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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [67r] (133/206)
The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918. 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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Dist. ]'i
Miles.
Temp.60°« Bar,3170’.
Di gt. 14t?~
Ms-iec».
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Xu
"Salaam-Alekum" f) smilingly. I
observed no Surliness,but this due to the fact
that I am passing through the country as the
honoured guest of Bin Saud and accompanied by
his special^ messengers Bami-Al-Bair (
and Sa-ad, Ajmi.
The water of this place is salty and aperi
tive. No-one drinks except from one veil at
Kasr Ibn Saud. r i’hat water,which is about 45 ft.
below the surface, is really good and sweet: .the
best we have drunk since leaving Kowait.
Left at 1.25, in afternoon, and halting for
half an hour at Kasr Ibn Saud which i hours
march from the town (about 1-J- miles). We
reached Murrabba ( fS) at 5.10 p.m.
%
November.5th . Left Gamp at 5 a.m. and came
within sight of Ain as Sweini and halted for
breakfast at 10.10 a.m. All day long passed
through good camel pasture,now and then coming
on patches of green. -‘■he depression appeared
to extend about 7 or 10 miles to the West.
Passed fort Kasral-Araar ( ) about 9.25
a.m. at a distance l£ miles from the road to
the West. Kasr-al-Watheilan ( )
(small ithel bushes) a little further on.
Started again at 1 p.m., having sent on
Thami and Mirshid to inform the Ameer,Dakhil-
ullah, of our arrival before sunset. Reached
Ain-al-Jareifah at about 4.40 p.m. A horseman
came out to welcome us. We rode in with him
to the village coffee room,just inside the fort
gate,which faces North. This is compact forti
fied village with several 2-storeyed house and
numerous square towers, all new r looking and
loopholed. There is a palm garden with about
100 palms watered by the springs, which flow
through it coming dkEtiag along an underground
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The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's ( 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. at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary.
The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to Najd and records the topography, distance travelled each day, temperature and barometric pressure and people encountered. The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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. at Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton); the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Chief Political Officer, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).
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- 1 volume (102 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/104
- Title
- [Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
- Pages
- 1r:2v, front, front-i, 4r:102v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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