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(g) It is tinnecessary to enter into descriptions of the other members of tl
Kuwait ruling hou.se, since there is no outstanding personality among them ^
III.— General and Local.
{a) Relations with the Ruler.—These have been of a cordial and friendly m t a
and have continued so throughout the year. ^aturey
(b) Customs. On the 1st January 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. nresented fto i i
Director of Customs Abdul Latif al-Abdul Jalil, with the insimiia and “ °^!
of Khan Bahadur which honour had been conferred on him for general nood
during the tenure of office of Colonel More. This unfortunate individual was W?
nT f re M ed a M i COn T'n d T t° r . forgery in . June 1930 at the instance of Khan
Bahadur Mirza Mohomed, C.I.E., Agent to His Excellency the OT-Shaikh of Mohan,
merah, and suffered dismissal and disgrace. Owing to his long and faithful servW*
under three separate rulers, the Shaikh took a lenient view of his case and w
content to let the man retire into obscurity. Three of his five properties in Kuwait
were sold to pay sundry debtors, including the ez-Shaikh of Mohammerah the
Shaikh himself buying two of them. The ar-Director of Customs left Kuwait for the
Hejaz on 3rd August via Iraq, Syria and Egypt. He is now with His Maiestv
King Bm baud but so far has not been appointed to any official post ^ ^
One lusuf bin Yacub now holds sway as Director of Customs, and nromises
to be a success He certainly has brought about a marked improvement in the
£s callmgat Kuwaih’ ^ ^ --dbrorn masterstl
P • Fro ™ a “ ’’ point of view, the year 1930 was a disastrous one for the
1 rmcipality for not only id Kuwait s trade suffer like that of the rest of the world
nu!d blocUde NeU 7 7 ^ fallUre ° f ^ 1930 pearI trade ’ and the
a ,., («) ytefepfe -There was no real relaxation of this during the year 1930
ahhough after the rebellion a few Nejd tribes including the Mutair San and
Awazim, were permitted to go up to Kuwait in small parties and purchatTupples
That Bm Saud was forced to allow this to happen throughout the summer of 1930
was apparently due to the threat of famine. The late rebels in particular were n
very bad way owing to having lost most of their live stock, and found it Quite
thinfto do. t0 fet ° h Supplles from Hoffuf or Jubail as tlle King would have Liked
traffil h that a useJtJfnlv kT iS a if ious to recover, is of course, the heavy caravan
Ttf: onftmde hafwm Uffig ^0^Prif
oftheBedouinewiththeirpX^eXoZd^tdHcr^ 11 * 7 ’ ^ ^
itseinfSnem'teolfJt+Sr- 8 and something is done soon Kuwait will find
Ibn Saud ou tbp < 3 ?b^ f +■ 18 10 I )e( ^ representations will be made to King
the sW oTb ^ fc ^ ^ ^ d " te : Kuwait has a bargaining counter in
the nast 9 vc rq If 71 a ^ ai ^ st -^ e j^ f°r damage done by Nejd forces during
all these claims. H aU W ° U d eaSG tile blockade 5 she would willingly forego
palitv mifrw tpV h ^ uwa ^ , JLP -be beginning of 1930, possessed no munici*
sub soil so bhat h X ^ -^ a ^ are fortunately had endowed her with a sandy
For the’ beW ' Str ? ets if ver l0 ^ realty dirty, even after the heaviest rain.
water that rlidXf ^ ‘ T 1 po 8 san< ^F sur face almost immediately absorbed anv
water that did not run into the sea or was drained away.
m^-S ^i^orent parts of the city many large heaps of accu-
were also i^ v f F unsi g k tly and offensive to the nostrils. There
resembling euormn n 3 U p " le town some fifteen deep and unsanitary pits
ing material but ZZ u . cra "Xi’ excavate( i iri the first place to obtain build-
for the ooor'in fhns ^ f Gd m ’r ^ kese ka< ^ become the recognised latrine areas
were breede^ of ^wf V IT ° f the t0Wn ’ in whicl1 the y Moreover the pits
mis o ies m summer, and filling up in the winter season with