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for a mother and not being of pure Subah blood ha8
been debarred from marrying a lady from that family.

However, partly thanks to his personal influece and
partly to the intrigues of the girl’s mother, who
had secured a magnificont house on the sea front as
a gift for her daughter, and also to a paper signed
by His Highness and the leading As Subah that any
o
issue of the marriage will bo accepted as pure blood­
ed members of the tribe for matrimonial purposes ,the
ancient rule was set aside and His Highness author­
ised the marriage.

(g) Shaikh Subah as Salim as Suoan retained his
appointment as Chief of Police.
(h) Shaikh Abdulla al Ahmad remained in charge of
the Arsenal.

(i) Shaikh Muhammad al Jabir, Port Director, was
relieved of his appointment on the 12th February as
he was known to have been involved in the smuggling
of sugar to Iraq. He was succeeded as Port Director

by Shaikh Mubarak al Hamad al Mubarak as Subah.
(J) In January Shaikh Abdulla al Khalifah was present­
ed with the insignia of a Companion of the Order of the
Indian Empire; this honour was conferred on his brother

the late Shaikh Ali al Khalifa, C.I.E • » who died of
consumption before he could be invested. Shaikh Abdulla
does not hold any administrative appointment. On the

23rd December 1943 he was married to His Highness* 3rd
daughter.
(k) Shaikh Subah an Nasir, the well-to-do member of
the family and noted for his aots of insubordination

in desert affairs, still resides in the northern