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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [164r] (327/474)
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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Booms report 4
sail home dirgctly to^the Persian ^ulf (or by as near
direct a route as the v/ind allows) , sometimes one loads
tiles and jars at Mangalore for Mombasa and Zanzibar,
returning with mangrove noles either from the delta of
the Rufiji River, in Tanganyika, or from Larnu in
Kenya Colony.
African traders always load dates at Basra for Mukalla
for orders. At Mukalla they receive discharging orders, and
usually discharge part cargo there, part at Berbera, and
the rest at Aden. Sometimes they take the whole to
^erbera: sometimes they go to Hodeida, or even to Gizan:
but if they are sent to Hodeida, Gizan, or any other
port well in the Red Sea, it is usually impossible for
them to make the voyage to Africa and they then come home
with general cargo^from Aden, or go to Seihut to load
fish-oil, or tramn round the Mahra coast and to Sur (where
there is very little for the Kuweiti to pick up, when
the hungry Suri and poverty-stricken Mahra Bedu are looking
for a livelihood), finally bringing firewood home from
the Batina coast. But usually alii the dates are discharged
by the time the booms reach Aden, and in December (they
leave the Shatt-el-Arab in September) they leave Aden
bound for Zanzibar. They top un along the Hadhramaut coast,
and their cargoes lb ually include about 50 tons of salt
(in bulk) .(rice, sugar, and other foodstuffs to be sold
to Arabs down the Benadir and Swahili coasts, as well
as ghee in kerosene tins, and £» cooking stones and
such things. At Mukalla dnd Shihr, they compete for
passengers; often a boom will have 150 of these. In
the B a yan this year, we carried 130, as far as I could
count. (There never was a -oro-ner passenger list.) With
the "oassengers on board, the shins sail along ihe Arao
coast until they are to windward of Ras Asir, when they
stand towards Africa and, soon picking un that coasL,
continue down it for two or three months, looking in at
whatever ports seem likely to offer profit. They sail
down ith the north-east monsoon, and never sail
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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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- 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'
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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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