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AHMAD IBN ‘ALI AL MUHAMMAD RIDHA, SHAIKH.
Of Najaf. See ‘Ali al Muhammad Ridha.
AHMAD AL SAIYID ‘AMRAN AL MUOOTAR.
Of Shinafiyah, settled there for the last five generations, a relative of Saiyid Hadi, q.v.
AHMAD EFFENDI HAjI BANDAR.
Was Rais Baladiyah of Ba'qubah at the time of the fall of Ba'qubah in March, 1917.
Asked to be relieved of the appointment, and as he was quite useless to us the request
was granted. Said to have been very friendly with Ahmad Faiq, Beg, the late
Qaimmaqam.
AHMAD BEHBEHANI, SAIYID.
Of Najaf. A well known royalist Mujtahid of Tehran, dismissed by the Constitu
tionalists. Very openly pro-British but probably mad.
AHMAD SHAIKH DAUD
Of Bait Shaikh Daud, a cultured family of Windiyah, Daltawah district, employed in
the Waqf Department.
AHMAD GURDAH.
Sarkal of Jadidat al 'Amyah, Daltawah district. Good cultivator, but fearful liar.
He belongs to the Albu Haiyaza' tribe (‘Ubaid).
AHMAD HAMDI EFFENDI.
Qadhi of Kirkuk and President of the Peace Court ; shortly to become Judge of the
Shar'ah Court. Held various posts as Qadhi in Kurdistan previously. Very energetic,
apparently honest, transacts much business, generally respected. Not in touch with the
European world, but in complete revolt against the many faults, of Turkish rule. An
elaborate conversationalist. Age about 57. Probably a Kurd.
AHMAD IBN jABIR AL SABBAH.
Of Kuwait. His uncle, Shaikh Salim, has made him second in command ; sits in
his father’s place in the market, and does a good deal of official business.
AHMAD IBN MULLA KHUDHAIR.
Of Mushairiyah, Daltawah district. Well spoken of.
AHMAD LUCKNAWI, SAIYID.
One of the Mujtahid distributors of the Oudh Bequest at Karbala. A man of some
ability, said to have earned a reputation at Karbala for generosity. He was induced to
proceed to Baghdad with ‘Abdur Rabb, q.v., after war broke out, not suspecting any
intrigue, but could not be persuaded by the Wall to preach the Jihad in Persia, and
returned to Karbala.
AHMAD AL MUSTAFA.
Of ‘Amarah. Arrested by order of G.H.Q., January, 1918.
AHMAD IBN RASHID.
One of the rival headmen of Dair, Qurnah division. He joined the Turks in the
beginning of the war, as did all the other inhabitants of the banks of the Shatt al ‘Arab,
having no other alternative. He is head of the Oannas section of the ‘Amarah, these last
being an offshoot of the tribe of the same name, a constituent of the B. Rabi'ah. Ahmad
ibn Rashid was set up as Shaikh by the Turks on the deposition of Hachim al Sa'ad, the
head of another rival clan in Dair. The two individuals were bitter rivals, and their
enmity to one another was a constant source of trouble. Finally, a Mudir was appointed
to Dair, and the two shaikhs were exiled to Basrah until they had made up their quarrel,
when they were allowed to return to their lands at Dair.
AHMAD AGHA IBN SAIYID RUSTAM, SAIYID.
Uncle of the present Naqib of Mandali, and a large landowner.
AHMAD AL SALIH.
Of Jadidat al Shatt, Daltawah district. Hospitable and polite, but not quite to be
trusted. Lies a good deal.