'Military Report on Iraq. Area 2 (Upper Euphrates)' [‎51r] (106/140)

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ABDUL RAZAK IBN HAMAD AL DHIAB.—A large
landowner, living in Hit town, of much influence with the
people.
ABDUL RAZZAQ AL MUNIR.—Age about 50 ; a native
of Tekrit.
During the Turkish regime he was a lawyer, and at one
time represented Basrah in the Turkish Parliament. Acted
as a Turkish agent during the war and later worked with
Ajaimi. After the occupation of Dair-al-Zor by Ramadhan
Shallash in December, 1919, he was appointed Governor of
Mayadin by Maulud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and eventually became Qaimmaqam
of Albu Kamal.
In June, 1921, hearing of the proclamation of general
amnesty, he came down to Tekrit and wrote to the High
Commissioner, asking to be allowed to return to his home.
ABDUL WAHAB IBN ABDUL HAMID.—Late Rais
Baladiyah of Hadithah, Anah district. Abdul Wahab is
a very pleasing middle-aged man and is acknowledged as the
leading citizen of Hadithah. He owns a lot of property
there, and has considerable business as a merchant. His
reputation for honesty and acuteness is admitted everywhere,
although he is a man who always drives a hard bargain.
During the war he was fined many times for supposed British
sympathies, whereas he actually sat quiet in Hadithah, and
assisted neither us nor the Turks.
ABDULLAH AL MUHAMMAD AL SHAHIR.—The present
Shaikh of the Halabsah section of the Dulaim, cultivating on
the Saqlawiyah Canal, Fallujah district. A young man about
25 years of age, active and energetic, and he has a fairly strong
hold over his section, which he uses to our advantage.
His meanness and fondness of money, however, are notorious
throughout the district and the poor hospitality he offers has
become a byword.
AFT AN IBN SHARQI.—Commonly known as Ibn Sharqi.
Shaikh of the Albu Mahal section of the Dulaim, Anah
district. Aftan is a young man 23 years of age of a pleasing
appearance and polite in his manner. He is literate and,
though he has never been out of his tribal area, he shows a
remarkable grasp of the geography of the country. He has
a very firm hold indeed of his tribe, and so far as one can judge
rules with a certain regard to justice. He succeeded to the
Shaikhship six years ago on the death of his father, and has
successfully beaten all the intrigues of his uncles to displace
him on the grounds of his youth. He owns a certain amount
of land near A1 Qaim, and, as a Badawin Shaikh goes, is fairly