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'ALI IBN 'ABDULLAH, S heikh.
Chief of the Beni 'Ali, a Shiah clan of the 'Auf. Is at perpetual
odds with the Government, and his tribesmen cut the roads and
rob caravans. About 70. A trader.
'ALI IBN 'ABDULLAH, S herif.
Emir of the Juheinah. Resides at Yambo' el-Bahr. Related
to the Emir of Mecca, and his partisan. Left in independent
control of the tribesmen by the Ottoman Government, whose
authority he acknowledged up to 1914; then superseded, at
Ottoman instance, by Mohammed 'Ali el-Bedawi (q.v.). But
when the Emir of Mecca got the upper hand in June 1916, 'Ali
returned from Suakin. He expelled Von Stotzingen and Neufeld
from Yambo', and led the Sherif's forces sent up from Jiddah, to
which the Turkish garrison surrendered late in July.
'ALI LATlFAH.
Of Jiddah. Of Syrian origin. Town Councillor ; meddlesome,
obstinate. Large grain merchant. About 65.
'ALI SHARKASI, S heikh.
Of Mecca. Member of the Emir's Legislative Council, repre
senting the secular element.
'AMAN EL-MUQADDAM, S heikh.
Of Yambo'. Recommended as likely to favour us and be useful
(July 1915). Pro-Sherif.
ANWAR ESHJI.
Of Medina. Of a Turkish family long domiciled there. Ra'is
el-Belediyah.
ASAD DHAN IBN AHMED, S heikh.
Of Mecca. A favourite Councillor of the Emir. A man of
medium height and pale round face, with dark eyes and white
beard. About 60.
'ATAS HADHRAMI.
Of Jiddah. One of the chief 'ulema and a merchant, owning
dhows and trading in grain with Midi. Age about 40. Pro-Sherif
and anti-Turk.
'AWAD SALlMI, S heikh.
Chief of the Rahalah section of the B. Salim (Harb). Lives
between Medina and Bir Raha. Age about 60. An active opponent
of the Turks, in alliance with the Huwafah, 'Useidi and Beni 'Ali.
Popular.
BA LA RAJ.
Of Lith. The chief merchant and contractor to Government
for all military supplies.