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'Koweit: A Report' [6r] (16/140)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (60 folios). It was created in 1903. It was written in English. 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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CONTENTS.
Introductory ,
Harbour, Anchorages,,, t > ^ 2
History, of Koweit, of the Wahabis, of the Ibn Rashid
Family, war between Nejd and Koweit ... M 3
Political: relations between Koweit and Great Britain,
situation in 1901-02, foreign relations, Russia, Ger
many, Turkey. Events during 1902 ... „ 10
Military forces, strength, arms and equipment, organisa- „ 16
tion, standard of efficiency, tactics
Towns: Koweit, population, defences. Jehara, its im
portance, population, defences
Administration, Government, free trade, currency
Resources, commercial, not agricultural
Climate ,„
Communications
••• >* 23
••• >» 25
• •• „ 25
Appendices—
A. —Routes ... fft
B. —The Wahabi Family
C. —The Ibn Rashid Family ... Mt
D. —-The Sheikhs of Koweit „,
Illustrations—
Foreshore of Koweit Frontispiece...
Mobarek-bin-Subah Sheikh of Koweit, to face page
Presidence of the Sheikh of Koweit „ „
Maps—
» 27
»» 3 1
>, 32
*> 33
5
18
General map of Koweit and the surrounding country (with
inset
A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume.
plan of the defences of the town of Koweit)
Koweit harbour ... ttt
Diagram of the village Jehara
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In pocket.
IND EX—
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Two copies of a report, marked as secret, on Koweit [Kuwait]. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, by Captain H H Dowding, The Essex Regiment. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1903.
The report contains information on the geography, history, politics, military strength, administration, resources, climate, and communications of Kuwait. It includes appendices on routes and prominent families in the region.
The volume also contains a number of photographs and maps:
- A photograph of the foreshore of Kuwait (folio 3)
- A photograph of Mobarek-Bin-Subah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], Shaikh of Kuwait, and his youngest son Naser (folio 9)
- A photograph of the residence of the Shaikh of Kuwait (folio 17)
- A rough diagram of the village of Jehara (folio 31)
- A map of Kuwait Harbour (folio 32)
- A map of Kuwait and surrounding country (folio 33).
At the rear of the volume is an index, arranged alphabetically and with reference to the original pagination (folios 26-28).
Folio references given are for the first of the two copies. The second, identical copy runs from folio 34 to 66.
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (60 folios)
- Arrangement
The report contains a table of contents (folio 6) and an index (folios 26-28) which is arranged in alphabetical order. Both refer to the original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-33) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 34-66); 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.
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- Mss Eur F111/383
- Title
- 'Koweit: A Report'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:29v, back-i, 31r:33v, front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-a-i, 35r:62v, back-i, 64r:66v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence