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1945

Tuesday 16th April

Fort, only a few men on parade. Office all the morning. HH & Sh A came in, HH in rather a bad temper & a
lot of talk about Zubara & Mohd al Mana who I sent for afterwards & told that HH didnt like seeing him
here. Its all very silly. Various people came in including Leigh - as usual al 1.30.

To Idari in the afternoon, oleandars loked lovely, one mass of colour. PWD seems very slow getting things
done.

Wednesday 17th April

Didnt go to the Fort, cool day, not much sun. Temp yesterday was 80. Very busy morning. Saw Seyd Said
& Al Jajar about estate of Mohd al Nakhada, the old Bahrain man living near power house who looked a very
poor old thing & left 5 lakhs & the as his administrator to deal with large religious bequests which
means that Sh Abdulla will live in comfort ever after. Food Control Committee, discussion about cuts in
sugar ration & a petition from piece goods merchants. Then saw Tunnicliffe about quarters for school

masters and Cochrane & then Leigh. On the whole a tiresome day, also Sh A & Ahmed Omran. In the