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Fort. Office all morning. Went to the Mission, LBL paid calls first then to Dames, after we went to call on
the Russells.
Wednesday 5th December
The Shaikh and Abdulla came to call in the morning, he came to call on LBL, he, Abdulla, Mohammed bin
Abdulla and Khalifah bin Sulman all came upstairs, then they came to the office & stayed a long time,
Abdulla too. Discussed various things. The Shaikh was very tiresome & suggested building some shops, for
himself, in the Customs shed. I pointed out that it was not his personal property & we had rather a heated
argument. Abdulla bin Jabr returned from Kuwait. DG called on the Shaikh in my office. Went, very late,
