"الشخصيات. العراق (باستثناء بغداد والكاظمين)، ١٩١٩" [و‎‎٥‎٤] (٣١٨/١١٢)

HUMAIDI AL FARHAN.
Shammar Jarba‘. In active co-operation with the lurks during the whole of the
War. A man of about 45, fine presence and generally accounted to be the best educated
and most civilized of the Jarba‘ shaikhs. He was the Turkish candidate for the position
of paramount chief immediately before the War. He was in Mosul when we occupied the
town, and was made by us responsible for certain sections of the Shammar tribe.
HUMAIYID AL SAIYID SUFUQ.
Nafafshah tribe, 100 Bait, shares with Tarfah the headship of the Shammar Tdqah,
‘Azizlyah district. Was formerly regarded as the paramount Shaikh, but lost a good
deal of his influence by staying out after the Shammar Tdqah had settled down to cultiva
tion on the river bank. Has not the same personality as Tarfah or Challub, and does
not exercise the same influence over his sections as the former two. He is pleasant
and obliging, but unable to enforce proper discipline.
HUMUD BAHICH, SAIYID.
Of Hillah. A much respected family. Wealthy.
HUMUD IBN KHALlFAH.
See Mushattat ibn Khalifah.
HUMUD IBN SUWAIT.
Paramount Shaikh of the Dhafir, 1,500 fighting men. A man of about 45, good
Badu type, intelligent, and reckoned among the tribes a fairly good politician. He is
personally on terms of friendship with Ibn Rashid and at enmity with ‘Ajaimi ibn
Sa'dun. With Sharshab ibn Shaham of the Budur and Manshad ibn Hubaiyib of the
Ghazzi he formed a combine against ‘Ajaimi in our interest in the early part of 1915.
But his authority over his own tribe is not complete and a sub-tribe of the Samid section
were with ‘Ajaimi, as well as a sub-tribe of the Budur section, the Sa'id. These last,
however, came in to Humud when ‘Ajaimi fled before an attack in March, 1916. ‘Ajaimi,
with a small following of ‘Ajman and Shammar (Ibn ‘Ajil and some 20 horse), raided
the combined encampment of Humud and Sharshab near Qasr al Shaqrah in March,
1916. The two shaikhs sent envoys to Basrah asking for our assistance and were given
a couple of hundred rifles, together with some ammunition and provisions and money.
They promised in return to protect our supply depot at Khamisiyah and to keep ‘Ajaimi
out of the occupied territory. With this assistance they were able to repulse him.
In April, 1916, Humud was given authority to grant or refuse passage to all
caravans coming in to Khamisiyah from the desert. There is a great deal of jealousy
between him and Ibrahim al ‘Abdullah, Shaikh of Zubair. Towards the end of April,
1916, Humud raided in the Shamiyah a body of Dhafir who had attached themselves to
Zubair and were numbered by Ibrahim among his own people. Visited Ibn Rashid in
June, 1916, when the latter was at Chabdah, but returned to his camp near Khamisiyah
and joined Ibn Tawalah in an attack on the Amir. Humud is grasping and avaricious,
unpopular with his own tribe.
HUMUDI PASHA AL MALLAK.
Of Basrah. Of good family, but quarrelled with his relations and took service as a
Ballam with the Mudir of Abul Khasib, Haji Najm. He married the widow of the
Turkish Mir Bahr who brought him considerable estates. He is now one of the richest
men in Basrah, though he lost a good deal of money by standing surety for the Albu
Muhammad Shaikhs. A Turkish Wali, Hamdi Pasha, borrowed £ T. 1,000 from him
and gave him in exchange a Suq in Basrah (Suq al Humudi) which was said to be worth
/ T.20,000. He was Rais al Baladiyah of ‘Ashar. Turkish in sympathy. He went
with the Turks to Kut al Zain at the beginning of the war, and provided them with much
money. Fled to ‘Amarah with Jawid Pasha, but subsequently returned to Basrah.
A Shi'ah ; had very great influence over the lower classes, with whom he has been so
closely associated, and was, therefore, a man of importance. Ignorant, debauched, drinks.
HUNAIN IBN HANNUN.
Paramount chief of the Zaiyad, Shamiyah division. Cultivates on both sides
of the Shamiyah channel near the Bazaiz of the Ghammas. His tribe, like the Ibrahim,
is a purely riverain stock, and Hunain is only a slightly polished replica of his own
adherents.
HUSAIN EFFENDI.
Second Mukhtar of Jaizani Choi, Daltawah district, son of Midhat Effendi.