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'Who's who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No.22)' [20r] (39/276)
The record is made up of 1 file (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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Akbar Mirza. —Son of Zil-al-Sultan, assistant to Earman Earma after
November 15th, 1915, when the latter had been made Minister of Interior.
Proposed as Governor of Ispahan (Eebruary 1916); probable Foreign
Minister. (3rd March 1916).
'Akif Bey. —(1) Was originally Chief of Basrah Gendarmerie before the
war : quarrelled with Saiyid Talib and had to go. (Then
Officer Commanding, 2nd feegiment, Shahroban battalion
with Daghistani ( 10 th June 1915; presumably the same
man). He certainly superseded Ahmad Bey on the
Euphrates line, being made C{ Officer Commanding, Bight
Elank ” previous to September 1915; then in January—
March 1916 we hear of this same man as Officer Com
manding, the Cavalry Brigade, Tigris Army, Shaikh Saad.
One ’Akif Bey is Begimental Commander at School for
Cadet Officers in Baghdad. (27th April 1916).
(2) Officer Commanding, 1st battalion, 112th Begiment. (4th
October 1915 and 1st March 1916).
Alain ibn Zail. —Of the Husainat, arrested by us at Nasiriyah because of
his attack on the 24th Punjabis on 14th July 1916.
} Alawi. —Brother of Saiyid Tuffar.
Algero-Tunisian Independence Committee. —Met at Berlin recently.
Present were Shaikh Saleh Sharif (Saleh al-Tunisi), Qadhi Shaikh Ismail
Salaihi, Shaikh ’Abdul-’AzIz Shawish, Muhammad Bash Mamba, Shaikh
Muhammad Al-Khidhr. (20th March 1916).
’Ali. —(1) ’Ali Bey ibn Taufiq, captured by us at Amarah (9th June 1915).
Admitted to being Officer Commanding, 2-103rd Begiment, and
was possibly Officer Commanding, 103rd. It was probably he
who was Chief of Staff to Halim Bey on the Botah line. (20th
Eebruary 1915).
(2) ’All Bey, who came in command of the “Eire Brigade” to
Nasiriyah from Constantinople, and fought at Sh’aibah. (Mid-
April 1915). One of this name retired up the Gharraf about
three weeks after the battle ; and one (the same ?) was made
Commandant of Kut. (20th May 1915). One ’Ali Bey is said
to have been Officer Commanding 4,000 troops at Hillah about
end of May 1916; he was Commander at Karbala in early May
and fled after the Arabs’ successful attack there, 11 th May
1916.
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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, India, in 1916.
The volume consists of an alphabetical list of individuals issued by the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D'. Each entry includes biographical information relevant to the individual which has been taken from the Branch's files.
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- 1 file (136 folios)
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The volume is arranged alphabetically by name of entry in the list.
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Foliation: 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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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