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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [110r] (219/474)
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 HAFaR.
An important halting place and group of wells in the
BATIN section of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-ar-RUIIMAH. Halter lies about
160 miles west-south-west of Kuwait Town.
The wells are about 40 in number, but at the present
time only 11 are *alive", that is to say, yield water.
They are scattered in the bed of the BATIN, which here
forms a circular plain about 3 miles in diameter, at
intervals of from 100 yards to a quarter of a mile
apart; each well is in the centre of a mound, about 10
feet high, which has been formed by the soil removed
from it. The wells are lined with rough stone masonry
6 feet across at the top, their average depth is
and are about/150 feet to the water, but if left undist
bed for a time the level rised by about 30 feet. The
water they contain is almost tepid, and in the chilly
air of the morning vapour can be seen rising from their
mouths. South by east from the wells, between them
and the right bank of the BATIN, is a long, low, sandy
hill.
No firewood is available in the immediate vicinity
and the only fuel at hand is camel dung.
The Mutair, and occasionally other tribes, make use of
these wells, and they would be more frequented if they
were of a less inconvenient depth. Rafar is one of the
recognised stages on the route to QASIM via the BATIN
from Kuwait Tom and BASRAH.
At Hafar two hollows join the BATIN, one from the no-^th
and the other from the south; the former is called
FULAIJ-ash-SHAJIA.LIYAH ^ and leads to a
line of wells styled Atwal-adh-Dhafir lA *
running northwards. of which the first is Dulainiyah^A*
conducts similarly to a line of having a south-
wasterly direction and known as the Atwal-al-l'utalr j>'
which the first is Safah ^ in SUIXAN.
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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