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Court. Afterwards called on one of the three Kadis, Shaikh Abdel Latif bin Saad. He lives behind the big `Friday Mosque'
close to the house, a pleasant intelligent middle aged man, but obstinate. Discussed the case with him but didnt get much help.
Its difficult, the marriage was quite wrong according to tribal law & custom but right according to Mohamedan law. Barrett
returned in the morning on the mail boat. Kanoo called in the morning to say good bye, as oily as usual, full of fulsome
speeches. He is really a little queer in the head I believe, & others think so too. Tennis at the Mission, Barrett came. The tea
at the Hakkens afterwards is rather a trial, they have sandwiches which taste of meat sprinkled with sugar & flavoured with
mustard, disgusting. Abdel Nebi Kazarnni, a leading Shia Persian was in the mission hospital, very ill, & crowds of people
going in to call on him among them people who I knew to be his most violent enemies. A mischievous man, he conducted a
press campaign against Daly & Mohamed Sherif in Persian papers, anonymous articles. Daly bribed the Editor & one day he
published an extra violent article, but put the name of the correspondent at the end of the paragraph.

Tuesday 28th [29 November]

Went over to the Agency in the morning. The Shaikh was calling with Abdulla, the sons, & old Rashed. Stayed several hours
& discussed the petition of the Kadis about wakf Dept. I had my dogs there & Abdulla had a silugi & there was much
difficulty in keeping them from going after Mrs B's lovely white Persian cat which the Dr got for her from Shiraz. Played