ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [و‎‎٣‎٩‎١] (٤٩٤/٣٢٩)

chief of Urn Baffir tribe, who was ho ©tile to l\m Haehid and
would hold the deeert on the imsiriyah side.
Of the Sherif of llecca he said that he was a trivial and
unstable character; their relations, however, ^ere friendly,
there was no truth in the former rumours that the aherif’s son
had moved towards hail with a large force to co-operate with Ibn
ll&shid and he did not credit recent reports of an active under-
-.tanding betwe.n the iiherif and Ibn Baahid. The movement of
the Serif's son towards Qasim was a speculation on the part oi
the Sherif, who, hearing of Ibn .iaad's trouble with the njman, had
sent hie eon on the chance that he mi^t be able to fish in the
troubled waters. The -on. however, finding Ibn baud victor^,
abandoned any hostile intentions, and merely punished a section of
the Ateiba who had refused to pay tribute.
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