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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [83r] (170/226)
The record is made up of 200p, 18cm. It was created in 1922. 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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ABDULLAH 1BN SAIYID WAHAD, SAIYID.
Is the head of the Tel Afar Baivkls (Shi’ah), the chief
members being besides himself Muttalib, Ali
Sulaiman and Saiyid Riza. Is opposecTAnore par
ticularly to the family of Haji Yunus Agha. A
morose, moody man, who could have great influence.
Continually intriguing against the aghas. Showed
himself friendly towards us and salr'On Municipal
Council. His part in the Tel Afar rising in 1920
is not clear, but he went over the border on our
occupation. His house was destroyed. He made
submission on payment of a light fine. Professes
great loyalty and is vouched for by Mustafa Sirri of
Mosul.
AHMAD AL KHUDAIYIR.
Of Tel Afar district. Shaikh of the Juhaish. Very
old and infirm. In Turkish times frequently in
trouble with the Government owing to the rather
turbulent character of the Juhaish. Until the Tel
Afar coup the Juhaish gave iis' a little trouble, but
certain elements joined with the Sharifian forces,
and Salih, Ahmad al Khudaiyir’s sonj~ was killed
attacking the A.P.O.’s house at Tel Afar, a
sore blow to the old man. He made sub-
mission~ was very slow in fulfilling the terms,
but finally paid up in December, 1920. Much
respected; does not control all the Juhaish,
especially the Ujjan, and the associated Tai sections.
Suffers from chTSnic asthma: had certain influence
in Tel Afar, but is getting too old to do anything
else but invoke the Deity. The Turks sent him
several intriguing letters in December, 1920.
AHMAD AL SENUSSI, SHAIKH.
After his defeat in Western Egypt early in the war,
went to Constantinople. After the war he left on an
alleged journey to Mecca. He made no secret of
his partiality for the cause of the Turkish
Nationalists, and attended the Sivas Conference in
October, 1919. On December 13th, 1920, he was given
a brilliant reception at Angora, and it is reported
that Mustafa Kemal offered him the Califate, which
he refused. Said to have been sent subsequently to
Diarbekr by Mustafa Kemal, who is using him as
the leader of Islamic anti-British propaganda. Has
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This volume was produced for the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq and was published in 1922. It covers the Northern Jazirah area of Iraq which is one of ten areas covered by the volumes produced in the same series. The various chapters of the book cover history, geography, climate, natural resources, ethnography, tribes, and personalities of the Northern Jazirah. The volume also covers the communications and strategic and tactical infrastructure of the area. All of the content is produced with the aim of providing basic military intelligence to forces operating in Iraq at the time.
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- 200p, 18cm
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The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:108v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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