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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [64r] (127/474)
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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Occasionally pronounced Jaharah. A considerable
village in the Kuwait Principality, situated near the
foot of the Kuwait Bay, about 2 miles inland, 40 feet
above sea le*¥l, and distant 20 miles by road from
Kuwait Town: It is the chief and almost only seat of
agriculture in Kuwait territory.
Situation . Jahrah stands in an open plain of sand
sprinkled with camel grazing, 5^ miles to the south
east of the gap in the Zor hills, known as the Mutla f
Pass, through which caravans from Kuwait to Basrah by
the direct route pass. The desert rises gradually from
the village towards the west and south west. One mile
to the north of the village is a plain called Muraitibah
on which Bedouins camp in the summer; it is
riddled with wells containing water at a depth of 12
feet. The flew trees about Jahrah, except the dates
belonging to the village, are either tamarisks or bers.
The air of the place is dry and the climate healthy.
£efences . Jahrah is commanded at artillery ranges
by the ZOR hills, and, owing to the shoal water at the
foot of Kuwait Bay, the place could not be effectively
supported by naval fire. The Shaikh of Kuwait has a
fortified residence, known as the Qasr-al-Ahmar
or Red Fprt from the colour of its walls, on the south
east side of the village outside the limits of culti
vation, but only separated by a roadway from the nearest
garden. It is about 80 yards square, and has towers
over the doorway., which faces north west, and at the
four corners. The walls are fifteen high and two feet
thick at the top, the towers being about eight feet
higher. There is no well,of good water inside the fort.
It was in this fort that the late Shaikh Salim of Kuwait
took refuge with a v out 600 men after the defeat of the
Kuwait force by Faisal-as-Dawish and his Ikhwan in
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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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