الملف ٣٠١\١٩٢١ "بلاد الرافدين: تقارير استخباراتية" [ظ‎‎٢‎٦‎٢] (٥٨٦/٥٣٥)

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a number of tribesmen, unsettled and probably ruined by their own activity
in rebellion, are falling bach on brigandage for a living. Until the insurgent
leaders of the Shuau, Daudi, Dilo, Jabbari and Baiyat are brought to book,
marauding tribal feuds will continue to be a menace to caravans and com
munications.
32. Shaikh Hamid Talabani, who accepted temporarily the post of
Qaimmaqam at Kifri, and has done excellent work, was relieved early in
October by Shaikh Muhammad Ivhalis Beg. The latter is also of Talabani
origin, being the son of the famous Shaikh Ridha of Keui-Sanjaq; he has
formerly held the office of Qaimmaqam and is believed to be a valuable mau,
capable of administering his large and difficult district.
33. In the Sulaimani Division, the Jaf have been in Shahr-i-Zur during
October. Though there are no outward signs of disobedience or disaffection
among them, there are indications that they are convinced that the liand of
the Government is not so strong as it was, and the bad elements are awaiting
an opportunity to begin their own practices of robbing and pillage. They
know that the settled Roghazani section in Kifri district, who participated
with the Dilo in the recent disturbances, have escaped retribution; moreover
the fact that no A.P.O. has been appointed at Kifri has been misinterpreted
A tribal force under the Assistant of the A.P.O and Karim Beg left on
October 2.1, to punish the Roghzani.
34. Order in the district was disturbed by an old professional brigand
of the Hamawand Khidhr Beg (see No. 1, para. 1). In Turkish times he
\vas a popular fellow and sure of a welcome everywhere, either by reason of
his popularity or fear of reprisals, but the country people have shown him
fhat a brigand rs now viewed m a different light and he can get no help from
fWIW V T reC A T 1Ved T ^PPort from other members of the Hamawand
ofii iLteaS ™r ed the Daudi ’ wW lie is a tw to
35. In order to forestall inaccurate rumours, it was thought advisable
menf wMc^ha^b 516 ° + Sl * la “ iai ” r that creation of a provisional Govern-
Ku?distnn h Tb l® 611 created in Mesopotamia will not prejudice the case of
Kurds have been assured that they will have every opport
unity of expressing their views when the future of Sulaimani is considered.
3 . Conditions in the Qadha of Zakho were reported to have imnroved
tdTaiv^i? ^ t0ber - • T ' ,e fee } in « of consequent on hojm
haveva??shed dS fr 1 1S i + dlSa i PPearillg ‘’ ^ nd ? 01 ^ ts as to the duration of our stay
spruno- nr, and sh*n! S n/' 6 3 gT0 Y m - fee]l . n §* ^ confidence and content has
Efforts on the narf +b-^Pr 08 .? 6 ^.^ everywhere to be seen,
with no success 1 }G Tur ^ ls ^ Nationalists to stir up revolt have met
37. According to information received from the P 0 the notables of
frontie^oyarao^ndTffl 6 - 11 ^? ^ H di , S - trict shouId '’e left outside tile
-anyldusio.! ii; i ‘h"q.' VltInn th ° Se of Kmd * sta - They demand emphati-
R + ^ A tP ursuance of the scheme for reinstating ‘Abdullah Pasha in
Batas (see No. 1 para. 60), a small column left Arbil for Batas on November
“ outside
fifty rifles to a CdWe T9 tl ' e . 1 S " rohl > ‘Ubaidullah, withdrew with some
X^rtToadi^BeAf ^ miles south of Batas.
Batas is cousequeutly B S S ecur On"NoZurber of
were, however, coming in for terms. 1 ' 0vembel 29 - the S “rchi Mukhtars
Beg,® Kate ^XTud^Ru^TP- 2 be “ the ^ds of Sulaimau
Pasha’s son and fled to Rawandiex '] ai . mau 1 w bo murdered ‘Abdullah
of Rawanduz by the election of thfneoSl S - tyleS himSelf “ Haki m
Who would have sufficient authority toC^\itb^rpr 1 :va I 'iling OC chiot Udi<Iate
REPATRIATION OF ASSYRIAN AND ARMENIAN REFUGEES.
as far from solution as ever 6 ’ iTwas^'def 0 * tbe 1 1 e,(1 S Y ‘Cs in Mesopotamia is
Assyrians, both the mountaineers and fbl TT™ 11 ^^! ! a ? March to assist the
Ihe mountains north east of Mosul fn Kruiniyah tribes, to return through
and Ushnn, west of the soutWn } between the Gawar plain
impossibility of conducting the mmm+ nd ^-^ke of Hmmiyah. The
try, north of Amadiyah, or of nrovfdl™ Vv ln - Sa l et J - to the \ r own eoun-
completely devastated by the Kurds' 1 ^^ d . is . tricts which had been
..«. rfs.’safar aft