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seeing people and working, wrote a report of the whole affair to the Agency & interviewed the naval
gunnery officer who I told all about it. In the evening the SNO asked me to "pot luck" & I dined with
him but came home very early as I was quite done in. 66 people died & in the evening while many were
being buried at the cemetry I was sent for to the cemetry as a lot of Shias were making a demonstration
outside the cemetry. The Shias disapproved strongly of 16th Muharram which is a day of mourning being
chosen for a day on which to give alms. They stood shouting at the mourners saying that this was a
punishment from Ali & Hussein on the Sunnis. We sent out Police & the Baharna disappeared at once.
Monday 14th [Apri]
