'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [‎192r] (383/474)

business
14 . AJLMaij.
Fahad and his brothers spend much of their time in
Iraq and have interests in Karachi# They have probably been
interested in Gold smuggling#
15# Hamad as Sumeit, ik-ed 69.
be was Clerk and general factotum to
t-.e late Shaikh Ali bin Knalifah idien he and the present
Ruler were wandering in the desert during the days of Mubarak,
Jabir f and Salim. He is an old friend or His Hi^iness and one of
his circle of close acquaintances.
16.
Hail Ismail Marafi. A^ad 67,
x, i * n Owner of date gardens in Iran he is in better condition
than his brother and lias the same sympathies.
17 .
Izzat Jaffer Bffendi. Aged 30^
. x i ,^be Social Secretary to the Ruler. Bom in Egypt and
educated in Syria he is an interesting character who has a special
record in this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Office,
16. JAflim A1 Yacub, A^ad ^ .
_ . , o He was at one time a close and probably undesirable
friend of the Ruler. He was in charge of the Palace and the
Shaikh’s private affairs but some little time ago he conriitted
an indescretion while on the pilgrimage escorting certain ladies
of tne Subah family. It seems he described Shaikh Hamood bin
Jabir as Subah’s wife as a slave when asked for information
about the lady by Bin Saud. Shaikh Hamood was enraged and
whtfcatcned to kill Jasim who took himself off to Iraq and lives
on his date gardens in tiie Basrah Liwah, It is almost certain
that he is anti-British.
19. Saivid Jawad. Aired £0.
#
Me is the Qadhi of the Shias and is much revered both
here and in Iraq and Iran. He has a hold on his flock that many
clergy of other denominations dream of and he guides them well
according to his lights. He is a supporter of the Ruler arid his
sympathiee are pro-British in partioul&r since the occupation
of Iran when he received most courteous treatment from British
Officers in Iran where he was at the time on a religious mission.
20. ALMLftifa.
Two brothers the elder of whom is the Chevrolet Agent
and the younger the Executive Authority on the Municipality. They
are a queer pair and have no political power and though they are
said to be anti-British they have shown signs of being quite the
reverse. ~
21. Shalid A 1 ifaifi,
A man of some fifty two years of age with gardens in
Iraq and numerous sons. He is a general merchant of a some what
mean disposition and reputed to be pro-British in his politics.
22. Al iferzooki
One of the more important Kuwait families. Mohanmad and
Ms brother Faliad both live in Karachi and do business there. The
former is a very near sighted man who has never been involved in
smuggling/