File 287/1917 'Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians' [‎129v] (271/324)

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Jiaj. He is an Indian whose family migrated several generations ago.
Nothing futher known of him.
(w) Ahmad Baksh, Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. of Saiyid Murtaza No. (^).—Housed M. Khalil
Ahmad at Jeddah on landing and was visited very frequently by
M. Khalil Ahmad when the latter was waiting for his return boat at
Jeddah (? August 1916).
{Hi) Shaikh Abullah Zainab.— J Shaikh Abdullah Zainab is Turner
(w) Husain, a relation of (m).— i Morrison’s agent at Jeddah. M.
(v) Yusuf, a relation of (Hi).— ) Khalil Ahmad went to see these
persons while in the Hedjaz and travelled back to India with one of
the family ; aged about 20—22, name unknown. We know nothing
of this family.
(vi) Habibullah Ghazi, son of Kuh Ullah, of Kakori, Lucknow.—This man
went to the Hedjaz in the previous year, 1914, and attached himself
to the Maulvi’s parties on their journey from Mecca to Medina.
He was known as Ghazi as he gave out that he had fought in the
Turkish Army in the Balkan War. He tried to get enlisted in the
Turkish Army on this occasion at Medina, but failing built a house
there and persuaded the Maulvis Khalil Ahmad and Mahmud Hasan
to open it as a school. He afterwards left Medina and went towards
Syria with the object of joining the Turkish Army. Said to be
very fanatical. Mentioned in the “ Silk Letters.”
(vii) Abdullah, sweet-seller in Mecca.—An entertainment was given at this
man’s shop by his relation who has a dirzi’s shop near the Madrasa
Saulatya in Mecca to M. Khalil Ahmad’s and M. Mahmud Hasan’s
parties. We know nothing of Abdulla or of his relative the dirzi,
but it is possible that they are Indians and are perhaps utilized by
the conspirators.
(viii) Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Azizuddin.—^-employee of Messrs. Turner Morrison and
Co., settled and married'in Mecca. This man gave a dinner in honour
of the Maulvis’ parties. He afterwards helped to arrange a meeting
between the conspirators and Ghalib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Wali of Hedjaz. We
know nothing further about this man, but he seems important.
(ix) Safdar Husain or Haidar Husain, a rosary-dealer in Mecca.—This
man wuth No. (viii) above arranged the meeting of the conspira
tors with Ghalib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Wali of Hedjaz. He afterwards brought the
firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). from Ghalib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to the conspirators. We know nothing
further about this man, but he seems an important conspirator.
(x) Hurmatullah, son of Wali Ullah, of Odessa, or Kazan, Russian Turk-
istan.—Was a student at the Deobard College, United Provinces, in
1910 and an associate there of some of the conspirators in the present
case. Hurmatullah went to the Pledjaz a year or two earlier than
M. Mahmud Hasan and Khalil Ahmad, but joined up with them
there. He is presumably a member of the conspiracy, as he is
mentioned in the Silk Letters. He is probably still in the Hedjaz.
(xi) Ahmad Jan of Russian Turkistan.—Was at the Deoband College with
Hurmatullah [No. (x) above] with whom he lived, All the remarks
regarding Hurmatullah apply equally to Ahmad Jan.
(xii) Muhammad Kasim, particulars unknown.—Was recently sent from
India to the Hedjaz to take messages or money to M. Mahmud
Hasan. He may have left India about September 10th, 1916.
This'man may simply have been utilized by the conspirators without
being involved. It is not certain that he actually set out.
(xiii) Muhammad Masud or Masud Husain, son of Mazhar Husain, of
Deoband, Saharanpur, United Provinces.—This man left Bombay
for Jeddah on or about 10th September 1916. He was carrying a
sum of money and messages to M. Mahmud Hasan. Has recently
returned to India and has admitted taking money and messages from
the conspirators in India to M. Mahmud Hasan.
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