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'Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No. 10)' [6r] (16/280)
The record is made up of 1 volume (136 folios). It was created in 1916. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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'Abdullah {Bey) {Ibn) Fdleh (Basha). —Son of Faleh
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, second cousin
of ’ Ajaimi. Said to have been forced into this war by the Turks. However,
that may have been, he joined them at Nasiriyah where he waited for the
£5,000, which they had promised him. He was seen here l£th January
1915; he was still bargaining (for £r),000), 26th January 1915, but moved
on to Legaith at end of January, and subsequently Kliamisiyah, Gubashiyah,
Grainat and Nakhailah (30th March 1915). He was present at the battle of
Shaiba, in mid-April, but apparently inactive, and fled after the battle to
Nasiriyah, where he despatched a recriminatory telegram to Constantinople
about Ajaimi, who retaliated in kind against ’Abdul’ah at the same telegraph
office. Went to Nasiriyah (23rd June 1915) with the Al-Ibrahim, Al-
Husainat and Al-Azairij tribes to protect the town.
'Abdullah Al-Raiwan.-—Shaikh of Al-Sa’id (Kbafajah). His section
attacked our Suwaij reconnaissance. (1 Lth January 1916).
'Abdullah ibn Jabbar. —A Shaikh oi the Al-bu-Saif. (3rd July 1915).
'Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al-Yasin. — Shaikh of Mayah, Arabs. At Sinn
(August 1915) ; with Muhammad Daghistani at Suq Jindil about 5th January
1916; reported killed with him (17th March 1916); reported alive (26th
March 1916).
'Abdullah Al-Nafisah. —Brother of Yusuf Al-Naflsah, q.v.
'Abdullah Sahib. —Brother of Majid and Hamid. —Friend of Talib, late
Deputy for Basrah. He left Amarah for Basrah about April 1st, 1915,
actually joining the enemy, and was present at the battle of Shaibah in mid-
April 1915.
'Abdullah Said. —Arab doctor of Mosul, educated at Beyrut of Constanti
nople, visited Paris. Ibn Sand’s Doctor.
'Abdullah Thamir. —In charge of Mujahidin with Husain Bey, Officer
Commanding at Mandali. (24th July 1916).
'Abdullah (Bey) Al-Zuhair, of Zubair. —Formerly a Turkish officer, and
M. P., with many friends in Basrah. He left Zubair stealthily for Nasiriyah
(September 19 U) and joined ’Ajaimi, with w r hom he acted as Captain ^bth
February 1915). He was present at the battle of Shaibah. Appointed by
’Ajaimi to give supplies to the tribesmen (13th May 1915); summoned to
Baghdad about same time.
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The volume is Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India . The volume is marked confidential and was printed in Delhi by Superintendent Government Printing in 1916.
The volume the is an abbreviated edition and consists of an alphabetical list of the 'more important persons' occurring in the files of the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' between December 1914 and August 1916. It was compiled and issued by the Intelligence Branch itself. The list is mostly individuals, but includes some families.
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- 1 volume (136 folios)
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The volume is arranged alphabetically by name of entry in the list.
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- 'Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No. 10)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:137v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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