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100 killed and tho latter about 80. Shaikh Ajairni, who was completely
appeared to have had tho Mutair, Ban, Husain as-Saiy id and Thukra
with him and his cousins tho Ba’adur * An’naim, Ziad and Safah tribes.
reported that ho had again been attacked by them in June at Al-IC^v,.^
and had lost 50 of his men with as much as £T.15,000 in cash. al5,ali
The Dhaffir Tribe — Tho Dhafiir tiibo under their Shaikh Hnmudas-Su
attacked and scvorcly defeated Shaikh Ajaimi bin Sadun of the Muntafi]Ta^
the neighbourhood of Abu Gliar and Rakhaimiya, the encounter taking ni lQ
about tho middlo of March. a A acc
In tho first week of March it was reported that orders had been recci
at Basrah from Constantinople to r<y.j t
Shaikh Mubarak’* affairs.
the landed property bought by Shaikh
Mubarak without requiring him to take out an Ottoman Nationality Cei-K
ficato. The privilege was accorded in consideration of tho subscription which
he sent in Jauuary in aid of the sufferers in the Turko-Balkan War. Q
Mr. N. S. Bayankar, a British Indian, arrived on tho 27 th February to
carry out his contract to install electric light in tho Shaikh’s palace, qv
Palace was lighted with electricity on tho night of the 28th April for the
first time aud crowds of people gathered to see the innovation. In his contract
Mr. Bayankar had to provide some 400 lamps in the palaco buildings; the
motive power is a small oil-engine binning kerosinc and the whole plant is
in the charge of 2 British Indians. The cost of the installation was some
B12,000 to 1115,000.
Shaikh Mubarak became seriously ill with bronchitis with cardiac and
renal complications in April. Ho was treated by the American Mission
Doctor and the Agency Assistant Surgeon. Under their treatment he im­
proved, though for over a week his condition gave rise to considerable anxiety.
He was again somewhat ill during the second week of May though apparently
not sufficiently seriously to requiro the services of either the Agency Assistant
Surgeon or the Mission doctor.
In March 1913 a claim was made to the Political Agency by an Italian
Engineer, Guiseppo Seracliioli, from Alrw&z for the recovery of £120 from
Shaikh Mubarak. It appeared he had contracted to install engine, dynamo
and fittings for electric light complete in the Shaikh’s yacht for £130 of
which the Shaikh had advanced him £60. Subsequently, having delivered
the plant the Engineer required structural alterations made in the vessel
itself in order to instal it, and, though such alterations came within his contract
he neglected to complete it. Eventually the Shaikh gave him the alternative
either of completing his contract or of returning the advance of £60 and
removing his machinery and apparatus which were lying in the Shaikh’s
yacht. As these alternatives appeared to he fair enough Guiseppe Serachioli
was asked to select one of them, but nothing further has been heard from him
and presumably he has settled the case with the Shaikh direct. The case is of
interest as M. G. Sarachioli first appealed to the German Consul at Bushirc,
probably assuming that he -was in charge of Italian interests and that Kuwait
was Turkish territory. Apparently he must have received a reply that the
German Consul had no jurisdiction and then addressed the Political Agent.
With the British Government.—The same friendly and cordial relations
continue to exist between Shaikh Mubar..
Shaikh Mubarak*i Foreign Relation,.
and tho British Government and tn
Political Agent. He seems to have now thoroughly realized that his in
coincide with those of the British Government and readily gives his suppo^ a
assistance to any proposal or project suggested to him.
On the 29th July a large portrait in oils of His Majesty tho King-BjjjPSS
George V, presented by Government, was formally unveiled in the. Snai* •
palace. The day was treated as a holiday and marked by tho dressing °*v
Shaikh’s flagstaff and by all boats in harbour flying their flags. In.
noon a gathering of all local notables took place at tho Shaikh's palace,
ed also ciy the European community. Tho Political Agent brieflyaCl
tho gathering and the a unveiled Hia Majesty’s portrait. After this the