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'ALI IBN EL-HADI, S herif.
Of Sa'dah ; of the important Hadi house. The family is paid
by the Imam to be friendly to himself, and anti-Turk.
'ALI IBN ISMAIL, S herif.
Of Huth; of the 'Abd el-Kerim house of Kaukeban, and son of
an Emir of Kaukeban, La'ah, Shibam, Thalah, and Tamlah, who
died as a prisoner of Mukhtar Pasha. The son moved to Huth. He
leads the Ashraf of Huth in hostility to the Imam.
'ALI IBN ISMA'lL, S eyyid.
Of Dhur'an; of the Yahya ibn Hamza house ; now the Imam's
agent with the local Emir. Formerly exiled to Rhodes for seventeen
years by Ahmed Feizi Pasha.
'ALI NASIR EL-KAMARANI.
Of Mawiyah ; a holy man of much religious influence, and friend
of Sheikh Moh. Nasir Muqbil (q. v.); used by the latter and the
Aden Government as intermediary ; was instrumental in making
an agreement between the Sheikh and Aden in February 1915.
'ALI SATD PASHA.
Commander of the 39th Ottoman Division at Ta'izz, and now
O.C. the expeditionary force in the Aden Hinterland. Formerly
acting commandant at Hodeidah. Has been in great difficulties
in his attempt to blockade Aden, and has summoned tribes, e. g. the
Fadhli, to his help, and then had to expel them again and recall the
arms served out. But has shown himself a stout-hearted soldier,
who was in no way dismayed by the Sherifial Revolt or his own
isolation. Not on good terms with Mahmud Nazim Pasha (q. v.) or
the Imam.
'ALI YAHYA EL-YEMENI, S heikh.
Of Port Sudan ; recommended by Khartoum as a suitable
emissary to the Imam, should occasion arise (December 1914).
BA HAKlM.
Wealthy Hadhrami in business at Hodeidah, and a British
subject. Influential and wealthy ; knows Hodeidah and neighbour
hood well ; shrewd, active, and loyal. Has lost an eye and two
fingers of his right hand. Might be made use of.
BAIRAM BEY.
Appointed Secretary to Mahmud Nazim Pasha, Vali of Y emen,
in August 1913. A Syrian, who maintains good relations with the
natives, but is weak. Formerly Acting Governor of Menakhah.
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