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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [219r] (437/474)
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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SECRET
KOTA IT. (cont#.)
POWER PLANTS. (contd)
Current supplied is normally 220 volts L.C. dut this
fluctuates very considerably and often drops as low as 150
volts. /
The Oil Company has an independent plant consisting of
2 oil driven generators developing 7 K.W. This is used solely
for their own purposes.
later. The Oil Company has found water in abundance at a point
^TTmTles 3.T. of Kuwait. This water although saline is quite
drinkable. It is unlikely that any great use will be made of
this in the near future owing to the length of pipeline involved
and the unsuitability of the water for engines.
The present arrangement for the Oil Company’s water supply
consists of three 12,000 gallon tanks on the foreshore at
Shuwaikh. One tank is used as a settling tank, one (full) as
reserve and the other to use.
Water is brought to Kuwait by booms from the 3hatt-al-Arab
The booms lie off Shuwaikh jetty. A pipeline has been led some
way out to sea and water is pumped by hand from the booms
through this pipeline (S”) to the settling tank. It is then
pumped to the oil camp some 14 miles distant where similar water
storage exists.
The town supply is also obtained in booms from the Shatt-
-al-Arab. Water is sold at the rate of i anna per gallon. There
is no pipe system or water works.
The Military Authorities have constructed a 100,000 gallon
cement water storage tank at Shuwaikh.
TRANSPORT FACILITIES .
The main means of transport to the interior is by carand camel.
A Company maintains a regular bi-weekly service in each
direction between Kuwait and Basra for mails and passengers.
This is the best road in the state and is fit for M.T. all the
year round.
Camels in considerable quantity can be bought but not hired.
About 200 donkeys can be hired in Kuwait and Jahra.
SI GNAL C OMivTTJNIC AT I ONS .
There is a single telegraph line from the Post Office in
Kuwait town to Basra.
There is no cable communication.
Cable & Wireless Ltd., have erected a W/T station.
The R.A.E. have established a W/T station in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
compound.
The Oil Company have two Marconi Portable Type E-3 sets
for local communication.
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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