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1927

Sunday [17 July]

Drove out in the morning to see the house of Sh Mohamed at Senobis which is suggested as a petrol store & met a committee
of the Municipality there, including Y K who was very argumentative, talked much & in a most foolish way saying that the
Govt ought to become a sort of trading company buying & selling rice. Ridiculous. Came back & attended the office for some
time and then bathed in Idari with Alban. Bad night last night, hot & sticky. In afternoon motored out to Rafaa to a meal with
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Ferook in his tent, also Spence, Smith, Parke & the Dr, the Kosaibis & Moh Sherif. It was in Persian style, rather nice.
Dishes of fruit & biscuits, tea, coffee then Kebabs, pieces of grilled meat on a skewer very well cooked & sprinkled with
lemon, then tea & coffee, delicious Persian tea, green, in little glasses, then more skewers of meat. They eat 7 of these & ¼
hour between each course of meat during which tea, fruit & coffee. Really rather nice. We stayed for 3 "series". Played, &
was beaten, at chess by Farook's nephew a fat Persian youth, but he plays well. Motored back, in my car, Alban didnt go, &