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Agent that he would be absent from his capital for some days and that in his absence*
wou ^ ^tend to State affairs. His Highness passed the barbour on
the 17th going eastwards, but did not halt at Masqat.
His Highness the Sultan has been busy during the week in completing the
arrangements to send a punitive expedition against the Bani Battash. His High
ness who was at Qaryat, returned to Masqat on the 24th and left again for Qaryat
with a party of Bam Aamir and recruits of the “ Nizam ” with Maxim guns. ^
f;,^ere has been a disturbance among the men of the Sultan’s new “ Palace
guard Fl %;fiY e of them were arrested and detained in the Jelali and Mirani
forts by Syud Nadir on the 5th.
21. Salim bin Khaimry, His Highness’s Customs Superintendent, on the 17th
discharged all the Indian clerks m the Customs Department. The work conse-
quently became disorganized and as he Could not carry on without them the Super
intendent was obliged to recall them on the 19th. ’ F
n J? 2 ' Tlle A f enc ^ was dressed on the 12th on receipt of the news of the
German surrender of South-West Africa to the British. The news was immediately
conveyed to His Highness and the French Consul who also dressed their flagstaffs 7
His Highness also dressed the Mirani and Jelali forts and the steam yacht S Nur-ul-
Bahr. The latter was then sent round to Mathra Bay with flags flying and siren
blowing to announce the news. s g
Bahrain.
,, l 3 - Lette . r ? f ceived fr0 ® Saud show that he made an unsuccessful night
attack on an A1 A] man encampment at the beginning of the month His brother
Sa ad and over 100 men were killed. ' tner5
24. The result of the first fishing are very poor. Few boats show any profits
after working off the divers advances. y F
25. The Turkish garrison in Qater is being rapidly reduced by desertions.
Kuwait.
26 Bin Sand sent an envoy, Musa’ad bin Suwailim, to Shaikh Sir Mubarak
to ask for help in his expedition against the Ajman tribe; In response to this
appeal Shaikhs Salim bin Mubarek, Salman bin Hamood, Ali bin Khalifah and
Ahmed om Jabir left overland on the 4th July with some 500 to 600 men to foin Bin
Saud at Hassa They expected to add another 1,500 to 1,600 men to their force
en mUe from the Kashaidah and Awazim tribes which are allied to Shaikh Mubarak.
Musa ad bm Suwailim, Bin Saud’s envoy, returned to Bahrain by the mail steamer
on the 1st July.
27. A caravan of 155 camels from Zulfi was attacked on or about the 5th Julv
by some 120 men of the Shammar tribe at Wara about 18 miles from Kuwait The
men in charge of the caravan who numbered 26 fought, it appears, for about 7 hours
when their ammunition fell short and they were overpowered and all their camels
with cash to the amount of nearly £ T. 2,000 were looted. The casualties on the
Snammar side are stated to have been 5 men killed and 7 wounded and on the side
of the Nejdis 3 men killed and 2 wounded.
28. Intimation of the surrender of German South-West Africa was received
from Bushire on the 14th. _ The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. flagstaff and that of the Shaikh were dressed
on the 17th as a mark of rejoicing, the news having been circulated meanwhile.
Bushire ;
The 3rd August 1915.
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A. P. THE YOB, Major,
Officer on Special Duty.
(In the absence of the Resident)^
G. M. Press, Simla,—No. C. 315 F. D.—19-8-15.—23.—-E.A.,