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SA'DUN IBN HAJI MUHAMMAD.
Of the Fuhud (Muntafiq, Bani Malik, Bani Khaqan). Appointed Mudir of the Ham-
mar Lake Shabanahs in October, 1916, in succession to Mahi al Khaiyun. A strong
personality.
SA'DUN AL RASAN.
Shaikh of Al Hamad ('Aqrah), Diwaniyah district. A crafty and unscrupulous
person. Incapable of speaking the truth. Notorious bad character, often punished by the
Turks. Had to be similarly dealt with early in 1918. Has considerably improved, but
needs constant attention. An inveterate intriguer and disturber of the peace, with a long
standing feud with Sha'lan al ‘Atiyah of the Shabbanah.
sAfi, bait.
Of Najaf. Students whose activities should be watched.
SAHAN AL SHA'LAN.
Khaza'il. He is the Shaikh of the nomadic sections, but will take to cultivation, if there
is sufficient water in the Hillah branch of the Euphrates. A fine type of nomad chief.
We first entered into relations with him in June, 1916, when all the leading Khaza'il shaikhs
communicated with Sir Percy Cox.
SAHAR IBN HUSAIN.
Albu Darraj. Uncle of Mutashshar. Given by us a third share in the Albu Darraj
estates with Mutashshar and Shia'ibn Fa'al. In the early part of 1916 he intrigued con
stantly against Mutashshar and was therefore evicted. His share was given to Mutashshar.
SA'ID AGHA.
Kirkuk district, Kurd. Present Rais Baladiyah of Altun Keupri, cousin of Hasan
Agha, (q.v.). Not wealthy or specially competent, but trusted. Age about 50.
SA'ID EFFENDI.
A former Government contractor at Samarra. Chiefly remarkable for his capacity
for absorbing alcoholic beverages and his high charges.
SA'ID AL ‘ADWAN.
Head of a small section of Shammar. Very friendly towards us. Is looked up to in
the Balad Ruz district.
SATD AL SAIYID HUSAIN, SAIYID.
Of Najaf, Buraq Quarter. Zuqurt, of the family of Saiyid Salman. A bad hat.
SA'ID AL SAIYID HUSAIN SAIYID.
Of Najaf, Buraq Quarter. Shumurt. He did excellent work in the blockade when he
surrendered almost all the prominent persons. His cousin Muhsin ibn Najm also did well.
SA'ID IBN KHALIL.
Mukhtar of Rayah, Ba'qubah district ; no authority, but as the village is tiny it
does not matter.
SAIHUD, FALIH IBN.
Of the Albu Muhammad, harms the Muqata'ahs of Hafirah, Kasrah and Jamshah
opposite Qahat Salih. Considers he has a good hereditary claim to the headship of the
Albu Muhammad as his father was recognized as paramount by the Turks. In his youth
he was held a prisoner by the Turks first in Constantinople and then at Uskub. His father
held Majar al Kabir for many years, but Falih was exiled immediately after his father’s
death, owing to the accumulation of arrears which he was unable to pay. Before this he
had taken a prominent part in the great fight between Saihud and Ghadhban, while his
brother Abdul Karim (d. 1917), in order to attract attention to the family grievances, fired
on river steamers and held up all river traffic. Falih spent from 1911 to 1912 in exile in
Huwaizah and was finally put into his present Muqata'ah with a promise from the Turks
that he should get Majar al Kabir at the end of Majid al Khalifah’s lease. Falih controls
1,500 rifles or more ; he brought 550 infantry and 60 horsemen to join the Turks at Basrah
in November, 1914, and was anxious to obtain a Turkish medal. After the battle of
Qurnah his tribesmen quarrelled with the Turks. He was imprisoned for refusing to fight,
but was released in March. He made submission to us on our occupation of ‘Amarah.
Consideiing the size of his district and the fact that thirty miles of railway and road run