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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [100r] (199/474)
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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AL E1AQ.TA
(1) A stream of brackish, undrinkable v:ater in the
undetermined territory south of the Kuwait Principality
forming the boundary between the district of Huzaim
on the north and the plain of Labi ah, or the district
coast, and reaches the sea immediately to the north of
a flow of water 10 or 12 feet broad and a foot deep,
and a full tide kxicb native vessels can proceed a
short way up it. Its entrance is known as Khor-al-
is also sometimes used.
(2) Maqta T is also the name of an island off the coast
of SUDAH l-£- miles south of Hadd-al-Misha 1 ab vUilU
It is two miles long from north-east to sov;th-west, with
cliffs 20 to 30 feet high at the east end. No channel
exists between Naqta Island and the mainland. The
island is to a great extent submerged at high spring
tides.
* Visited by Colonle Dickson in 1933. About 1000
gallons of water flow out per minute. Actual T ain T is
formed by a cup like depression 50 feet across.
Water is not unpleasant to smell, consists of 1 -.2.S
(Sulphurated Hydrogen), is very clear and buoyant.
Dangerous to enter centre of basin owing to quick sands
according to Bedouin. Story is that "Negro T s" head
appears in centre of spring every now and then. This
probably caused by water throwing up black mud cone
every now and then as it bubbles up.
of SUDAH on the south
called f Ain-al- f Abd
. It rises in a salt spring
0^ about 15 miles from the
Ras-al-Khafji
Maqta is described as having
Maqta T . A plural form of the name (Maqati
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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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