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'Who's who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No.22)' [‎21r] (41/276)

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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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'Ali —(3) Officer Commanding a company of 2nd Seyyar gendarmerie at
Rotah. (23rd March 1915). One Captain ’Ali Effendi arrived
at Shatrah from Kut, 16th August 1915, with gifts for locals.
(4) ’Ali Bey Qaimmaqam, the son of Mahmud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Chief of the
Jafs, at Mandali, with 20 mounted gendarmes. ( 12 th Novem
ber 1915). He has been trying to raise mujahidin from the
Persian mountains.
(5) Effendi, Officer Commanding, l-105th. (1st March 1916).
( 6 ) Bey, Officer Commanding, 59th Regiment. (4th November
1915).
(7) Lieutenant-Colonel, Bey, Officer Commanding, 7th Regiment
of 1st Division {Quwah-i-Sufariyah) (formerly 3rd). (12th
November 1915).
( 8 ) Bey, Major, Officer Commanding, 2-44th, who went to Khani-
qin immediately after arrival at Baghdad on 23rd November
1915.
'Alt al 'Abdullah .—Of the Al-bu-Hasan with ’Akif Bey at Samawah on
14th October 1915*
'Ali Akbar Khan .—Son of Sher Khan, Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Muqtadir Sinjabi. Lives
on outskirts of Qasr-i-Shirin at Sanjawi. Led force against Turks at Kirind, 23rd
June 1915. Came to Kermanshah 5th September 1915 in order, it is under
stood, to protest to Persian Government against Turks. Is with Germans and
has 1,000 cavalry paid by Germans. (5th March 1916). Turks wanted him
made governor of Kermanshah, but Nasir-ul-Sultaneh was appointed. (12th
July 1916).
'Alt al-Battikh. —Shaikh of the Mujabilah (Shammar Toqah) in neigh
bourhood of ’Azizieh on left bank of Tigris.
'Ali Bembuz. —A merchant, Sharif of Suq-al-Sheyukh. ( 6 tli August 1915).
'Ali ibn Bhwaid. —An Al-Dhafir Shaikh from Busaiah (north-west of
Shagra).
'Ali al-Fad'an. —Shaikh of Al-Husain (Rani Zaid).
'Ali al-Fadhl —Shaikh of the’Abd-ul-Saiyid (Khafaja), 65—70 years old.
Has longstanding grudge against Turks. Making overtures to “ come in.” (1st
October 1915).

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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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