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1922

1945

Heard all the inner story of the case from Mahmood, a bad business - typical of Sh A who really behaves
like an old ram.

Went to Arad & did a very poor sketch of the Omani fort. Quite hot, a south wind.

Monday 23rd April

Fort. Strong shamaal & quite chilly, a boat sank at Sitra, sent Police launch there. Court, a long sitting,
most of the time spent on the Berber smuggling case mixed up with the gold treasure trove, I dont believe
the gold affair - a case about ownership of a cow, scores of witnesses all swearing they knew it from birth,
sent a man to jail for making arak, a carpenter employed at Agency but an old hand well known & once
mixed up in a murder case. Sh Rashid sent a note to Daij threatening to go to Qatar - I said let him go -
good riddance but they would not look at it in that way.

Slept after lunch then went to Idari & Garasi, ugly day & the new road very dusty.

Tuesday 24th April