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is sometimes taken in by them, but generally manages to pick out the truth. Nervous
and highly strung. He has given us useful information, and has taken several contracts
for supplying sheep to the Force.
He used to ha\e considerable influence with the Wali, but this appears to be waning.
Whether because of the Wall’s opposition or because the terms of the sheep contracts
were unfavourable, Ezra has not been able recently to fulfil them.
EZRA MIR.
Jewish merchant and member of Majlis al Baladiyah, Oak at Salih. The only Jew in
the town whose word can be considered at all reliable. Has done very useful work on the
Majlis, and is generally respected in the town.
EZRA WADDAN.
A wealthy Jew landholder of Hillah.
FA'AL IBN ‘ASACHIR.
B. Lam. See Kamandar al Fahad.
FAD'An al matrud.
Rais of the Albu ‘Ayish (Muntafiq, Bani Malik, Bani Khaiqan). A quiet, well-meaning
man. Keeps his tribe in fair order.
FADHAL QADIR.
Mamur of Revenue, Nasiriyah ; conscientious, capable, respected and honest.
FADHLULLAH AL SARHAN.
Of Ukhwat Salmah, 30 Bait, Zubaid. Originally Shammar Tdqah stock. Very aged.
All dealings with Government are in the hands of his son Warwar. Fadhlullah is an
authority on Zubaid tribal customs, and spends his time settling inter-tribal and domestic
disputes. Ukhwat Salmah are a very small tribe, but their Shaikh is much respected in
the ‘Aziziyah district.
FAD'US AL ASLIB.
Shaikh of the ‘Araif (Dhafir, Samid). One of Humud ibn Suwait’s best men.
FAHAD AL BATTIKH.
And his brothers ‘Aghal and Kamil. Brothers of Shaikh ‘ Ali of the Mujablah, Shammar
Tdqah, ‘Aziziyah district. None of the three have a savoury reputation, but Fahad is the
worst. Gave much trouble to the Turkish Government as a regular highway robber, and
continued in the same practices after the occupation. The three brothers were arrested
by us on account of the many robberies committed by them, and all claims settled. They
have since been released, and are at present keeping quiet.
FAHAD BEG IBN HADHDHAL.
‘Anizah, paramount Shaikh of the ‘Amarat. Now a very old man, but still has a great
reputation in the desert, though his son, Mi'tab, manages the affairs of the tribe. Came
into Baghdad in June, 1917, and entered into an agreement with us. He receives a subsidy
of £100 per mensem. He is hereditary Oaimmaqam of Razazah, where he has a tapu
estate which was granted to his father.
FAHAD AL HILLAL.
Dulaim, Rammadi district. Until the fall of Hit he was only Ikhtiyar of the Albu
Hillal section of the Albu Nimr. He was recognised by us as Shaikh of the Albu Nimr,
but has shown that he has very little influence with them. He is illiterate, but a good
fighter.
FAHAD IBN KHALIFAH.
See Mushattat ibn Khalifah.
fAlih ibn bunaiyah.
Half brother of Ghadhban al Bunaiyah. Behaved well after our occupation of
‘Amarah and handed over two guns abandoned by the Turks. Lives on the Musharrah
Canal, one hour from ‘Amarah. He was proposed by Mutashshar as one of the combine
of himself and the Bani Lam Shaikhs (Shabib, Hasan and Fahad) against the pro-Ottoman
combine of Zubaid, Sarraj, To'qah, and Bait Jindil in May, 1916. His forces not stated.
He visited the British Consul in disguise as a faqir in 1912, after the Turks had taken
Ghadhban and Juwi prisoners to Baghdad, and offered the allegiance of the B. Lam to
the British. Age about 30. Soft, plausible manner, not of much influence with the tribe.