"الملف E-15. خان صاحب سيد صدّيق حسن، المساعد الهندي في البحرين، الموفد إلى الرياض ومكة" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٥] (٥١٦/٣١٦)

groove of trosa about 200 yar'ia from tbe South crate* After wait
ing for an hour or ao AHMAD THAMAIIAH, obviously feellnR very
nuoh Insulted and chagrined* went hinaelf with two others*visit
ed the Amir and returned to oamp within half an hour* As result
of this visit ws got the Amir’s •Dhlyafah" (feast) in the form
of two goats* and some rioe* coffee and su^ar* But AHMAD ^HAKAI-
t
1AH changed all his planst no conels were available for nurchase
or hire; no attendants which had been promised me; no one to
take letters to RIYADH* and worst of all we were not to stay
24 hours for rest which we sorely needed* but must start after
a few hours* as M&OOA was 11 days' journey at l^ast* This last I
could not swallow* I was* in addition to the Inconvenience due
to lack of efficient attendants, very sorry to see my friend
and assistant* FARHAN take so much trouble with our three un
trained* in-efficient followers* and only DARAIM to assist them*
FARHAH was un-sparing in his efforts* and did not only goad the
men to work* but himself performed a wood deal of it like the
putting up and pulling down of tents* loading and un-loadinr of
the oamela with the precious water-skins and adjusting "shldads"
etc** all rough work involving manual labour* which he was not
supposed to do; but he did it un-grudglngly for ray sake*
115* SHA/iRAH is the centre of trade between the HKJAZ
and N&JD; has a bazaar in the centre where cloth* rioe* supar*
coffee and apices are sold* ^any A Aadu caravan cones fron all
sides to buy their needs here* I now see about F50 3uyut haar
lying half a mile South of the town, and a large number of
two
camels around the/w*H«* ^ater is very good inde.ed* Thanks*
however, to the AKHWAW spirit* manifested in the Amir's refusal
to meet no less a nan than the cousin and rspresentative of
Bin 3AUU^ lie are not allowed to enter the town and see it* M, here
was quite a long line of fresh looking graves near the curao*and
I was tol^L thAt SHAARAH had lost many of its inhabitants in ths
last influenza epidemic, which raged all over FEJD including
RIYADH* BIN BAUD himself Imving lost two sons among other re
lations* It was hard to leave this oool and nice little spot
so soon, but we started at 4.50 P.M. though I was feeling