"الشخصيات الهامة في بلاد الرافدين، هيئة الأركان العامة، الهند (الرقم التسلسلي ٢٢)" [و‎‎١‎١‎٤] (٢٧٦/٢٢٧)

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Sami. ( 1 ) Sabit Bey, Cavalry Brigade Commandant, Colonel, 38,
young, gav, c'ever, German trained, daring, brave, popular
with a 1 ! ranks, a Damascus Arab. (i2th April 1916).
( 2 ) Bey, Subhi’s Staff Officer, (before capture of Basrah).
(3; Pasha, Officer Commanding Baghdad, January 1915.
(4) Effendi, Major at Khamisiyah. (13th March 1915).
(5) Captain, Staff Officer to Khalil about 19th February 1916.
( 6 ) Lieutenant, Officiating Officer Commanding, l-l-61h, for
Captain Usman, Spring 1916.
Samsam-ul-Mamalik .—Came on 6 th September 1915 to the Persian Gov
ernment to complain because Rauf had burnt his pastures.
Samsam-ul-Sultaneh .—The second of two senior Khans living in Tehran ;
has fallen unner German influence. (12th August 3 915).
Sandherr, Kerr .—Employed in German Embassy, Tehran,
Sarai .—Of Babi’ab, reported helping to form an anti-British league. (24th
March 1916).
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Sardar Ashja .—Late Governor of Isfahan, deposed or resigned, and gone
apparently to Shiraz. He is a Bakhtiari who has behaved extremely badly,
and countenanced the confiscation of the Imperial Bank of Persia by the
gendarmerie. (3rd March 1916).
Sardar-i-Asad.—Kajji ’ Ali Quli Khan .—Born about 1860 and acknow-
# ledged the cleverest of the Bakhtiari Khans. Reported in March 1915 to be
blind. Now virtually a hostage to the Persian Government (15th September
1915) ; has been playing a double game (iOth August 1915). His son is Amir
Jang.
Sardar Bahadui'.—Ja?afar Quli Khan Born about 3 882. Late Ilbegi.
Took part in onerations against Sardar-i-Arshad, and against Salar-ul-Dauleh
both in 1911 A rival of Sardar-i-Jang. Now pro-German (brd December
1915) at Kirman on 30th January 19i6 to help Germans.
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