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Wednesday 23rd July

Fort.

Went down to hospital, the op theatre window is being put in.

Office, saw various people, busy morning.

Lunched at Agency to meet SNO who didn't come.

Went out to Budega & looked over the garden & the horses. They seemed well. Bathed on the way back.

Went to the cinema.

Thursday 24th July

Fort but found that they were changing over so came back & wrote letters.

Sh Mohammed & four sons came to call, he looked very well but the two sons who had been with him didnt
look so well, a result of dancing girls probably. He stayed a long time & seemed in good form, he said he

didnt like Kashmir at all & seemed full of complaints - no sport & too hot. On the way back they visited
Delhi & were full of praise of the magnificence of New Delhi, the buildings, streets, gardens, etc. Discussed
the war at length.

Shuloom came in after lunch & talked for an hour, obviously very impressed by the wonders of Iran, his own
country. He seems to have moved in superior circles & gone about with officers & people far above his
station. He went right up to the north & stayed some time in Tehran.