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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [38r] (75/474)
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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tribes under bis control, he induced his religious
leaders to issue a fatwah that the Ikhwan should build
themselves villages and till the soil, this being
incumbent on them from a religious point of view. The
order seems to have been responded to with enthusiasm
in most cases. The progress of the movement was most
cleverly managed, and Ibn Saud showed great genius in
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working out the scheme without estraging the ^ppple.
He himself selected the site for each Ikhwan village.
With a tribe which was not of itself keen to join the
movement his method seems to have been to send for the
Shaikh and tell him in blunt terms that his tribe had
no religion. He would then order the Shaikh to attend a
course of instruction at a school of Religion. At the
same time half a dozen selected instructors, attended
by some genuine fanatic like Faisal ad-Dawish, would be
sent off to the tribe. These would hold daily classes,
and it rarely took them long to rouse the dormant
fanaticism inherent in simple and savage people. These
teachers insisted on all conveifs wearing a white turban
over the kerchief in place of the head rope (Ibn Saud
has since decreed that this is not necessary, and he
himself always wears the head-rope). The strictest
Puritanism is the key note of their religion, and the
use of tobacco is regarded by them as a deadly sin as
the drinking of alcohol. They themselves are all
Brethren, but like all new converts to any religion
they are very intolerant. They will not even salute,
or return the salute of anyone outside their own sect,
or even allow that he is a Muslim. I remember Shaikh
Salim having one flogged for swaggering up to a shop
keeper in Kuwait and saying as he pointed to some of
his wares "’’Ala cham, ya chafir"? (How much is is it,
infidel?").
Of the tribes most closely associated with Kuwait the
most imprtant are:-
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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.
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- 1 file (235 folios)
- Arrangement
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 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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- IOR/R/15/5/179
- Title
- 'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland'
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- front, front-i, 2r:237v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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