File 301/1921 'MESOPOTAMIA: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS' [‎110v] (231/586)

The ‘ Aqrah company has made very satisfactory progress, a fact which lias an cyppIi
effect on public security and confidence in Government. Client
28.a. The new Levy scheme was inaugurated during the month, comprising
Kurds and Arabs. Arabs and Kurds will be offered Rs. 45 per mensem and ratiom \*i
Rs. 25 an4 rations for themselves and their families. ’ ssyrians
The enlistment of Assyrians was delayed by the uncertainty as to their future and th ■
that they would not enlist as long as the Refugee Gamp was open, nevertheless bv Mav IQ
had taken service, together with 150 Arabs. The Assyrians are being formed into tin ™
one for Aqrah, the other for Dohuk, and the Arabs into a squadron for Tall ‘Afar It i
that the number of fully equiped and partly trained Assyrians placed in Dohuk' and ‘E
during May will be sufficient to allow all regular troops to be withdrawn by Mav ‘>,1 rf
probabie that Zakho will not be taken over before the middle of July or Tall ‘Afar w ‘
middle of September, and all such forecasts must be considered liable to be hpset bv anv m
favourable change m the trend of relations with Turkey. ^ any U11 ‘
29. Troops are being withdrawn immediately from Bazian and will speedily be reduced
a minimum m Chamchamal. Their removal will mean that Levies in Sulaimani must be it
creased by two companies. M De ll] '
dO. Arbil will also be evacuated at once but a moveable column will be retained at Kirkuk
so rhat Arbil can be visited when necessary. 1
™ .J L ^° me ^ ^ arwari Assyrians have been successfully repatriated. Rashid Be- cleared
certain villages for them and signed an undertaking with regard to them. (See Appendix 1 ’
There is still ample room for more settlers in Barwar. appendix 1.,
, ^ 2 - A f' ha Petros had made proposals in March for leading bach the 6 mountaineer
"•ho follow him (see No. 12, para. 32), but these were rejected on the ground of Ws faUuTS
unsatisfactory attitude in eoinieetion with his last attempt in the autumn of 1920 when he
caused ^Justifiable damage to friendly Kurds. He was forbidden on May 7 to return f™
Baghdad to Mosul. The sudden death of his brother Agha Mirza is reerettahlp t o
honest man and a better soldier than Agha Petros. regrettable: he was a more
33. The effects of the depredations committed by the Refue-ees last o+-n t u
m Nerva. The headmen of the district bought off the Tiari and Tkhuma with a sum mi 1 +
to colT ftl O,0 ° () Whl 1 ch t £ ey . eitIl ® r borrowe d or paid up themselves. They are now attempting
to collect the money locally m order to. pay back what they borrowed and recoup themselvrf
with a resulting unrest in the district. recoup themselves,
results: eleCti ° n haS 1,66,1 ‘ aken am ° Ug the Refugees in the camp with the folllowing
Iii the case of the Urumians 1543 families out of 1609 wiVh tn
mg the Government grant, and look after themselves, the professed intention of^most^o/Tbern
1 he remaining 66 families wish to be given land in the Mosul Wilayet.
there. The remaining Dvo-thirds^ 1 r" 1 'T ^ lect ® d to =° to Parwar and settle
They wish to take the money-rant all otfprl t , 1 11 A ^ ba Petros, refuse all settlement,
account. 7 gldnt allotted to the mountaineers and leave the camp on their own
not exceeding £200,000 for thTmomiLineerTand 6 whatov 11 t l lie eai ‘ 1]e ‘ st |,<)ssiljle date » at a cost
requirements of the Urmians. The Divisional • f! evei ' loss sum can be made to meet the
disposal. The grant sanctioned by His Males tv’s TWr resp ®“ sibla for the rale and method of
intended chiefly as an inducement to thom V T ^P^iont for the mountaineer sections was
camp, the salaries of oS™ »T Jm^*l^ y . 8 , n V OU 5. the Levie8 - . The «* tkt
allottsed, together with a 6 months’subsistence nllnw: ° v u rc l? are to be found out of the sum
wdl be distributed among those who elect to star 7n ?h! f ^ “T y 88 f V >m June L The balance
conditions and will thus be a bonus to those who’settle a ” a " r,c ' uUural ,0 an ™der easy
mountaineers,^while e^Jd^rtd^sfun/’ 1 !!^ treated on the 8ame basis as the
own responsibility, against the considered advice’of tlm HiMfr""’” arrangements and on their
Hamawand as a result of whTch ’ff is^oped thatThp 16 ^ mation of a tribal council among the
" ihe council is to give the leaders of the v-u-in 'y v ., U ! | eventually settle down. The object
their sections, the Council holding each member wsoon^u T* 1 ?® re P resente . d anti lority over
Certain members of the Conneil will aeeorn ph n v e ' sponsl )b - tor the good behaviour of his section,
revenue trouble. The Council will give tempor‘rrv*v/^- ^Pmators, which should put an end to
m the tribe. It will meet under the presidencv^vF +1 C1 ? 101 ? s ln settlement of land disputes with-
members will be paid officials. ' } f the Assistan t Political Officer. Some of the
behalf qf fugitive shaiklm^vvhoTook' 1 part' in^Shaikh^M i h E 1 ’ ^ ob j eet being to intercede on
to return on condition that they live in Sulaimani f d lmild s rising. Three have been allowed
them return they must be tried in the ordinal a year | tW0 more have been told that
-•adah family last autumn. It is thought that fhov co - 1 ? 1 rse ( , ,r the murder of one of the Beg
would have an excellent effect on the Auraman border'^ probabl - y ^ ive themselves up, which
38. The administration of Sulaimapi T,i^oU i
completed and shows a slight increase over last veal- 01 n ' s 1 l | noo t b ly- The Kodah count has been
Oilier outstanding revenue is small. * Collections are proceeding satisfactorily.