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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [106r] (211/474)
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-BATIN.
Also more rarely called Butain 0^7 . The final and lower
section of the great
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-ar-RUMMAH, of which the middle
and upper course lies in NAJD. According to some authorities
the name is given to the entire length of the valley from
QASIM downwards, but the more general usage is to distingui
the portion lying in the DAHANAH as the 'tfadi-al-Mustawi, and
to call the lower portion only BATIN. It mayr therefore be
said to start from about 70 miles south-west of HAFAR; from
HANAR it runs for 60 miles north-eastwqrds to RIQA’I* and
from RIQ4. T I it continues in the same direction for about
103 miles further to the Ratk Ridge, 37 miles from
Basrah, where it ends.
The Batin is generally a well-marked depression, varying \
in breadth from 6 miles ( as at HAFARj to 2 miles ( As at
RIAQ/I ) ; near its end at Ratk it is very broad and shallow
The actual bottom or bed of the valley measures about 3 mile
across at HAFAR, but it is normally much less, and for some
distance above RIQA T I its width does not exceed half a mile;
it shows no signs of water action, but it is covered with a
level deposit of dark coloured clay which may have been
gradually washed down from the higher ground on either side.
The level bed bears large patches of low scrub, which give
cover to gazelle and bustard.
The routes from Basrah and Kuwait to QASIM run along the
Batin, the latter joining in at RIQA'I.
In the following table the principal features of the Batin
are enumerated and are described in descending order
Name. Position. Nature. Remarks.
Thamamiyah In the middle Several Five of the wells
of the Batin, wells
65 miles above
HAFAR.
have sweet water at
24 feet.
CQ ^3
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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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- Open Government Licence