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% 47. Hashim Daghestani, called Sayyid Hashim.
l0 S A Hejazi, aged perhaps 50 or more, descended from a family of Mutawwifs
iec() % who derived their name from the fact that they looked after the pilgrims from
Daghestan. This was a lucrative business in the good old days, and Sayyid
Hashim was formerly well off. He seems to have lost a great deal during the war
between Ibn Sa'ud and King 'Ali, and has also lost heavily by being loaded up
with now worthless roubles. Was formerly employed in the Awqaf Department,
apparently in King Huseyn's time. Appointed " Chief Revenue Officer " under
% the new regime in January 1926, and was later local Director of Finance in
Sstf Jedda. Ejected from this post and appointed a member of the Inspectorate of
Government Departments in 1930. Has since been employed in various financial
n connexions and hunts in couples with Sheykh 'Abdullah Suleyman, but his real
'^ importance lies in the fact that he is said to have an independent position as a
sort of personal secret service agent of the King, and to correspond with the latter,
when His Majesty is in Nejd, about persons and things ii^ the Hejaz. Is on
intimate terms with the Indian vice-consul, to whom he sometimes supplies
o|),| information. This connexion was of some value during the early stages of the
tiiiti 'Asir revolt of November-December 1932.
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} re ^: 48. Hithlayn Family.
BdjP r People of importance in the 'Ajman tribe, much concerned in the Nejd revolt
:fl tii,- of 1929. Its principal member, Dhaydan ibn Hithlayn, was slain treacherously in
mtoft April of that year. The following other members of the family deserve
stfai, mention:—
(1) Naif ihn Hithlayn (nicknamed Abu '1 Kilab).—Succeeded Dhaydan and
carried on the revolt, but surrendered in January 1930 to the British authorities
'*5" in Kuwait, and was in due course handed over to Ibn Sa'ud. Has since been a
State prisoner at Riyadh, closely confined.
(2) Hdzim ihn Hithlayn also took an active part in the revolt, and was one
of two leaders who in July 1929 visited Kuwait in the hope of enlisting support.
iaitffi wr as fighting together with Naif in October. Eventual fate unknown.
(3) Khdlid ibn Muhammad ihn Hithlayn, described as a " debonair and
lespoE handsome young warrior." Is one of the Mutayr and 'Ajman Sheykhs living in
mo : 'Iraq under King Faisal's protection. Visited Kuwait in 1932 at the time of the
moil Ibn Eifada affair apparently to size up the chances of new anti-Sa'udi action,
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49. Huseyn al 'Awayni.
A young Syrian merchant established in Jedda. An enterprising fellow, who
moii derives some importance from being a friend of Fuad Hamza and Yusuf Yasin
and having connexions in Manchester; notably with another Syrian, 'Abdul-
Ghani Ydlibi, the naturalised British head of a small company there. This
association was close early in 1932, when Ydlibi visited Jedda in order to work
gpjiiU up business and with great ideas of getting concessions of all sorts. They claimed
loolsrf to have important support in Lancashire, and specifically that of the Calico
^1 Printers' Association (Limited). It was understood in 1932 that 'Awayni was
[ I d I ^: leaving Jedda for good, but he returned. His last important appearance was in
0 February or March 1933, when he went to Riyadh on behalf of certain merchants
^rji: to try and dissuade the King from proceeding with the concession to the
ex-Khedive's group for the creation of a National Bank. A man likely to have
.^i ups and downs of fortune, in dealing with whom commercially great care should
• y be used.
0 3' 50. M. Huseyn Nasif.
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0 Ijjjl A well-known Hejazi of Jedda of Egyptian origin. Aged about 50 or more..
Inherited much property from his father, 'Omar Nasif, who was a notable
personage in Turkish times, as well as the agency in Jedda of the Sherifs of the
I 'Abadilah branch. Occupies the largest house in Jedda and was once very
J J, prosperous, but is now probably less so. Was said in 1917 to have lost favour
with King Husevn, who had previously been accustomed to stay with him when
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