[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [‎69r] (137/206)

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crossed stony plain till when
re-entered red Hefudh. Godd water at 18 feet
well called Bir-as-Sali f ) • Sent
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three men off to fetch half a dozen skinfulls of
it. Halted at 10.40 a.m. for "breakfast. Star
ted at 1.20 p.m. and left Hefudh at 1.30 after
noon, and passed through stony plain and depres
sion out of which rose half a dozen detached
stone-hills of the shape of a round cake. From
the summit of the plateau above depression we
looked down to Bhakra nd Sheijar which latter
lies about 3 miles North of our road Sheijar
is a larger town than Mudhnib. Beyond Sheijar
we saw the ruddy Nefudh and further back the
chal-like cliffs of deb el Toweiq. We halted
at b. 25 p.m. (sunset) having sent on Thami-al-
Bair and Ali-al-Dhowaihi with letter to the
Ameer Mohamred Bin Saud,Al-Aisa. He has been
appointed Ameer by Bin Saud. He is a man of
about 45 years old. Came to our tents and
brought us off to a good breakfast. Mas very
hot .against Ajman who he said were treacherous;
why, he asked, did I bn Sabah and the British
Government harbour them. Bin Saud,he told us
claims overlordship over Arabia as far as
N e j r an in cl udi ng K as im and H as s a, M ekka, K o wai t
and Oman. The Shakra market is small, like
that of Zilfi but it is a larger town, sours.'
rounded by gardens. It has been welldescribed
as a lesser Anaizeh. The Ameer told us there
w ! ere 14 large townships in Woshm.
Washaiqir and Shaijar are one and the
same, the name is only diminutive of Shaqrah.
of which it is an off-shoot.
Yes terday,had some trouble with Abdul
Aziz bin Hasoon,who tries to thwart me when
he can do so safely. I had caught him the