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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland' [43r] (85/474)
The record is made up of 1 file (235 folios). It was created in 1933-1948. 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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the loyal subjects of Kuwait, and from a military point
of view formed the backbone of Ibn Subah’s state.
During the question of Shaikh Salim the question of
their tribute was one of the chief causes of his quarrel
with Ibn Saud. The nomads of th© tribe have now become
Ikhwan, and have naturally oriented themselves towards
Ibn Sa*ud.
The Rashaidah (singular Rashidi) are an inferior tribe
of Kuwait and the territory to the south of it. They
number about 4,000 souls and are said to be of Kutaim
extraction; those in Kuwait town who are largely of
the Hirshan section, are not infrequently called Kutaim
a term which is also applied to the Saluba, those
despised tinker outcasts who are found all over Arabia.
A few years ago the majority of the nomadic Rashaidah
became Ikhwan. The chief Shaikhs of the tribe at
present are Mutlaq al-Musailim (whom I last heard of in
Iraq) and Asi al-Musailim (who is with the Ikhwan).
There are seventeen sections to the tribe, hut no useful
purpose is served by enumerating them*
The Dhafir is an Iraq tribe of Bedouins whose winter
hfebitat is the country to the south of the railway line
between Zubair and Nasiriyah. In the summer they are
mostly on the Umm al-Afur island, opposite Samawah. They
have for some time been flirting with Ikhwanism.
The Muntafik - or Tt Muntafiq n as the name is officially
spelt in English in Iraq, though I have never heard it
pronounced that way, or spelt that way in Arabic - are
a very large Iraq tribe, of which a portion are still
Bedouin. We are only concerned with them in that,
amongst other places, they are found in the western
desert of the right bank of the Euphrates - chiefly
between Nasiriyah and Samawah.
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This file contains a number of reports concerning different aspects of life in Kuwait, including its geography, history, flora and fauna, weather, political administration and leading personalities. Unless otherwise stated, the reports' author is Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (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. , Kuwait).
The reports appear as follows:
- Note on Kuwait in 1933 incorporating Geography, Administration, History and Trade (folios 2-62)
- Note on Villages of Kuwait State (folios 63-76)
- Note on the Various Districts in Kuwait, Kuwait Neutral Zone, Summan Area , Hussaim and Suda (folios 77-104)
- Notes on the "Batin" Valley, and "Dibdibba" Country (folios 105-120)
- Note on the "Shaqq" Depression (folios 121-123)
- Note on "Failakah" Island (folios 124-130)
- Note on Native Craft of Kuwait (folios 131-135)
- Note on the Prevailing Winds of Kuwait (folios 136-138)
- Note on the Different Kinds of Fish found at Kuwait (folios 139-144)
- Notes on the Drinking Water (Wells, etc) available in Kuwait Town, in Case of Military or Naval Operations (folios 145-147)
- Notes on Personalities in Kuwait (folios 148-154)
- Notes on Kuwait (folios 155-159)
- A report on Kuwait Dhows (with odd notes attached at rear) written by Alan Villiers in 1939 (folios 160-183)
- Leading Personalities of Kuwait written by Major Tom Hickinbotham in 1942 (folios 187-198)
- Who's Who in Muscat written by John Baron Howes in 1942 (folios 199-209)
- Conditions in Kuwait written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy in 1947 (folios 226-228)
Some of the reports contain handwritten notes in Arabic, notably when giving place names and geographical information.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (235 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 237; these numbers are written in pencil 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/179
- Title
- 'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:237v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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