18 Facts About Talib al-Naqib

Talib al-Naqib was a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of Muhammad The al-Naqib family comes from the city of Mandali, where Talib emigrated with his two sons, Muhammad Sa'eed and Abdul Rahman, to Basra between 1811 and 1814.

Talib al-Naqib solved the problem between the Sheikh of Mohammerah, Khaz'al al-Ka'bi and the Ottoman Empire, about Khaz'al's properties in Basra.

Talib al-Naqib donated some of his money to the Ottomans during their conflicts with the Principality of Bulgaria, and for that, he was given the special rank of Mermaran, by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, in 1895.

In 1901, Talib al-Naqib was set as the governor of al-Hasa in Najd, after the tribe of Banu Hajar attacked a governmental caravan and stole a value of a million rupees from it; because the leaders of the tribe requested their salary, but the government didn't reply to them.

Talib al-Naqib ordered to raid a military camp of Al Murrah, who were responsible for the caravan attack, and took away their money and animals and put it on sale in Al Hufuf and finally, he ordered the other tribes to cut their deals with them, so the other tribes could take them as an example.

Talib al-Naqib accomplished his mission of suppressing the tribal movements and restore peace and was given the special rank of Bala.

In 1903, Talib al-Naqib returned to Istanbul to work in the civil department of the state consultative council until restoring the constitutional monarchy.

Talib al-Naqib was elected in the first term, in the 1908 Ottoman general election, as a representative of Basra in the Ottoman Parliament, before re-electing him in the 1912 elections and the 1914 elections.

Ottomans tried to assassinate him via Fareed Bey and Nouri Bey, but Talib al-Naqib prepared a number of armed insurgents that killed them first.

Talib al-Naqib created the Reformist Assembly of Basra, which called for creating local councils for the Arab Vilayets, including the Basra Vilayet.

Talib al-Naqib stayed in his exile for five years, before coming back to Iraq and witnessing the 1920 Iraqi revolt.

Talib al-Naqib didn't approve of the revolt; because he believed that political situations should be solved by peaceful solutions.

Talib al-Naqib believed that the best solution is to occupy Iraq into Vilayets, just like the Ottomans did.

Talib al-Naqib was hoping to rule Basra or to rule Iraq.

Talib al-Naqib was appointed as the minister of interior in Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani's acting government, but Talib al-Naqib refused the office; because he thought that such secondary office would degrade his dignity, but he was convinced by Gertrude Bell and St John Philby as long as he would be the second man, after Al-Gillani.

When Talib al-Naqib wasn't invited to the Cairo Conference, in 1921, he objected and threatened to make a rebellion, cooperating with the tribal leaders.

Talib al-Naqib made a banquet, celebrating Perceval Landon with some tribal leaders.

Talib al-Naqib refused to meet King Faisal when he wanted to visit him, but after some interference, they met in 1925, and cleared the problems between them.