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'Military Report on Iraq (Area 6 Lower Euphrates)' [196r] (396/452)
The record is made up of One Volume (421 pages). It was created in 1923. 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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pretensions, and had not come down to any reasonable terms when
war broke out. He had precipitately to expedite his departure for
Najd, whence he went into voluntary exile in India. Saiyid Talib'
is a man between 45 and 50, a heavy drinker and addicted to ah the
vices of the East. His constitution has suffered from life-long
indulgence in every form of excess, and his restless energy has
probably to some extent diminished. In spite of innumerable
crimes, he still retains among Muhammadan Arabs—especially
among those who have not been brought into immediate contact
with him—a high religious position as the descendant of a sacred
house, but it is doubtful whether he would carry any weight as a
political reformer except in exceedingly primitive communities. He
has still the support of many of his former adherents in Basrah,
but his reputation among the educated Liberals of Syria could
scarcely bear the test of personal acquaintance. He was permitted
to go to Egypt in 1918, but returned to Basrah with his family in
1920. In the autumn of 1920 was appointed Minister of the In
terior in the provisional ’Iraq Cabinet, but owing to intrigue and
disloyalty to the Civil Administration he was removed from Office
and deported to Ceylon in May 1921.
NASIR AL YASIR.—
Ex-Shaikh of the Hachcham (Muntafiq, Bani Malik, Mujarrah).
Though outlawed, he is still with his section the ’Ujail. The ’Ujail
are the chief ruling house of the Hachcham, Nasir is therefore better
bom than Qasid al Nahi, who is at present (May 1920) the most
prominent man of the tribe.
qAsid al nAhl—
Paramount Shaikh of the Hachcham (Hakkam), a Muntafiq
tribe of the Bani Malik Division, Mujarrah group. He was greatly
attached to Ajaimi in the past. This has handicapped him in his
dealings with us. He has been staunch to us ever since we have
been at Suq, in spite of much intrigue which has gone on around
him. He is a famous fighting man, and led the three revolts against
the Turks which took place in the Suq district. He is married to
the daughter of Muzai’il, Shaikh of the al Hasan, and has great in
fluence over that tribe.' Practically he controls the whole Mujarrah
group of the Bani Malik, and has great influence with the Al Hasan.
A rogue, but a fairly independent and a pleasant one. During
the period leading up to the fall of Kut he was one of the chief
means of preventing open rebellion among the tribes of Suq. Grasp
ing, cunning and shrewd. Friendly during 1920 insurrection.
QATI AL BUTL—
Paramount Shaikh of the ’Azairij tribe (Muntafiq, Ajwad).
Lives within four miles of Nasiriyah. Leader of the Albu Nasir
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This volume was compiled as one of ten military reports to aid British military operations in Iraq published by the General Staff of British Forces in Iraq. It covers Area 6, or Lower Euphrates and contains chapters that cover the history, geography, climate, ethnography, natural resources, as well as the tribal makeup of region. The final chapters are devoted to important personalities, and communications infrastructure.
The volume is particularly detailed given that the area it covers was the site of a major anti-British insurrection in 1920. As such it is particularly detailed on the political and demographic makeup of the region and its people.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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.
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