"تقرير عسكري عن العراق. المنطقة ٢ (أعلى الفرات)" [ظ‎‎٥‎٠] (١٤٠/١٠٥)

CHAPTER VII.
Personalities.
ABBAS AL JASSAM.—Shaikh of the Jumailah, Fallujah
district. Born about 1870. His father, Jassam, was a sarkal
of the Albu Ramlali section of the Jumailah.
In 1901 Kadhim Pasha, in return for good work done by
Abbas al Jassam as sarkal of the Albu Ramlah when cultivating
Kadhim Pasha’s Tapu property at Husai (on right bank of the
Euphrates near Fallujah), appointed him as Shaikh of the
Jumailah in place of the then Shaikh, one Mashkur al Khalaf,
who was a bad character.
Shaikh Abbas filled his post capably, and is still by far the
most reliable of the Fallujah district Shaikhs. A middle-
aged, hale and hearty man, with a direct and honest manner,
he exercises a strong hold over his tribe, who obey his orders
when Government tasks have to be carried out, without the
necessity for any Government pressure.
He is fairly well-to-do, and his circumstances have been still
further improved by the opening of the Saqlawiyah canal
upon which his tribe have a large holding. He has throughout
assisted the British to the best of his ability.
ABDUL HAMID ABU RISHA.—Shaikh of the Albu
Chulaxb, north of Ramadi on the right bank. His father,
Sulaiman al V usuf, was a man of character and independence.
Abdul Hamid has rather fallen to low estate and depends on
Ali Sulaiman. He has, however, some influence, more especially
in desert places, as a man of knowledge of tribal customs.
ABDUL LATIF IBN ABDUL RAHMAN.—Late Rais
Baladiyah of Anah. Abdul Latif is a man of about 60 years
of age and of very fine presence. He comes from a family
which has always been the most influential in Anah. Person
ally, he is a nice old man, very polite, hospitable in the extreme,
and about as conceited as he is stupid, but very honest withal.
He is wealthy from his properties, and his business as a merchant,
but chiefly from the gold he has inherited. His influence in
Anah is considerable, but the Turks always disregarded this,
importing other men as Rais, and suspecting Abdul Latif
whenever Anah objected to them. At the beginning of the
war a Yuzbashi was murdered one night for assaulting a woman,
and Abdul Latif openly expressed his approval. For this he
was imprisoned for 18 months in Baghdad. Again, after we
withdrew from Anah in the 'spring raid of 1918, he was
imprisoned by the Turks for his British sympathies, and only
released on their finally withdrawing from Anah in the autumn
of 1918. His personal sympathies are all with us. and he has
a large following in Anah.