'File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910' [‎169r] (365/587)

AMulla.the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. mmshi.to oommunicata
the Sheikh and inform Mm of our aovsaents.
Moolla Abdtilla failed to see the Sheikh who was
on shore but from the steamer's ladder,infomed
the Sheikh's aecretai^ of all that^necessary and
returned on board the "Lawrence ,, liimiediately.He
had been oarefully ins^in.icted not to go on shore
nor even on board the Sheikh 1 s Bteamer so as to
avoid all possible quarantine difficulties with
the Turkish quarantine officer at Fao #
3. We proceeded down river to a spot^ pointed
as the bounriar^- between the l^'ao and Ha 1 amir
proneI'tiea^ whence I proceeded to the shore in
the stesuii cutter^ while the "Lawrence" resuiaed
her course to ^ao village and finally anchored
opposite the Telegraph buildings,
4 # I Icmded at the sDot^ indicated to by m5 r
chuprasBi^ Haniad f who is an inhabitant of this part
of the country / and was met inMediataly by one
of Bheildi Mobarak* a cultivators, one Inwaihi Dish-
-man # I was acconix^ajaied by Sub 1 ieutenant Gorser
from H.l.M.S,"Lawrence",Hoolla Abdulla and one
chuprassi,the aforeass&tnaiaed Hamad.Inwaihi liish-
-man led us a little wajf inland and we made our
way over three or four se* arate blocks of date
gardens^ each divided from the other by a creek*
We worked down the last creek to the river again
and at the point where creek and river met found
ourselves in a rough open enclostire, *\rhere there
were perhaps a dosen retainers of Sheikh Mo/barak
all fully armed*! asked for the headman and
two men presented themselves.One was Badar bin
Muhammad ash Shathi who had just been relieved
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of his charge and the relief was Brahim bin
Abdul Jabbaijit who said that he was at x/ne head of
30 men.
5. I was info mad that the quarrel arose over
a small piece of land at the outlet of tue