'Who's who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No.22)' [24r] (47/276)
The record is made up of 1 file (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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’Ali Sufhi Bey. —Major, Officer Commandiag, l- 6 th Regiment. (18th
March 1916).
’Ali ibn Sulaiman. —A Shaikh of the Dilaim, coming to Baghdad with 200
men for jihad, October 1915.
<£ Allalon” —French Doctor with ’Ajaimi. (27th April 1916).
Alwan. —(1) ibn Saiyid Shaikh of part of the Al-Ibrahim, near
Moroglah, 5 hours above Shinahyah. See (4).
(2) ibn Filaiyah, of Bait Jindil, cousin of Chittab. A Bani
Hasan Shaikh, on pilgrimage to Karbala, June 1915. Was
implicated in looting our mahailas (23rd October 1915).
Was given £T. 200 by the Turks. (29th November 1915)
and was with them near Kut on 12th December 1915. He
was turned out of his lands by us in January 1916, and has
since-been with the Turks. He and the Qaimmaqdm of
Badrah gave Bilasim until 4th May 1916 ” to decide
wffiether he would join the Turks or not. (3rd May 1916).
He was with Subri Bey at Mhairayah on 1st June 1916.
(3) A Kurd, Officer Commanding, a battalion of Muslawis,
arrived at Hillah. (16th February 1916).
«
(4) ibn Sajji Sa’adun, of the Bani Hasan, sworn to resist the
Turks, on the Najaf side. (21st June 1916). [Probably ( 1 )]^
Amanullah Khan. —
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang, Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh’s eldest son, about
30 years, quiet, not interested in politics. No money.
Amin. — (1) Bey, Qaimmaqdm of Najaf. Previously of Kadhimiyah
where he was replaced by Tauflq Bey, the Qaim. of Shatrat-
al-Muntafik. (19th October 1915).
(2) Bey, Miralai, Officer Commanding, 136th Regiment, 45 th
Division, member of military party of Pan-Arabs, ’Antioch.
( 7 th April 1916).
(3) Bey, Major, Officer Commanding, 3-131, afterwards re
numbered 2-105. At Sinn. ( 8 th October 1915). One Amin
Bey with 400 foot and cavalry came to join ’Abd-ul-Rahman
at Jessan on 24th November 1915.
/
(4) Bey, Officer Commanding, 2nd Regiment of artillery. (23rd
March 1916) (2 battalions of 8 th Q. F. field 7 5 guns).
(5) Bey, Major, Chief of Staff, Tigris Army, 28th March 1916.
New read Colonel Kazim Bey. (9th May 1916).
( 6 ) Captain, Officer Commanding, 3-1-105. (August 1915).
(7) Lieutenant, Section Officer, 1st field battery, 2nd battalion,
38th Division. (22nd June 1915).
( 8 ) Telegraph mudir at Baghdad. (16th August 1915).
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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, India, in 1916.
The volume consists of an alphabetical list of individuals issued by the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D'. Each entry includes biographical information relevant to the individual which has been taken from the Branch's files.
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The volume is arranged alphabetically by name of entry in the list.
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Foliation: 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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