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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [98r] (195/206)
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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Pist5m*
T ^ i 1 03^
Tem: 55°. Bar: 2100’.
M> <§>
with an amphitheatre of stony hills of the regu
lar Summan nohby shape. These two wells contain
good water at a depth of 25 oa or 150 f*.,i-. e,
the same as al-G-ara’a to the IT*'., v^nich we
passed on our march to Boraidah.
Got off at about 11.35 a.m. but went to the
wells to water the horses and sheep,of which ten
only remain of the flock of 20 presented to us by
Abdulaziz (Bin Saud). Halted at 2.45 p.m. by
another solitary sugar-loaf hill rising out of t
the broad depression. Direction due north,march
ing in teeth of Shiraal (north wind) with fine
cutting rain. Obliged to dismount -l rora camel
and was so stiff could hardly walk. Walked last
couple of miles into camp. Usual dreary Surnman
scenery but valleys more open than on Koweit-Zil-
fi route. Vegetation poor (no nussi) light
Yellow sand. The sand on the Summan is different
altogether from that on the nefudh which is ex
tremely fine and pinkish in colour (in the dis
tance orange). Thunder in West. The Arabs say
about it that it means a seyl or flood at a
distance of tw r o days. Xn one summer lightning
like that is only 4 or 5 hours distant. T ahsin,
the Imam’s man, told me today, apropos of ray
having fever, that Bin Saud w r as a great doctor,
I said how did he heal ? He said ”by siyasa:
but it was a wonderful thing”. Am foslin,
travel-weary: hence the fever I think. I left
Koweit July 30th. for India, rushed about for a
month and them returned via Basrah and Baghdad
to Koweit, whence I started on this journey.
Have been 5 months on the runj
Sunday t6th .-uecemoer . Marched at /.5. a.m.
and with -J hour interval for breakfast until
4.30 p.m. At 12.45 p.m. came in sight of high
range like Towei q, right across our running "Hb
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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- Open Government Licence