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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [165r] (329/474)
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 5
any further than this useful wind blows: the southern
limit of oheir voyages is Cane Delgado. On rare occasions,
they do some coasting trade between Zanzibar and the
Comoro Islands or even to Madagascar, but nowadays
is quite unusual. Ordinarily they sell their outward cargoes
at such nlaces at Haifun, Obbia, 'yarsheikh, Mogadishu,
iiterka, Brava, and Kisimayu (all in Italian Mast
Africa), at Lamu, Malindi, and Mombasa, in Kenya: ana at
Zanzibar. Tanga and Dar-es-Salaam are little visitea oy
Kuv/eit craft. At Zanzibar discharge of the outward cargo
is comnlete, and they then often go local tramping, ej.ther
to Lindi or Mikindani or some such nlace for a cargo
of grain (for a local merchant at Zanzibar), or to
the Rufiji for mangrove poles. If they have arrived at
Zanzibar by mid-February, they have amnle time for a
local coasting voyage wmie v.aiting fox he SW
monsoon. If later than this, however, the larger vessels
have no time for this extra coasting to
Lindi and those places usually, on discharge of these
local cargoes at Zanzibar, go on to Lamu to load:
others go straight from Zanzibar to tne delta of tne
Rufiji, and take in a cargo there for the Persian Culf
without bothering about local earnings. Prom the Rufiji,
they return to Zanzibar, where usually the nakhodas
have remained while mates or other unfortunates have
JUJ&SL
taken the shin to the dreadful
, and there top off
with whatever comes to hand. In the Bayan this year, we
loaded, at Zanzibar, ei ;ht bags of cloves, two tons of
unhusked coconuts, 100 small cases or. French vermicelli
(a cheap job lot somebody in the suq had sold to Ali Nejdi
-- and he made a handsome profit on it at Muscat later, ior
we sold it there to Batina and Trucial coasters who
distributed it about without bothering to pay any customs
charges), and four cases of cheap perfumed soap of the
kind that is always ^popular in the suqs of Kuweit,
Basra, and Bahrein. Prom Zanzibar the booms usually 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.
- 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'
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- 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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