File 705/1916 Pt 1 'Arab revolt: reports' [‎373r] (293/494)

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^ created an impression that he was unreliable.
his chief characteristic is his pride in the Feisal Dynasty,
hence his hatred of the Turkish domination.
To his people he ie nuite a hero; though, probably, no or^niser
and no tactician, he is gallant for an Arab. At the same time
he lost a considerable amount of prestige by his recent failures
to punis^i ibn Hashid and suppress the Ajman tribe.
The Unfavourable rumours that constantly come through about
Ibn baud are explicable perhaps on the following grounds:-
There ore only three lines of co > tunication with Kejd, i.e.
thrAu/#i hatif, Hasa, or howeit.
Koweit was for many years till recently under the rule of the
late Lubarak who died in November 1915. This old roan was Ibn
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baud's chief adviser until he became too dictatorial. Ibn baud
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