'File 53/7 V (D 8) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, The Arab Tribes' [‎69r] (148/531)

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[Confidential.]
No. 835, dated Bushire, the 12th (received 23rd) April 1906.
From— captain A. P. Trevor, I.A., First Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To— sir Louis W. Dane, K C.I.E., C.S.I., Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign Department, Simla,
I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of
„. „ India, a copy of the marginally noted letter
No. 112, dated a tb arc 190. which I have received from the Political
Agent, Koweit, enclosing notes made by him during his tour to the south of
Koweit.
2. I have not made any communication to the Superintendent, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer.
No. 112, dated the 28th March 1906.
From— Captain S. G. Knox, I .A., Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Koweit,
To— Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
I have the honour to forward herewith the copy of some notes made during
a short tour to the south of Koweit which may perhaps prove of interest. 1 would
ask that the notes on the old Arab cemetery near Wara might be forwarded to
the Superintendent, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer.
Notes of a tour by Captain S, G, Knox to the south of Koweit,
Saturday, 24th March. —About 2 p.m. Sheikh Diaij and I started out on our
tour. He had got for me a good black mare which, he told me, was Bin Saood's
gift of last year to Sheikh Malieh, Diaij's brother. Malieh told me later that he
used to be a partizan of (Ibn) Rashid but that Bin Saood had brought him round
by the gift of this mare, some camels and some money. He complained of
Arab veterinary surgery and said that the Bedouins had fired the mare for a cold
and ruined her. Though quiet and easy paced, she was sluggish.
We passed round by the Ras-ul-Arz beacon and found it absolutely sound
though it would be the better for another coating of tar or even two. We saw a
number of the townsmen's encampments on our road especially near the base of
the Ras-ul-Arz. As we were approaching Funtass, we overtook an old man on a
donkey who insisted on our stopping the night with him. It turned out to be a
Jabir of the Al-i-Subah but he might easily have been mistaken for an old Arab
fisherman. His pedigree connects in the following way :—
Jabir
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Subah Diaij
• J-.
Mubarak Fazil
(present Sheikh). |
Jabir
(my host),
He must be a man of about 50 years old or even more, although he is a
generation below the Sheikh ; he is a good deal older than any of Sheikh
Mubarak's sons. He gave us an excellent pillau of fowls in a decent little diwaniya
facing the sea at Funtass and was very anxious to know if everything was to my
liking. While we were waiting for dinner. Sheikh Salim, Sheikh Mubarak's