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1819

1944

Thursday 14th September

Left Karachi by air, went off from water about 8.30 & arrived Bahrain about 5 but
much earlier by local time. Several people at the airways pier. Lunched with Smith,
very hot & sticky & an unpleasant contrast to India. Found all well in the house &
the servants all present.

The garden looked in a bad way as Ahmed had been away most of the time I was in
India.

A letter from Westminster Bank saying that Aunt Lily had left me all her money,
amounting to about £13,000, before paying the death duties. I had not thought she
had so much.

Friday 15th September

Busy in the house all day went to call on HH at his small house at Kozabeia, he was
in very good form in spite of Ramadan very full of how Hick came & then went off
again also his boy in India. Went out to see the T.T.s ar Awali, not much local
chat. A great many people came in to call, all say its been a cool summer & only
lately got hot. Looked in at the old Rashid quite blind & rather tiresome - his
family think he ought to die, he has a lot of money & all of it goes to hangers on
male & female, he is over 90.

Friday 22nd September

Slightly cooler, shamaal got up in the later part of day. Gardened in the morning.
Dr Doeg & new nurse called, the latter very colourless. Dr Doeg just back from leave
in Palestine, also called a man from Bapco with introduction from Rosenthal by name
Gillespie.