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'Koweit: A Report' [‎44v] (97/140)

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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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Rashid s Government is understood to have been both popular
and just; while he showed great diplomatic ability in the manner
m which he humoured the vanity of Turkey by professinj
himself the vassal of the Porte. By this purely nominal actoi
obeisance he secured immunity from interference from El Hasa,
He presented one of the most striking personalities of the east
n spite of futile efforts on the part of the old reigning family tc
t row off the yoke of Ibn Rashid, he continued to rule in Nejj
with practically undisputed authority, umtil his death in 1897,
He was succeeded by his nephew, Abdul Aziz ibn Rashid.
io resume tne thread ot events immediately connectec
with Koweit, an appeal had also been made by the sons 0
ie mur cred Sheikh of Koweit to a maternal uncle, otu
Sheikh Yusu bin Ibrahim* of Dura on the Shatt-el-Arab, as
well as to the ruler of Nejd. Towards the end of 1897, Yusu
made preparations to attack Koweit in alliance with Sheikl
Jas.m bm Thani.t of El Katr. At the same time (U, i.
December ,8g 7 ) a Turkish force was reported as concentratln.
in the neighbourhood ot Basrah, and the Turkish corvetle Zohj
Wh C e e .b rl •° m ■ f atr ’ Wi ; h c the Nakib of Basrah O" board
Whether this official exerted his influence with Sheikh Jasim ti
dissuade him from taking serious action or not, is not very clear
but nothing of importance appears to have occurred. Y
Meanwhile, in July 1897, Saood, second son of the ht
Sheikh of Koweit, appealed to the British Consul at Basrah f'
British protection. The Foreign Office at home, however dh
not consider any interference on our part to be desirable un%
British interests, or the peace of the Gulf, were endangered I,
e N d 0 r; b Mh ,?9 ^ H M S - ?‘Z e ° n visit,!d Koweit and report
ed that Mubarak was most friendly and was desirnuc r,f i
protection. Both factions thus sWed themselves anxious | Sf
our protection, and both cordially hated the Turk. f0 '
* Mubarak’s brother married Yusuf’s sister K.,f ~ A ,
Yusuf had been ejected from Koweit, and was nol permittedfo tradeSe. 9 ^" 61
character; by the British^Govern'nenT^i^reJarded a S s Ch,eV ° U f S if nd disorderI l
maritime chieftains pledged to preserve tne marftime peacHf 0 ^ ? , ?f depe i nden
sessing a claim upon our support if he does so and noon ^ V u Gulf ’ and P os
not—a view whicn res's upon a definite aereement n ? ot t retnbutlon if he doe
the maritime peace, which was signed b/his oreder 1 t0 Com . m,t an 7 breach o
six Trucial Chiefs, in 1868. In ifif^ however thS; T’ ,nde P en dently of th,
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Governor, and placed a Turkish guard of 250 recruh h rs m a Ka, ^ ka ^’ ° r De P u '.'
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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.

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2 volumes (60 folios)
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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.

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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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