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would take precedence. However, in spite of the difficulties, and although
it would still entail British protection against external attack, if such a
federation existed it might solve the future of the Gulf states for some
time to come.
It is over two years since I retired, leaving my son still working for the
Shaikh in Bahrain. Marjorie and I arc busily occupied with various forms
of voluntary work, but my affection for Bahrain, and my interest in its
progress increases rather than diminishes. Nothing gives us more pleasure Index
than entertaining in our London home the many Bahrain Arabs who
visit us. Some are friends who worked with me loyally for thirty years,
.Aarhus, Prehistoric Museum, Denmark, Arab, dinners, 22-4
to whom I owe a debt of gratitude, some arc the sons of men with whom nationalism, 237-8
I served. The first thing that anyone secs on entering our house is a Abd Ali Alcwat, 212, 231-2 tribesmen, 202
Abd-al-Uah, H.R.H. Amir, of Iraq, 200 Arad, 198
picture of the Shaikh. Never will Marjorie and I forget the unfailing Abdul Hussein al Hilli, Shaikh, Shia Kadhi, ARAMCO, Arabian American Oil Com­
kindness, the consideration and the generosity of my friend and master, 118-19 pany, 79, 198
Abdul Latif al Saad, Shaikh, Sunni Kadhi, Araydh, Mansoor, Shia leader, 190
Shaikh Sulman, and of his father before him.
:i8 Archaeologists, Danish, 98
Abdulla bin Isa, Shaikh, 26, 93, 123, 134, Arnold, Sir Edwin, 41
231 Asalo, 185
Abdulla bin Jasim, Shaikh of Qatar, 155-6 Athlonc, H.R.H. Princess Alice and the Earl
Abdulla Darwish, 158-9, 184-5 of, 108-9
Abdulla Mubarak, 224 AUB, American University of Beirut, 167,
Abdulla Suliman, Saudi Finance Minister, 178, 211
146-7 Awali, oil town, 74, 139-42
Abyssinia, 160
Administrative Council, 225-6
African and Eastern Co., 230 Bab al Bahrain, 135
Afridi, Major, 89 Baghdad, 14, 87, 169
Agency, Political, 197 Bagpipes, 89
Ahmed bin Ali, Shaikh, 184-5 Bahrain Oasis, Libyan Desert, 9
Air conditioning, 134 Bahri, Yunis, 120
Air Force, U.S., 141, 170 Bakr, Abd al Rahman, 211-13, 220-6, 227-9,
Air France, disasters, 171-4 231-2
Air Liaison Officer, 211 family, 53
Al Bustan, 182 Bal Tabarin, 187
Al Khobar, 109 Ballets de Monte Carlo, 88
Alexander, the Great, 99 Band, police, 17, 40, 208
Alexandria, 13, 185 Bank of the Middle East, 211
Ali bin Ahmed, Shaikh, judge, 198, 231 BAPCO (Bahrain Petroleum Company), 5,
Aladdin, 208 81-4, 164, 165, 171, 179, 181-3, 197.
America, 142, 213-15 217
American Mission, 17, 18, 70-1, 171 club, 145
drillers, 81-2 employees, 141, 148
oil companies, 80 Bara wind, 171
Orphanage, 103 Basra, 14, 75, 169 t -
Americans, in Middle East, 163 Bazaar Gossip, 69
Anatolia, 168 Bazaars, 78
Andaman Islands, 38, 233 B.B.C., 120, 217
Anglican Church, 181 B.B.S. (Bahrain Broadcasting Station), 217,
. Anglo-Arab commercial undertakings, 216 223
Ankara, 87 Bedford School, 14
Anonymous letters, 34, 189, 226 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment,
Antique china, 136 14
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