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'Military Report on Iraq (Area 6 Lower Euphrates)' [12r] (28/452)
The record is made up of One Volume (421 pages). It was created in 1923. 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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History of the Muntafiq, Confederation and the
Sa'dun Family.
1. The Muntajiq Confederation.—Tho Muntafiq Confederation is a
powerful tribal league which occupies an area on the Euphrates from
Darraji to Chabaish extending as far North as Hai town on the
Gharraf.
At the present day (May 1920) the link between the various units
of the league is slender; it being no more than a common recognition
of the now nominal paramount authority of the Sa’dun.
The Sa’dun are the ruling family of the Muntafiq and are
descended from Mani. one of the Sharifs of Mecca, who, in about
1600 A.D., fled to the Euphrates to escape the consequences of a
feud.
Mani married a daughter of the ruling family of the Bani Malik
and had a son from her named Shafcib.
The Bani Malik were attacked and heavily defeated by the Ajwad,
Mani himself being killed. The Bani Malik made their escape into
Najd, and took Shabib with them since he was the grandson of their
own shaikh.
After an exile of 3 years the Bani Malik, reinforced from Central
Arabia led by Shabib, fell upon and almost exterminated the Ajwad
who were encamped at Safwan.
A few men and a total of forty women are said to have been all
that were spared.
Shabib thus, by virtue of his military powers, became leader of the
Bani Malik and over-lord of the Ajwad, this combination becoming so
powerful that it was joined by the Bani Sa’id, a tribe of the Jazir&h.
These three divisions formed, and still form the Mnntafiq league.
. 2. The Sa’dun Familt/.—The Sa’dun, or the titular ruling family
of the Muntafiq are Sunnis; the tribesmen of the Muntafiq are (with
very few exceptions which are noted in the tribal lists) Shiahs.
Although the sedentary and “Donkey Bedouin” tribes of Meso
potamia are, for the most part, of good Arab stock and can claim
descent from the best old blood of Arabia, they have lost caste by
settling down and becoming Shiahs. They are now despised by the
genuine Bedouin who will not inter-marry with them.
The Sa’dun, though they have lived in Lower Mesopotamia since
the 16th century, are in a separate category. Descended from the
family of the Sharif of Mecca, Sunni to this day, and Bedouin in
their manner of life they are accepted as equals by the pure Arabs
of Arabia.
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This volume was compiled as one of ten military reports to aid British military operations in Iraq published by the General Staff of British Forces in Iraq. It covers Area 6, or Lower Euphrates and contains chapters that cover the history, geography, climate, ethnography, natural resources, as well as the tribal makeup of region. The final chapters are devoted to important personalities, and communications infrastructure.
The volume is particularly detailed given that the area it covers was the site of a major anti-British insurrection in 1920. As such it is particularly detailed on the political and demographic makeup of the region and its people.
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- One Volume (421 pages)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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