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1935

Thursday [9th May]

Fort. Sh Abdulla came in and held a meeting about repairing the Juma Mosque which has become so
dangerous that if not mended it will fall down. Last Friday there was a rumour all over the bazaar that it
was falling down & nobody should go to it - this may have been put about by the Kadis. The meeting did
no good but people were very excited especially those who are supposed to have "telths" which are
supposed to eb spent on good works such as mending mosques. One man, an objectionable fellow from
Muharraq, got very wild & shouted rude remarks at Abdulla Kozaibi saying that the Kozaibis had never
built any mosques and he had built many. In afternoon I went to Jufair, Fisher came in here & we went
together & had a look at the buildings which are getting on very well, but it will be six months before