File 1855/1904 Pt 4 'Koweit:- Loans to Sheikh.' [‎114r] (227/242)

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5. In reply to an enquiry made by the
Secretary of State, the Resident at Aden
has reported that the conclusion of a treaty
with the Chief of Beda is still in abeyance.
The Chief is in Aden again, but his cousin,
who is the real administrator, will not come
forward, being apparently under some hostile
influence.
6 . Colonel Wahab has proposed that
Mr. Pitzmaurice, Lieutenant Tandy, and the
Turkish Commissioners should proceed either
to Constantinople or Simla to complete their
maps and final report. The Government of
India have suggested to the Secretary of State
that it will be more convenient at the present
stage for the party to recess at Simla than at
Constantinople.
7. Information was received during the
month that the Sultan of Shehr and Mokalla
had detained at Mokalla a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. with arms and
ammunition, intended apparently for the
Somali Mulla. Captain Merewether, Assistant
Resident at Aden, who on receipt of this
news was sent to Mokalla, brought back with
him 31 Somalis, 33 Gras rifles, and 1,550
rounds of Gras ammunition, together with the
cargo of the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , consisting of 738 bags of
rice and a quantity of dates and American
piece-goods, of the class from which the Mulla
has made a kind of uniform for his men. The
dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. which has been left at Mokalla, pending
the result of an enquiry now being held at
Aden, is said to belong to Obbia, and to sail
sometimes under the Italian flag, and some
times under Zanzibar colours. She left Aden
on the 23rd January last for Obbia, carrying
certain passengers, who have for the present
been detained at Aden. The dhow’s move
ments, after leaving Aden, appear to have
been suspicious, and there is no doubt that
she visited ports on the Somali Coast not
covered by her manifest.
PERSIAN GULP.
8 . El Katr .—It is reported from Katr
that Ali-al-Asairi, Sheikh of the Muathit,
residing at A1 Bidaa, proposes to erect a town
on the north-east corner of Helat Bui Kaifan,
about ten miles eastward of Ras Mashut, as a
mark for the guidance of pearling boats when
making for Al Bidaa.
9. El Hassa .—The Monasir Arabs are
reported (25th April 1904) to have recently
captured and killed the Turkish courier
engaged between El Hassa and Katr.
It is said that this tribe recently applied to
Abdul Rahman-bin-Paisal for protection, and
that the latter informed them that, when they
produced letters from the headmen of El Hassa
to the effect that they are on good terms with
them, he would consider the matter.