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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [4r] (7/474)
The record is made up of 1 file (235 folios). It was created in 1933-1948. 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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at Hamdh near Jaryah, or Qaryah as it should really be
pronounced, in April 1920, and the battle of Jahrah in
October of the same year. The question first arose in
January 1919, when Shaikh Salim wanted to build a fort at
Dauhat Balbul, just north of Jabal Manifah, to which Ibn
Sa’ud objected, and claimed that it was within his terri
tory, Nothing happened until April 1920, when Ibn Shuqair
started to build the Ikhwan village of Jaryah, but from
then onwardsthe relations between Shaikh Salim and Ibn
Sa f ud went from bad to worse. During the summer of 1920
both parties applied for British arbitration, and both were
asked to state exactly what territory they claimed. Ibn
Sa'ud replied that he claimed the whole country up to the
walls of Kuwait; and Shaikh Salim claimed a frontier similar
to the outer line of the Anglo-Turkish agreement. The High
Commissioner for ’Iraq then invited Ibn Sa’ud to Basra with
a view to settling the dispute, but Ibn Sa’ud replied that
he was unable to come at the time. In January 1921 the
Shaikh of Mohammerah offered to send his son, Shaikh Chasib,
accompanied by Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir of Kuwait, to Nejd,
to try and arrange a truce between Ibn Sa’ud and Shaikh
Salim. His offer was accepted, and the mission left for
Bahrain en route for Nejd in February, and reached Ibn
Sa’ud’s camp to the north of Riyadh on the 2nd March. Two
days later the news of Shaikh Salim’s death reached them,
and Ibn Sa’ud at once said that there was no longer any
quarrel to settle, or any need for a boundary between his
territory and that of Kuwait. Ibn Sa’udfcx had already been
told that His Majesty’s Government recognised the territory
within the inner boundary of the Anglo-Turkish Agreement
as definitely belonging to Kuwait. Nothing more happened
regarding the frontier until November 1922, when at a
conference held at ’Uqair between Sir Percy Cox and Ibn
Sa’ud, at which the
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.
was also present, the
question of a frontier between Kuwait and Nejd came up for
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This file contains a number of reports concerning different aspects of life in Kuwait, including its geography, history, flora and fauna, weather, political administration and leading personalities. Unless otherwise stated, the reports' author is Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (the 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. , Kuwait).
The reports appear as follows:
- Note on Kuwait in 1933 incorporating Geography, Administration, History and Trade (folios 2-62)
- Note on Villages of Kuwait State (folios 63-76)
- Note on the Various Districts in Kuwait, Kuwait Neutral Zone, Summan Area , Hussaim and Suda (folios 77-104)
- Notes on the "Batin" Valley, and "Dibdibba" Country (folios 105-120)
- Note on the "Shaqq" Depression (folios 121-123)
- Note on "Failakah" Island (folios 124-130)
- Note on Native Craft of Kuwait (folios 131-135)
- Note on the Prevailing Winds of Kuwait (folios 136-138)
- Note on the Different Kinds of Fish found at Kuwait (folios 139-144)
- Notes on the Drinking Water (Wells, etc) available in Kuwait Town, in Case of Military or Naval Operations (folios 145-147)
- Notes on Personalities in Kuwait (folios 148-154)
- Notes on Kuwait (folios 155-159)
- A report on Kuwait Dhows (with odd notes attached at rear) written by Alan Villiers in 1939 (folios 160-183)
- Leading Personalities of Kuwait written by Major Tom Hickinbotham in 1942 (folios 187-198)
- Who's Who in Muscat written by John Baron Howes in 1942 (folios 199-209)
- Conditions in Kuwait written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy in 1947 (folios 226-228)
Some of the reports contain handwritten notes in Arabic, notably when giving place names and geographical information.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (235 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 237; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/179
- Title
- 'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:237v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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