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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [83v] (171/226)
The record is made up of 200p, 18cm. It was created in 1922. 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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152
great influence with Moslems by reason of his
religious authority. In the summer of 1921 Shaikh
al Senussi was in the Mardin district disseminating
propaganda amongst the Jazirah tribes in the
interests of the Turkish Nationalists. He then
moved to the neighbourhood of Urfah. Is said to
have great influence amongst the Kurdish tribes in
Anatolia
Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey.
, hut this appears to be on the wane. At
least his mission of stirring up the border tribes has
been singularly unsuccessful. His agent is Mansur
Beg (q.v.).
AHMAD WIRSHAN.
Of Mosul district. Shaikh of the Malawahah section
of Hadidiyin. Lives and cultivates aiTBatat. Did
not stTCceed in keeping his section quiet“ih June,
1920, but made an honest endeavour to recover as
much as possible of the loot. Wishes to be regarded
as a cultivator and not as a tribal shaikh. Now
farms in the Zummar Nahiyah. Has a feud with the
Juhaish, who stdIWseveraT of his donkeys. No great
following, but has a certain popularity amongst the
Jubur.
AJAIMI
PASHA
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
AL SADUN.
A leading Sadun shaikh, who has been in firm
opposition to us ever since our arrival in this
country. Was heavily subsidized by Preusser and
the Turks on the Euphrates, 1917-1918. YfiTEed Syria
in 1919 in an attempt to be allowed to return.
Attended Sivas Conference in October, 1919. Was at
Mardin most of 1920 and lately has been very active
in attempting with Turkish or Bolshevist funds to
raise a tribal attack against Mosul. Sent his
lieutenant, Abdul Jabbar Hilmi Beg, to Mosul in
April, 1920, with a message to the Civil Commissioner
to negotiate his return. Abdul Jabbar was arrested
and imprisoned in the prisoners of war camp at
Baghdad, from which he escaped very soon after
wards and is now back with Ajaimi. His intelligence
officer was the Naqib of Samarra, who in August,
1921, returned to Iraq, while Ajaimi, who is said to
have quarrelled with his Turkish masters, was stated
to be awaiting news of the Naqib’s reception before
returning to Iraq.
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This volume was produced for the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq and was published in 1922. It covers the Northern Jazirah area of Iraq which is one of ten areas covered by the volumes produced in the same series. The various chapters of the book cover history, geography, climate, natural resources, ethnography, tribes, and personalities of the Northern Jazirah. The volume also covers the communications and strategic and tactical infrastructure of the area. All of the content is produced with the aim of providing basic military intelligence to forces operating in Iraq at the time.
- Extent and format
- 200p, 18cm
- Arrangement
The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:108v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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