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not ia any way connected with the Government very
little is known of their work.
Originally there was one Persian school which has

been in existence for about sixteen years, It ha-e
bees is subsidized by the Persian Government and
managed by a committee of local Persians. With

the exception of one Hohamedan Indian the masters are
Persian. Two years ago, owing to quarrels on the
committee an opposition school was started. Both
now continue to flourish. The schools have now drop­

ped their aggressively military attitude and no longer
march about the town carrying Persian flags and beat­
ing drums. About sixty boys attend the two schools.

The American Passion has a boys and a girls school®
The greater proportion of the students are Jews and
Persians; Arabs do not send their children as they

dislike the possibility of their receiving religious
teaching. The standard of education at the boys
school is extremely high, they are taught by Mr. Hakken

a member of the Mission, and an assistant and as the
numbers are few they receive more*individual attention
than at the Government schools. The opening of the
Shia school and the girls school in Hanamah greatly

reduced the attendance at both the American schools®
Tutor for the sons of E. E. Shaikh Hamad. For

several years the question of obtaining a tutor for
Shaikh Hamad’s four youngest sons has been under dis-
cussion. Eventually, about five months ego, Mr. Abdul
Qayum Khan, a Mohomedan Indian, was appointed in this

capacity. He holds a B.A. degree from Ajmer College,
and was acting Tahsildar, Aji^er.