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The Agoaoy.
Bohr *la.
Persian Quit.
13/5/23.
Stt* Hon'bl# the Politics! Roaident, Bushire.

UtaiO/UlSOOU.
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la continuation of *y No. 55/0, Although tho Hoodie
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had ostensibly made peace with tho Persian*, fresh dlaturbonoca
oa a larger soale broke out oa tho moxulng or tho 10th. Abdulla
siooalbl and kuhammad dharif arrived la tho agency with tho foil*
-owing story, over which they both ogrood: a bqy la tho ««r-
vloo or Njoaalbl was sold to havo stolon a broken wmtoh from hLa
'noune* another servant reported to ^osalbl that ho had uoon it
exposed ror solo In tho ahoy of a Persian, and had demanded
that it should bo handed book. The Persian replied that ho

had bought it from the boy for rte.l, having no reason to aue-
peot that it had boon stolen, and had paid k 2 for Its repair,
liv would return It if he were paid hid out-of-pocket expenses,

^bdulla ^osalbl then wont himself with two tfajdis to tho shop,
and demandod tho return of the watch without payaent. a con­
troversy ensued, and \40aaibi ooapelled tho shopkeeper to go
with him to kohamod dhorlf. It la said that he was roughly
handled by ^osalbl'o men. Mohamad dhorlf endeavoured to pla^-
oate the Persian and himself paid the Jo 3 demanded. • ^oaalbl
left, the matter being apparently settled. Vexy shortly
after, the two Persians arrivod at uoliamol aherif's office
bleeding profusely from dagger wounds, whloh, they said, had kaj|
been Inf lioted by two ifejdl*. Mahomed dhorlf, fearing to send
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them through the bazaar in their wounded state, sent word to.^
eosalbi asking him to oooe and see them. On ^osaibi'a anrivolfi
likely to be a more, serious
•'•e polntod out that the matter was
one than they oould themselves settlo ani requested ^esalbi t©^
*«ad the Hajdis to the agency, while be would ox^er ^
slana to do likewise, and get tho matter settled ly ^e^pel^V-.
loal Agent • ^osaibi suggested that -—