"تقرير عسكري حول عربستان (المنطقة رقم ١٣)." [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٦] (٣٦٦/٢٣٧)

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Ghulam Reza Khan .—Chief of the ’ Amla Lurs and lives
at Shush, on the Dizful side, Saifullah Khan, his cousin and
also a chief of the tribe, living on the other side of the fort.
Relationship between the two men is sometimes strained.
The Shaikh of Muhammarah, whose lands they lease, would be
pleased to be rid of them, and there are rumours at the present
time (1923) that the Shaikh has written to Ghulam Reza Khan
asking him to remove his tribe ; the latter, however, is not
expected to acquiesce. Ghulam Reza Khan is said to have
been one of the main causes of the trouble in 1921 with Sadiq
Khan, chief of the Sagwand. Untrustworthy.
Habib, Saiyid .—An influential saiyid of Ahwaz. Though
a friend of the Shaikh of Muhammarah, he is afraid of him
and fails to make use of the power that is his.
Haquli, Rabbi .—A Jew Merchant of Muhammarah, who is
most popular and trustworthy. Age about 55.
Haidar ibn ’AK—Shaikh of A1 Kathir tribe, and in parti
cular of the Bait Karim division. His headquarters used to
be in the Husainabad tract in the neighbourhood of Shush.
A long continued antagonism has existed between him and
Shaikh Farhan al ’Asad of the Bait Sa’ad division, which
reached a climax in 1904, when Haidar was defeated and plun
dered by the latter. On this occasion the Sagwand completed
the work commenced by Farhan, but Haidar made relations
with the Sagwand by marriage and was therefore able to
count on them for a certain amount of assistance. After a
chequered period of misfortune, during which he had to reckon
among his enemies the Sardar-i-Mukarram and the Shaikh
of Muhammarah, he re-established his fortunes in 1908. In
that year with the aid of the Sagwand and the moral support
of the Shaikh of Muhammarah he thoroughly defeated Shaikh
Farhan, and. regained the support of his own tribe, which had
largely deserted his cause.
During the war there is no doubt that the attitude of Haidar
and Farhan influenced that of all tribes of Northern ’Arabistan.
In the early part of 1915 Haidar joined Shaikh Ghadhban
against the Shaikh of Muhammarah. In June 1916 he made
friendly overtures to the Shaikh, but was not met half way,
and in August he was attacked by our troops and his camp
burnt; he himself, however, managed to escape to the Pusht-i-
Kuh. On July 31st, 1917 he returned at the invitation of the