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Having squandered most of his patrimony and having no proprietary stake in the
country, he has for years been a stormy petrel in the Euphrates districts of the Basrah
Wilayat.
In pre-war days his proclivities brought him periodically into conflict with the pro
vincial Turkish authorities, and on these occasions he more than once made appeals both
to the Basrah Consulate and the Bushire Residency for British protection or intervention.
To such overtures no response could be given, and he retired dejected. He was thrown
permanently on to the side of the C.U.P. by his hatred of Saiyid Talib (see Naqib Zadah
of Basrah, Saiyid Talib), whom he never forgave for having decoyed his father Sa'dun
into Turkish hands in 1911. In October, 1912, he attacked and robbed his cousin Mizyad
(probably with the connivance of the Mutasarrif Farid Bey) of a very large sum and came
into conflict with Mizyad’s brother, ‘Abdullah. The C.U.P. falling out of power in
November, ‘Ajaimi was proclaimed an outlaw. In November he threatened to attack
Basrah, but in 1914, the C.U.P. being again supreme, he appeared outside Basrah to
support them against Talib.
When the war broke out he took service with the Turks as a soldier of fortune, and
was present with his following of about 250 sowars with the Turkish forces opposing our
entry into ‘Iraq.
He managed, however, to keep out of all active fighting, and when the Basrah force
was defeated at Kut al Zain'and abandoned Basrah, ‘Ajaimi retired by the desert route
to Nasiriyah. He then began to make specious overtures through friends for entering
into relations with us ; but he placed such an exalted estimate on his services that it is
doubtful if his advances were serious. In any case, in spite of every opening afforded
him both by message and writing, he repeatedly failed to come to the scratch, and finally
committed himself completely to the services of the Turks, receiving considerable sums
from them for raising an Arab contingent for co-operation with their forces opposing
us at Shu'aibah. But he proved a broken reed to his patron, both at Shu'aibah and in
the operations leading to the capture of Nasiriyah. He remained in the desert and in close
touch with the Turks until we raided ‘Anah in the spring of 1918, writing frequently to
the Shamiyah shaikhs, and providing a focus for Turkish intrigue. He was doubtless
instrumental in fostering the troubles at Najaf, which ended in the murder of Captain
Marshall in March, 1918. He was still an outlaw at the date of the Armistice.
SA‘DUN, ‘ATI IBN ‘ABDULLAH IBN MANSUR IBN THAMIR.
Head of the Arab Scouts at Nasiriyah, has shown himself a faithful servant of the
British. A good horseman, used to a soldier’s life. Owns considerable property up the
Hai which Muhammad al Yasin (Shaikh of the Maiyah) has got hold of and pays him
no rent. He used to live at Hassanah with ‘Abdullah Falih, but when the latter’s attitude
towards us became doubtful, he removed with all his family into the Al Ibrahim country,
North East of Nasiriyah. A pleasant-mannered, well-bred man of about 40, not par
ticularly intelligent, but a good trustworthy type. He was wounded in our service and
was given a decoration.
SA'DUN, BADR AL RASHID.’
. 0f the R ashid clan. Lives a mile from Suq with ‘Abdul ‘Aziz al Rashid, but spends
six months yearly m tents among his camels living a nomad life. Tall in figure a fine
example of the best type of Beduin Sa'dun. Influential, owns large property in’camels
SA DUN, BANDAR IBN ‘ABDUU ‘ALI IBN SULAIMAN IBN MANSUR IBN RASHID.
Came to ‘Ali Gharbi from the Hai in October, 1916, and proposed to remove his
an^lfowance^ t01T ' H6 ^ allowed to settle with Fahad al Cxhadhban and given
SA‘DUN, DHARI AL SAQR, HAjI.
HarfilhL^Hn fn° U T t0 ^ hicl A Fe b e lon g s is seated near Suq between the Hasan and the
wbh h tw/,t the Jazirah. Their Muqataah in the Jazirah suffered from lack of water
cuitiv^H h! + g tp f R he - M kai r ah da -™-J he y own property on the other side of the river,
cultivated b\ the Bam Muslim and Gharyafiyah (B. Hasan), but have been unable to
recover rents since two years before the war, and scarcely dare leave their property lest
the tribesmen invade the last patch they hold. Haji Dhari is a man of about 30
from wLmlhe^rec/sa^dtoTlinefGraced^"^ rand ^ at ^ er ° £ Sa ' dtol ‘ he ° f ™ mir
SA'DUN, DHARI BEG IBN THAMIR AL SA'DUN.
rivah^ ^Hveif at^Ha^ Has property on the Gharraf east of Shatrah, and near Nasi-
ya . Lived at Hassunah with Abdullah Falih. Dhari was ‘Abdullah Falih’s right