'Who's who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No.22)' [28r] (55/276)
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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Asgharsadeh. —Persian, reported entered Afghanistan with German party.
(5th October 1915).
’Ashir Bey. —(1) A senior officer at Kut, Officer Commanding garrison.
( 1 st September 1915).
( 2 ) (or ’Ashar Bey), one of Khalil’s Staff Officers. (7th
March 1916).
*Asi. —Shaikh of Bani Turuf. His brother killed 3rd March 1915.
Said to have gone to Turks in mid-February 1916 with 45 Bani
Turuf sowars and 90 Mujahidin from Halfayah. Now outlawed
by us.
'Asim Itey.—-Officer Commanding, 121st Regiment. (9th December 1915)*
'Asim Bey. —Officer Commanding, 1 battalion of 141st Regiment at Tai
Pak. (23rd March 1916).
'Askar Khan. —Chief of the Road guards at Kangavar. ( 8 th September
1915.)
'Atif Bey. —(1) Officer Commanding, Gendarmerie Battalion at Baghdad
(July 1914).
(2) Left Pai Tak for Baghdad with Rauf with 300 troops.
(30th September 1915).
’Atiyyah ahu Oalal al-Meshed. —Shaikh in Najaf. Was serving life-
sentence in Baghdad, but was amnestied when war broke out and joined Turks.
About mid-June 1915, however, he appears as a prime mover in the Najaf
revolt, and made himself one of the chief powers in Najaf, a perpetual thorn
in the side of the Turks on that line. Turkish Government in Najaf has been
since June 1915 a farce.
'Atshan al-Na'imah.—~A Shaikh of Al-Shamkhi tribe (Khafajah). “ Came
in ” 4th October 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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- 1 file (136 folios)
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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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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