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He is a very popular sarkal, and the number of his fallahs increases monthly He
receives a percentage of crops from the majority of charad owners. Is influential and
helpful to Government, but will not accept responsibility for controlling the actions of
other sections of the Mujaroma'..
MUHAMMAD AL MADHI ABU RUS.
‘Aqaih, lives with the ‘Anizah. He belongs to the house of ‘Abdullah al Nujaidi
most of whom are in Damascus. *
MUHAMMAD MAHDI IBN SAIYID HASAN IBN SAIYID TAQI IBN SAIYID RIDHA
IBN SAIYID MAHDI BAHR AL ‘ULUM, SAIYID.
Of Karbala. Aged 55. A man of considerable reputation both in Karbala and Najaf.
He and his cousins Muhammad and Habib are landowners, but their estates, Kartah and
Kamaliyah, are much encumbered by debt.
SAIYID MAHDI, BAHR AL ‘ULUM
Taqi
I
Hasan
Muhammad Mahdi
Jawwad
Muhammad Habib
MUHAMMAD AL HAjI MUHAISIN.
Of Diwaniyah. An interesting scoundrel. Was a mujahid under Sabri Beg at Hai
Town in 1916. When the Turks retired from Diwaniyah, took charge of affairs and levied
taxes. Incidentally he and his followers committed great excesses. Was appointed
Police Commandant by Salih al Milli, our Government Agent in 1917, presumably to
conciliate him. An unwise choice. On appointment of a British A.P.O.,could not brook
restriction on his self-assumed authority. Known to have been connected with Najaf
insurgents just before riots of 1918, and believed to have sent them arms. Deported to
India, June, 1918. Would make an excellent Arab officer if he could keep straight. (See
Haji Hamzah ibn Muhaisin.)
MUHAMMAD IBN MUHAMMAD ‘ALI KHUNSAHI, SHAIKH.
Of Najaf. An ‘alim and a preacher, pro-British. Wrote an anti-Turkish article in
Al ‘Arab, the Baghdad vernacular paper.
MUHAMMAD EFFENDI IBN MUSAFIR.
Writer to Salim Effendi, Mufti, ‘Amarah. Arrested on 25th February, 1918, and sent
to Baghdad.
MUHAMMAD AL QADARAH.
‘Amarah division. Merchant, brother of Musallam. His interests lie with the Albu
Darraj estate, from which jie leases lands. Untrustworthy ; an intriguer like his brother.
MUHAMMAD IBN HAjI ABU QASIM.
Mallak of ‘Amarah. Arrested by order of G.H.Q., January, 1918.
MUHAMMAD AL QASSAB.
Hai district. Paramount shaikh of Sarraj Section of Rabi'ah ; son of Qassab, q.v. }
now in Basrah ; a man of about 32 years of age, chiefly interested in his lands, seems very
loyal to Government, and always does his best to please. He was put into his position by
us when Qassab failed to make submission. This is possibly due to some extent to his
somewhat equivocal position with regard to his father. He has little political ambition
and is a good type of landholder and tribal shaikh and is likely to do well.
MUHAMMAD AL RAHABI.
Cultivates a considerable amount of land from Mahrut and Khorasan canals, Ba qubah
district. Has considerable influence.
MUHAMMAD AL RASHID.
Son of Rashid, the previous head of the Juhaish (prior to Ajil) and cousin of Ajil.
A boy of 12, intelligent and well-mannered. 'Ajil carried him off when he joined the
Turks in February, 1918, but in October Muhammad applied for a safe conduct from the
Civil Commissioner and permission to return to his lands in the Hillah district.
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