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mot eodoawur to roa&lao that ho woo roally
to a oarloUn oouroo of rofloro* i tola hla that
tho JuyioaifitlcStii latter wan a qottor of no Inportcnco*
thot'thta pottoro would probably bo (;rantod uhothor ho
wldhdd’lt C? no* end that I had boon lnotyuotod by tho
oovttftlEKait of India to apply officially for tho grant of
eruah pdttara •* a noacuro In wiiioh I tfiould liavo tholr full
oupporfe with tho iicoo covoirawut* - and that I had not
boon lAObmotaf. to oonnult thoildi •loa on tho dubjoot* I
rood ovor to him suitable outraata fron vlooroyfo toiogxnn
4715-3 ddfcod 17th April 10123, oopoalally tho paddngo " Po
chall back hln up iln carrying out rofornu0 concluding
with mot bo prepared to onforoo roforaa ouroolvoo**
I uasnofl Uhalldj *Xoa that thla no<«it a porpotuul ntrugglo
with tho triboa* with tho nenbaro of hla own fanliy*
notably: hla own ulfo*. and unooaaing vigil moo to provent
volapuo* I told hfca frankly that hla oondaot with rogard
to tho Deportation hotter* hlo troataont of tho Kvwnch
J^ootrlo HOhooo* hla ollly nlotruofc of tho ocployncnt
of old iron rail a by tho Politico! Agent to otrangthen
local brldgoa* hlo allowing h.la tflfo to bante or Uiry a
aura of Kci#IVjo/» dally fron tho Daliraln Cuatono revenue,
inrtloatad to no olearly that ho vrao not tho non, at
oovonty five, yoara of ago - if indood ho over woo • to
onto? upon tho ardnouo tac& of rofom end urgod hln to
otund noido o^d Rlvo hlo holr-appurcmt an untlrcdy froo
hand* I draw a purallaix botwoen ouch a otato of affuiro
and tho cnvlojblo pooltlcn of Abdur Hainan bln i^lail of
Riyadh* oho ooauplod lilnaolf with hla agrtailtural
proportion ond preparing for hlo lottor and# while Jilii
oon* Abdul Asia* bora all tho.hoat and burden of tho day*
X cmld tliat X had novo? hoard that Abdul Itohpna had .over
suffered in reputation or dimity* caioihh hero
intorpoood