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sulAgh ibn quhait.
Albu Muhammad. Related to Falih al Saihud, Muhammad al ‘Araibi and Majid.
About 20 years ago was farmer of Majar al Kabir in partnership with Saihud and later held
Jawwar. He was the sub-farmer of Majid till he went over to the Turks. Served before
the fall of Kut as intermediary between the Turks and the Albu Muhammad Shaikhs.
sulaimAn beg baiyAt.
Kifri district. Second chief of the Baiyat. An uninteresting personage, but has his
section well in hand. Age about 52.
sulaimAn abul khalil, hAji.
A well-known Sunni merchant of Suq, a Najdi, has large commercial dealings with
Najd. He was ‘Ajaimi’s principal contractor, and for some time after our occupation
continued to serve him. He is suspected of being his banker even now (December, 1916).
In consequence of these relations he was for four months under surveillance. Personally a
charming man.
sulaimAn al ‘anbar.
See 'Abdul Latif al ‘Anbar.
sulaimAn faidhL
A native of Mosul. Settled in Basrah, where he pursued the profession of advocate.
He was closely connected with Saiyid Talib, and owing to the influence of the latter was
elected to the Chamber as one of the representatives of Basrah.
A man of no very great ability. A leach and clinger to patrons.
Came to Basrah quite poor. Was employed as Interpreter at the British Consulate
at £1. 1 a month. His position due entirely to his relations with Saiyid Talib. Studied
a little law in Constantinople. With the rest of Basrah was wildly C.U.P. in 1908, and a
member of the Ittihad Committee. Then, with his patron Saiyid Talib, went against
C.U.P. when he found no personal profit in it and joined the Ittilaf Committee. As for
his election to the Chamber, an acute citizen of Basrah observed that Saiyid Talib could
have had a ballam elected if he had wished. Now pursues the calling of tobacco merchant.
sulaimAn ibn musa al faraj.
Of Mandali district. A shaikh of the Bani Lam. He and his brothers Haidar
and Yasin are living as guests of ‘Abdul Hasan of the Hamad. Their lands in Suq Jindil
have been forfeited by the Government.
sulaimAn al nasrullah.
Nasiriyah division. Appointed Mudir of Albu Salih in place of Badr Rumaiyidh,
q.v., in June, 1918.
sulaimAn al sharif.
Head of Bani Zaid, Nasiriyah division. He is unfortunate in having three sectional
chiefs against him, ‘Uwaiyish al Muhaisin (Jabbarah), Sarhan al Sharrad (‘Udhaimiyin).
and Shamkhi al Huwaichim (B. Zaid of the Dachchah).
SULTAN IBN ‘ANBAR, HAjI.
Negro. The Shaikh of Muhammarah’s representative at Qusbah. Age about 72
years. He is well trusted by the Shaikh and other Arabs residing"in that place.
SULTAN IBN HANDHAL, SHAIKH.
v Son of Shaikh Handhal, who was Deputy Governor of Ahwaz, and uncle of Khaz‘al
Khan. Sultan is aged about 21 years. He succeeded his father as Deputy Governor of
m onths when his father died in 1916, and he in turn was succeeded by
aikh Abdul Hamid Khan, the Shaikh s second son. He came to Muhammarah in 1917,
and receives a monthly subsistence allowance of tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 200 from the Shaikh.
SULTAN ibn hithlain.
t Shaikl 3l y fa ? i ! y Aj m f n a l Ma'idh, Naja' sub-section, cousin or nephew
0 j: + jY tj 16 g rou P of Ajman Shaikhs who took refuge in Kuwait territory
after the defeat of the A]man by Ibn Saud in the autumn of 1915. They were expelled
at Ibn Sands request m February, 1916, and Sultan with Dhaidan and others joined
first Ajaimi and then Ibn Rashid. In May Sultan left Ibn Rashid and obtained per
mission to settle at Safwan, taking the Naja‘ and Sifran sections with him; most of the-
remaining A]man followed him there, and he acted as paramount Shaikh of the tribe..