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Miscellaneous reports and correspondence relating to Kuwait [‎23v] (46/87)

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The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in [1 Mar 1918]-13 Mar 1920. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Note.—
Name of stony tract . . . Amjuzal ( )
Wells to S. W. . . • . Alhataki ( )
The water after flood flows in this depression from Tumair beyond Majmuli
and the flood passes Artawiyah but cannot cross the Dahanah ; it is said to
form a big, shallow lake near Artawiyah which, in some years, lasts for 2 or 3
months. Al-Bataniyah ( AviUavJI ) is the joint name given to the wells of
Artawiyah ( ), Dujani (), Gaiyiyah ( aax UJ ) ), Albatarah ( ),
and Al-Hathaki ( ).
Continued march at 3-45 p.m . and on into the night pulling up at about
n/1 , ., 9-55 p.m . Lovely temperature at night
Distance—116 hours, 20 m nutes. nales. ^ ^ . ± p a t ^
now. One or two scares of Arabs
occurred but we encountered none. Ghunaim very uncertain about the way.
25th October, —Marched at 5-45 before sunrise and reached descent
into the deep, stony gorge, which forms
Distance —116 hoars. 20 minutes, 300 miles. ji „ , • , n-\xx £ at J J*- „
. - m 0 00/v tliG Giiti'ciiiCG into /jilii irom tins dirGCtiorij
At 5 fm . —Temp. 95°, Bar. 3,230. j i j o »» mi i i
at about 8-5o a.m . The baggage camels
came very slowly. Tbis steep place is called Attawaij ( gijb ). We waited
for the camels for ^ an hour at the first well. There was a small garden
attached to the well and a square cover exactly over it. The well was cut
into the solid rock the water being about 18 ft. below the surface when we
saw it, which was after many sheep had been w T atered. It was not more than
2 or 3 miles from Zilfi but we did not get to our camp between the 2 towns
until ll -4i5 a.m., i.e., our progress was latterly at the rate of about a mile an
hour.
At 2-15 in the afternoon the Amir of Zilfi, by name Usman ibn
Muhammad, who lives in the western town, came to call. We had sent on
2 riders to inform him of our arrival from the first well (Mirshid and
* Abdullah al Dahabas went on). Usman is an old man, very gentle and
polite in manner. He has invited us all to dinner. We halt to-morrow when
1 hope to see the 2 towns. The new town, which replaces that destroyed by
Ibn Rashid some years back, is a quadrangle facing north with 5 towers
connected by a curtain, the height of which is about 15 ft. The east and
west sides have 3 square towers, in addition to the circular towers connecting
them with north and south faces. We camped at a distance of about 700
yards from the east face of the new town. The old town is about 1| miles
from the new one. The Amir has promised to take me over the old town
to-morrow. There is a suburb lying very slightly west of north, about 3 miles
from Zilfi, called Araiarah ( ). At 4-45 p.m . had coffee with the
Amir in his house and afterwards took a photograph of the west side of new
Zilfi. During coffee conversation turned on the question of passes. The
Amir was understood to say that passes given by him had not been accepted at
Kuwait. We explained that the reason was probably that his name had not
been given us by Bin Saud as one of the Amirs qualified to grant passes in his
name. Many of the principal merchants of Kuwait, he tells me, are from
Qasim families who have migrated thither in recent generations. It seems
that all the aristocracy of Kuwait, as well as the places like Zubair and
Khamisiyah, are "Najdis. New Zilfi is called Al-Aidah ( ) and old Zilfi
Al-Balad ( ol'*JI ).
26th October. —Halted. Visited old Zilfi with the Amir and spent a couple
Eaylighl —Temp. 56",Bar. 3,210'. 0 { Pthere With Mullah
' Abdullah to assist me. People cool but
not unfriendly. There aie here, as everywhere, a few of the Akhwan, sour-faced
lellows wlio hate the jovial people of Kuwait almost more than they do the
infidel. Had coffee in the afternoon with ' Ali al Dhuwaihi and a long chat
with him. The gardens in the rocky clifts, each with its protecting tower and
couple of armed men standing on guard, are the most distinctive feature of Zilfi.
2/ th October. —Halted. Had breakfast with the Amir in his garden about
Hayiight—Temp. 60°, Bar. 3,280'. a mile behind new Zilfi. Saw well from
which 4 camels were drawing water

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Correspondence of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain relating to Kuwait, and reports concerning Kuwait circulated to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .

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The Arabic language content of this file consists of a few Arabic versions of personal and place names that occur in the official print in folios 21-33.

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1 file (41 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 42 on the last folio before the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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