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dhAhir, hAji.
Member of the Hillah Majlis.
dhAhir al farhAn.
Shaikh of Al Mukhadharah of ‘Afaj, Diwaniyah district. A pleasant character and a
good Shaikh.
dhAhir al na'mah.
One of the shaikhs of the Hor Jassan, Badrah district. Not very capable, but very
obedient to Government.
dpiAidAn ibn hithlain.
Of the Ajman ; is head of the Naja' section of the Ma'idh and was paramount chief
of the Ajman. He led the opposition to Ibn Sa'ud in 1915 and after the defeat of the
Ajman fled northwards with Khumaiyidh ibn Munaikhir, q.v., and others, and in November
asked Salim ibn Mubarak to grant them peace. Salim referred them to his father and
Dhaidan came to Kuwait and made submission. At Ibn Sa’ud’s request the ‘ Ajman were
expelled from Kuwait territory in February, 1916. About 1,200 of the 2,000 fighting men
went to ‘ Ajaimi, and, with the exception of Khumaiyidh, subsequently joined Ibn Rashid.
F)haidan wrote to the “ Commander of the Turkish Army ” saying that they were at his
disposal. In May Sultan ibn Hithlain, q.v., obtained permission from the Shaikh of Zubair
to settle at Safwan and took most of the ‘Ajman with him, but Dhaidan with some 100
followers remained with Ibn Rashid, acted as his go-between with Kuwait and co-operated
with him in his abortive attack on the Aslam and the Dhafir in July. When Ibn Rashid
went south he rejoined ‘ Ajaimi. In August, 1916, he raided Kuwait territory and carried
off booty from Ibn Sabbah’s tribes. The ‘Ajman at Safwan joined in this raid, but it is
believed that they were out against the Mutair, not against Ibn Sabbah, and the latter’s
camels were subsequently returned. Dhaidan left most of his followers at Safwan and
returned to ‘Ajaimi with a few personal followers.
THE AL HITHLAIN.
From Dhari ibn Tawalah.
Rakan Hazam.
Falih Muhammad Khalid.
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Hazam. Naif Dhaidan.
dhAri al dhAhir.
Shaikh of the Z6ba‘, Fallujah district. Born about 1873. Became Shaikh on the
death of his father, Shaikh Dhahir ibn Shaikh Mahmud in 1901. In appearance is short
and unusually dark, with left eye blind. Was hostile to the British after the occupation
of Baghdad and Fallujah, but came in eventually towards the end of the summer of 1917.
During his hostility his brother Dhira‘ acted for a short time as Shaikh df the Z6ba‘, but
was found entirely unreliable. Dhari was consequently restored to his position as Shaikh
when he came in. Report has it that his influence over his tribe is powerful, but up to the
present this has not been notably apparent. Though his various sections readily recognise
him as their chief Shaikh and hold well together under him, he is not regarded by them as
being particularly straight in his dealings. Apart from this he is intelligent, courteous,
a keen agriculturist, and keeps open house on a generous scale. Is of liberal and anti-
Turk tendencies, and is interested in agricultural machinery. Has a son, Khamis, who
promises well. His usual home is on the south bank of the upper reaches of the Saklawiyah
canal at ‘Abbadi.
dhAri ibn tawAlah.
Paramount Shaikh of the Aslam section of the Shammar, a tribe famous among Arabs
as “ ahl al Tama' ” i.e., famous for their rapacity, but also reputed good fighters. Before
they broke with Ibn Rashid they were reckoned to be his strongest men round Hail.
Dhari has a name for great personal courage. A fine-looking man, he suffers from a broken
arm, the bone of which has never set, so that it can be bent in the middle of the forearm.
The hand has not withered, and he can pull a trigger with the fingers. Said to have received
this wound either in a fight against Ibn Sa'ud two years ago, or in a fight in the Iraq with