13 For two years afterward, I made every effort to build up my book collection and establish my own library. However, it was not easy to find people who could lend me money with the agreement that I would repay them by easy installments later. Consequently, I resorted to borrowing books from those who had any. One of these individuals was Abdul-Wahid al-Khājah, a Sharjah Municipality employee. At that time, the Municipality was located at one end of the Suq. To the south of the Suq were several government departments, including Customs and Port, headed by Abdulrahman bin Muhammad al-Midfa‘; the headquarters of the General Administration of Financial and Administrative Affairs, chaired by
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