"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٥‎٠‎٨] (١٧٨٢/١٦٦٣)

Rebellion of
Shaikh
"h-ftsfta-al-
Khaiyiin
of the Sani
Asad, 1899-
1900.
Turkish raid
on the Al Bu
Muhammad,
1903.
RebellioD of
Sa'dun Pasha
of the Muma-
fik, 1900-05.
1508
The Mufca^arrif of 'A narah would have detained the " Blosse Lvnch "
there, baing uaable to famish her with a guard, but she proceeded on
her way to Basrah without accident; and the " Khalifeh which had
been supplied with a Turkish guard at Basrah, made the ascent to
Baghdad without interference on the part of the tribesmen. On the
Wali of Beghdad proceeding to the spot with troops, either the rebellion
collapsed or its manifestations were transferred to a distance from the
river.
In April 1899 trouble broke out in a new place on the lower Tigris in
the form of depredations committed by Shaikh Hasan -al-Khaiyun of the
Bani Asad tribe, whose followers numbered about 600 men, on the river
between 'Amarah and Qurnah. This chief had formerly received an
allowance from the Turkish Government for the protection of the river
and telegraph from QaFat Salih to Qurnah ; but intrigues by some of the
Muntafik Shaikhs and insubordination on his own part had led to its
forfeiture some years before 1899; and, early in the Waliship of Hamdi
1 <isha at Basrah, he had become a rebel and an outlaw. No settlement
with him could be effected under Hamdi Pasha; but in May 1900, after
the appointment of Muhsin Pasha to Hasrah, he offered his submission,
which appears to have been accepted.
In November 190.3 a serious affair resulted, below ■'Amarah, from a
new allotment of state lands on lease by the Turkish revenue authorities.
Rice lands had been transferred from the Al Bu Muhammad tribe, whose
payments were in arrears, to the ; Azairij, friends of the Bani Lam, and to
t.io Sulakh, and the enforcement of the transfer had been entrusted by
the Mutasairif of Amarah to a military officer, the troops under whose
command, it was said, proceeded to massacre a number of the Al Bu Muham
mad, men, women, and children. The Wali of Basrah visited 'Amarah on
learning of this affair, suspended the Mutasarrif, and restored the trans
ferred lands to the Al Bu Muhammad; and the Bimbashi alleged to be
responsible for the massacre was ordered to be tried by court martial.
In DOG Sa dun Pasha, one of the chiefs of the Muntafik tribe and
nephew of Nasir Pasha, erstwhile Wali of Bisrah, became seriously em-
broiled with the Turkish authorities in consequence of events external to
1 urkish Iiaq. Sa'dun Pasha was at this time a mere professional marau
der rather than a politician.
Bj- a successful foray on adherents of the Shammar Amir of Northern
Najd, as described in the chapter on the history of Kuwait, Sa'dm
Pasha nearly brought about, in the summer of 1900, a serious collisioi