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About the participation of the Faily  Kurds in the revolution of the twentieth of the last century
: We have started since 1917 and the years that followed, particularly  in the summer of 1920, under the leadership of Chamal Haji Flama Riz and his nephew Malak to go to supporters war against the English in the area of ​​Qasr Shirin and Khanaqin which has lasted for several months from1920, when our brothers in the south began an uprising against the English, we have received news from Sayid Mohammed, who later became the Imam of the mosque of Khilani in Baghdad, to attack the British troops in the area of ​​Khanaqin and Naftkhanah in which  we sometimes got into deeply until we reach Ba'aquba. We hit the enemies severely. Those strikes were headed, in particular against the, Anglo - Iranian oil company in Naftkhanah area, as it was under the guard of British troops led by Captain

Moore. We were doing  quick attacks with Matin Henry rifles  and in danger hours we withdrew to the mountains . We got the necessary nutrients from our brothers in the clans of  Zurbatia and Badra and Malak Shah. For several times we were able to disable the railway of Ba'aquba - Khanaqin. In the fall of 1920  we lit the fire at the military base in Khanaqin. After a bitter struggle we were forced to withdraw, as we were surprised by the siege imposed on us by the British forces coming from Kermanshah. Because of the blockade and the

.resistance 35 out of 110 fighters were killed and wounded, in spite of the fact that we were fighting a supporters war that  possess the ability to move quickly when they do operations and withdraw into the mountains after that. But we were forced to stop the war after the betrayal of some groups that were operating in or ranks from the clan of Kalhor. The treason occurred  in the hope of getting money and weapons lands belonging to us from the English.

Prepared by: Zahra'a Adnan