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Siyadi* Ho gave about Re SOOOO to tho deceased's brother who had
brought tho oaBe, Rb £000 us a bribo to tho Rulor3 ohiof aorvant
who hud assiatod him in aoouring tho money, unu has orabozzlod
tho remainders}
*> various oubtorfugos Abauiia also maao a consiaorablo sum
out of tho romaindor ox thcjlogacy whion was loft to the hoiro.
Thoro is a plot of land belonging to tno sons oi' Monsin Sisi.
Shaik iiouuiit. sura this to Shahin Ai Snoii.li lor Rs joOO. The
owners xroquontly ooraplainod to the rulers out got no hearing.
fch$J^a2o$.w8eks ago they dooidod to make a combined .complaint to
the Agency. Shaik Abdulla heard of this ana called a meeting of
some of his personal irienas to try tho case, this in spite of the
fact that he is supposed to have withdrawn from all public
affairs.
They orde~*fi the plaintiffs to puy Rs oOO to Shuhin Al
Shomli as compensation ano to tuke their land back, iiotn parties
are now dissatisfied. Tho one because they have paid POO lor
their own land, tho other because ho has puiu Rs aOOO ana gained
'j^nothing. Shaik Abdulla keeps a prostituto named iwasooaoh, a Jewess
whom ho seduced, una who was tor a time his mistress, lie lias had
an arrangement with this women whereby she lures young men of
respectablo families to her house* There thoy are raided by
Abdulla's fiuawis and sums of money are recovered from them under
threats of exposure ana imprisonment. « considerable sum of money
is said to huve been realised in this way.
4. Last hot weather the wife of a tailor of Sinabis was forcibly
ubduotou and dotuined for several days in Shaik Abdulla's house.
Tho husband was threatened, and in any case could only complain
to Shuik Abaulla himself, who is the absolute ruler of Sinabis.
o. Shaik Abuullu is ruler of tho village ox Jirihafs. ilis \Iuzir
there one Abuullo bin Razi and his wile, act as procurers for
Shaik abaulla. Sovoral women huve boen compelled to visit Shaik
Abdulla at the Yiazir'a houso. The aaugntor of din Uarhun was
abducted and kept there tor some days, as also was tho daughter of
JdiHxMHrRHjixHRHXKa Sycu Qasim. In each caso the parents wore
threatened