"تقرير عسكري عن بلاد الرافدين (العراق)" [ظ‎‎٤‎٥] (٢٢٦/٩٥)

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JUBUR.
(Of the Khabur.)
The Jubur of the Khabur are closely allied to the
numerous Jubur colonies scattered along the Tigris and
to the Jubur al Khattab and Jubur al Wasir on the
Euphrates. They appear to have emigrated very early
from Arabia, and to have settled down to cultivation in
the vicinity of Tel Busairah. According to tribal lore
the cleavage in the Jubur took place as follows: Two
hundred years ago the tribe was collected about the
mouth of the Khabur under two brothers, Najad and
Haichal, the sons of Omar. An unfortunate quarrel arose
between the brothers and the tribe split into two factions.
Najad’s party, being the weaker, was driven south, and
eventually settled on the Tigris and Euphrates, where
their descendants exist to-day. Shortly after this quarrel,
the Baggarah attacked the section of Haichal and drove
it up the Khabur River, where it settled down to peaceful
cultivation.
The Shammar Jarba on their arrival in the Jazirah
harried the Jubur fields, and forced the tribe to pay
substantial tribute to Al Hadi ibn Al Asi. In 1905, how
ever, Al Asi quarrelled with his brother Jarullah, and
in the struggle was materially helped by Jubur horsemen.
Consequent on the success of Al Asi, the Jubur were
freed from the payment of tribute, and have paid none
till the present day to any Shammar shaikh.
During the war Muslat Pasha, the paramount Shaikh,
developed Pan-Arab sentiments, and apparently did
nothing to help the Turkish cause. When Maulud Pasha
occupied Dair al Zor in December, 1919, he interviewed
Muslat Pasha and tried to entice him to take up arms
against the British. At the same time a Turkish mission
appeared amongst the Jubur, and attempted to enlist
tribal sympathies for the Nationalist cause. On the out
break of lawlessness in the Tel Afar district in June,
1921, a few Jubur horsemen under a minor shaikh joined
the Sharifian party under Jamil Beg. It is wrong to
state, as was done, that Muslat Pasha personally took
part in the rising. Likewise similar unfounded state
ments have been made accusing the Jubur of Yezidi
robberies and raids on the Mosul lines of communica
tion. Much of the adverse and malign statements on
the character and attitude of Muslat Pasha are directly