'Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No. 10)' [84r] (172/280)
The record is made up of 1 volume (136 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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Muhalhil al-Kankun.—Ol the Al-’Uwai^id section of the Khafajah.
Muhummad—iX) “Prince,” (Poet?). Jihad mission received £T.- 10,000
from Germans in Constantinople. (28th May 1915).
(2) Bey, Officer Commanding, 3,000 Turks and 5 moun
tain guns at Musaiyib on 13th April 1916, said to
be going to Diwanieh; one of this name and Habib Bey
with 2 Syrian battalions and 3 guns arrived at Hillah
from direction of Musaiyib about illth February
1916. Still at Hillah 1st March 1916. \_Cf. (4)
(?)]
(3) Bey, ’Ajaimi’s Secretary.
(4) Bey, Officer Commanding, at Botah with 600 men,
1 gun. (May 1915.) [C/ (2)?].
(5) Beg, Officer Commanding, l-141st. (5th August 1915.)
More probably Mahmud Beg, q. v.
( 6 ) Bey, not a regular officer, Captain, with Yusuf at
Nafisah, at Jessan and 3,000 tribesmen. ( 6 th Decem
ber 1915).
(7) Bffendi, Captain, Officer Commanding, 1-I05th. (13th
August 1915.) But see Iso. (10) and cf. Ali Effendi
and Hasan Tahsin.
( 8 ) Effendi, Captain, Officer Commanding, 700 cavalry and
3 machine guns at Badrah, November 1915, these
troops having come from Hillah about July 1915
( 9 ) , Captain, Officer Commanding, 2-2-104th. (14th October
1915).
(10) Effendi, Lieutenant in 3-105th in early April 1916.
(11) Effendi, Officer Commanding, l-103rd. (5th August 1915).
(12) P. Bey, Officer Commanding, 2-44th of 51st Division
of XVIIIth Army Corps ? (Persia).
(13) Ejffendi, Captain, Officer Commanding, 4-lst of 2nd
Division (wounded, Captain Shakir acting).
Muhammad ibn Abd-ul-Bahman .—Came with hiajdis to help Ibn Saud.
(20th September 1915).
Muhammad Agha .—Officer Commmanding, reported at Hai with 500
soldiers. (February 1916).
Muhammad al-Ajairib .—A Shaikh of Juwaibir, Unconfirmed report that
he expelled Turkish Mudtr from Khidhr. (5th May 1916).
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The volume is Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India . The volume is marked confidential and was printed in Delhi by Superintendent Government Printing in 1916.
The volume the is an abbreviated edition and consists of an alphabetical list of the 'more important persons' occurring in the files of the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' between December 1914 and August 1916. It was compiled and issued by the Intelligence Branch itself. The list is mostly individuals, but includes some families.
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The volume is arranged alphabetically by name of entry in the list.
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; 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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