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MARHUN AL HAjI KHALKHAL. A . x „
Shaikh of the Jalihah tribe, Diwaniyah district. Anxious to please Government,
but has not a very good control of the tribe.
MARHCN AL MANDHtJR. , , , , , ,
The principal person among the Qurait on the left bank, who, however, are under
the leadership of Mana al Luti, q.v..
MARZIJO AL ‘AWWAD. „ , J J .
~Shamlyah district. Rais of the 'Awabid. Deported to Baghdad in April with his
brother Khadim and Jawwad al Musir for suspected complicity in the Najaf riots;
subsequently allowed to return. A good cultivator with a strong hold over his tribe.
Untrustworthy. For long he held the balance between the Fatlah and the Bam Hasan,
ih* who secured his services being certain to wm.
MASHHADI TAHIR IBN ALLAU.
A prominent landowner residing in Qazani, Mandali district.
MASHKUR IBN SHAIKH JAWWAD, SHAIKH.
Of Najaf. An Arab ‘alim wrapt up in religion.
MASHKUR IBN YASIR.
Of the Mushairjah section of the Hasan (Muntafiq, Bani Malik, Mujarrah). Always
fighting with his brother, Shaikh Faisal. His tower was pulled down by us in December,
1916 ; he was sent to Nasiriyah for a term of imprisonment.
MATNI IBN HALLAF.
Shaikh of the Al Sa‘id, Dhafir. He has always been in rebellion against Humud ibn
Suwait, and joined ‘Ajaimi in opposition to him.
MATNI AL SHURAIM.
Shaikh of the Shuraim sub-section of the Ja'far, who were once the leading section
of the Shammar ‘Abdah. Brother-in-law of Ibn Rashid ; when the Amir returned to
Hail he removed into the ‘Anizah country.
MAULA AL MADKHUR.
Leading shaikh of the Hor Jassan, Badrah district. Shrewd, capable farmer,
thoroughly loyal. Has collected large numbers of cultivators, whom he treats very well.
Quite the most intelligent and useful shaikh of the district.
MAULtD AL ‘AMR.
Shaikh of a section of the Albu Naim, Zubaid, Juhaish. Was deported to Basrah in
July, 1917, for harbouring a Turkish agent. After serving his sentence was allowed to
return here, and now lives with Salman al Qunaiwi. Very anxious now to keep in the
good books of the Government, ‘Aziziyah district.
MAULUD IBN MUKHLUS.
Colonel in the Sharif’s army ; of Tikrit ; aged 42. Father a well-known tribal chiel;
speaks Arabic, Turkish, French. A very downright, plain-spoken, hard-hitting soldier;
commanded Turkish cavalry at Shu'aibah ; previously private secretary to Ibn Rashid for
two years. A red hot nationalist, and one of the best old officers in the Arab army ; eight
' times wounded ; commanded the M.I. Regt. D.S.O., 1918.
MID-HAT EFFENDI IBN AHMAD TAUFIQ.
Sunni. Native of Kirkuk. He served the Turkish Government for 33 years, beginning
as a clerk in the Executive branch. He later had experience in judicial work. Most
of his time has been spent, however, in Revenue work, and he was Mai Mudir of Qurnah and
other places in the Basrah Wilayat.
He served us in the Auqaf, and was for a short time mustashar to the Revenue Board,
Baghdad. Personal Assistant to A.P.O., Hindiyah.