ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [ظ‎‎٢‎٩‎٧] (٤٩٤/١٤٢)

Euphrates Line.
The Azairich and Ivaffaj ah. pro Cessed friends, turned traitor on (General
Bcooking’s retirement from Butaniyah to Nasiriyeli on the 7th Feljriiary,
and joined the A1 Abudan of Khay nn AI Obeid and the other tribes of the
Shatt A1 I iai whom Mizher Bey had brought over to the Turks.
Minor punitive operations were conducted in this region.
Certain Nasiriyeh and Suk-Es-Shyukh tribes, though <pdet, openly said
that they would join the Turks if events went against the British.
Many tribes in this region who have for years been able to avoid paying
tribute to Turkey dislike the arrival of the British, because they see in anv
prospect of settled government financial loss to themselves. They are as
irreconcilably hostile to the Turks as to the British.
delations with Sheikh Ibrahim of Zobeir and Sheikh Hamad of Khamsieh
cont inued friendly. 'Pies with the Bed nr and Dhafir were stronger than
bef( >re.
Tigris Line.
On the right bank the behaviour of Fahad, the Beni Lam Sheikh, whose
power extends from Kumeit to a point beyond All Oharbi, gavu rise to so
much suspicion that he was called down to Basrah and replaced temporarily
by his son.
I fis neighbour, Mutashar, ot the \] Darraj, behaved well despite family
opposition
llassan A1 Omeid, oi the Beit Jmdil, was found incapable and unsuitable
in spite (vf the fact that he was bolstered up as much as possible. Ilis
brother Nazir was suggested as his successor, but was also found to' be
useless ; the matter was consequently left in abeyance.
tin the left bank, laleh, the Beni Lam Sheikh, near Amarah, behaved
correctly. Beyond him Juwi, the Beni Lam Sheikh of the Maqatas Thulth
and Thulthain, remained a staunch friend.
Chad ban proved of considerable value,, providing camels and giving*
facilities for travelling to British officers.
In the lighting area upstream the tribes were of will or neeessitv on the
side of the Turks.
CAUCASUS.
The This si a ns and the Kurds.
rhe punitive measures which the Russians were compelled to take
recently against certain Kurdish tribes who treacherously attacked them
seem to have succeeded in the Rowanduz region, where the concentrated
attacks on the Russian rear have ceased altogether. In the Serdesht
direction, however, they still continue.
Between Amadia unci Neri the Kurds, on the whole, are friendly but
they do not often leave the hills. Since 14th May many of them have been
submitting to General Ohernozuvofs force. The following have already
come in Mahmud Agha, from Hantur in Shamsdiuan ; Miroguez Bev who
iwthc owner of many villages in Genii; Mullah Said, a person of’great
influence in Kurdistan; and Bede Khan, of Khamara, in Gerdi °The
following are expected from the Neri region :-Tlie Ikma Chieftainess'
Maria," Khanun, wife of She,Idr Mahomet Sadik; and other influential
.v ni"s off the Genh Oramar district Pile officer commanding the right
wing ol General Ghernozuvofs force wants some silver <rif ts s( H, t to these
leaders m order to foster friendly feeling.
the kUCAT r r r iv ? cou ! ment f -V oil the rumours, emanating from
discrimination 13 " SS ' imS have beeu "'^saering the Kurds without