well as the
was ignored. and Arab ,>ffloers hls scowling personality
parade in the Courtyard^Fthe ^bn-anief ® a f, hcla ? assembled for their annual
the Commander-in-Chief ind i ,i11 ■ J' 1 ’ * 16 Amir, the High Commissioner,
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bf thTscoute" 06 Sai ™ ged ^ W ° rkmanlike fasMo11 a ” d borne off on a stretcher
Dnlaii' ji 1117 a 25 l he Amir motored t0 Ramadi to receive the homage of the
«TX S as A fotw S :l CCOUnt ° f the ~'™ s ™ Published^in'fh:
r • h A y ery ^riking series of functions was held on July 25th in the Dnlaim
Liwah m honour of the visit of H.H. the Amir Faisal From outeide Fal^Tah
the desert road to Ramadi was enlivened by bodies of tribesmen of the Dulaim
rMral HldhdTftr' 68 beSide ,liS , Cal '' At fbe Euphrates bridgehead
^ ahad Bey al Hadhdhal, the paramount chief of the ‘Amarat ‘Anizah awaited
RemT?u th s e S ? andai ' d ° f . the ‘ Anizah > its horsemen and camel ritr S At
Kamadi the Amir was received by the Mntasarrif and by Shaikh ‘ Ali Snlaiman
the doughty chieftain of the Dulaim, with the standard and fighting force of
his PeopR. A great tribal gathering was held in an Arab Darba/tent pre
pared by Shaikh All on the banks of the Euphrates; the Amir addressed the
tribesmen m the sonorous language of the desert, calling on them to live in
narmony and to render to him his rights as their lord, while he would respect
!nd ir ,n lg r f + b i eCtS - , H ® ,' vas interra Pted by loud expressions of assent
cind approval. At the end ot his speech Shaikh £ Ali Snlaiman and Fahad Beg
lose and swore allegiance to him as the friend and ally of the British Govern-
ment, whereat all the leaders of the Dulaim stepped on to the dais and laid
then- hand m his hand in token of their fealty. A gargantuan feast was then
set hexoie the company by Shaikh ‘Ali. In the evening the Mayors, Qadhis
and leading townsmen of all the Euphrates townships from Fallujah to the north-
ern frontier of Qaim took the oath of allegiance in a palm garden outside Ramadi.
Ihe beauty of the setting, the variety of the dress and colour combined with
the fine dignity with which the Amir accepts the homage offered to him made
t e scene almost as remarkable as that of the morning. Dinner was served by
the leading citizen, Haji Hammadi, on the roof of his house and attended by
the Amir, his staff, the leading representatives of the towns, the Chiefs of the
desert, the Mutasarrif and his Adviser, and such British Officers as were pre
sent. The Qadhi of Hit made a brief and moving speech before the gathering:
bioke up.
The Amir returned to Baghdad early on the following morning.”
Tflie Amir’s speech in the Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). tent is given in the Al ‘Iraq of July 27
and a resume of the speech given at the Majlis of the afternoon in Lisan al Arab
of July 28.
Ifie salient feature at the Majlis of tribesmen in the morning was the
Amir’s evident delight in finding himself in familiar conditions in the tent of
a great shaikh among renowned Sunni tribes. He spoke in the magnificent
tongue of the Beduin, not so much as a King to his subjects but rather as a
paramount chief to his feudatories. The critical moment was the swearing of
allegiance by Fahad Bey of the ‘Anizah and ‘Ali Snlaiman of the Dulaim. The
exact words used by them were: “We swear allegiance to you as King of the
Iraq, since you are accepted by the British Government. ’ Faisal was clearly
somewhat taken aback by this frank definition of the situation, but he counter
ed immediately that no doubt could be entertained as to his relations with the
British and turned smiling to the one or two British officers who were present
for their confirmation of his words.
In the afternoon Majlis 'of townsmen he ended his brief speech by a very
graceful allusion to ‘ ‘ the benevolent nation which has given us its support ’ ’
(not recorded by the vernacular press). Nijris al Qa‘ud was present at the
tribal Majlis and so was Aftan al Sharqi.
12. On July 30 the Chaldaean community of Baghdad gave a reception to
the Amir in the Chaldaean Church. The Chaldaean Archbishop of Mosul
opened the proceedings in a fine speech in which he offered the Amir the