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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [207r] (422/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924. 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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are twelve feet deep and yield passable water.
hXbah.
ilQ = a.lies.
■Uie route now nme south-west by south*
first crosses a low range Q f hills,
tjid later a semi-circular range known ae
Bhila’ al-Kibrlt In the Shaqq. This latter le a long shallow
valley, perhaps a hundred miles Ifcng from north to south
grouiid ih broken , strewn with pebbles, ana diversified with ^
mounds ox ei-rth and sandstone* For the last 4b to 5q miles V
the track runs through the ^umuian district, which is at fi*B t
hi3.l8, through which run shallow winding valleys. Further on
t*he hills become more entangled. The actual wells of Habah,
wltich are only two in number and yield good water at about
1SH feet, are surrounded by atony hills which form a sort of
amphitheatre.
fcumnuui tne country becomes more open# the valleys, broad and
flat-bottomed, run aim >at north and southi v4\ile tne hills,
low and level, are frequently ribanded near tlieir bases wifci
brlok-colour, or, when their form is conical, exhibit brick
red i A their summits. A barren glaring tract follows, and i s
followed by a second labyrinth of valleys* Near its western
limit the Surman gradually opens into undulating plains, with
outcrops of sandstone, ^iich end abruptly ft the barrier of
the Dahanah* The Dahanah desert is here a little over fifty
miles across. It consists of seven great sand ridges, with
similar intermediate ones, separated from each other by plains
more bare, wit h
sandstone in some places and patches of shingle m others.
Always ascending slightly the track enters the district of
/
Wurai* ah, the surface of which is
very Irregular - the
a confuse
d region of earthy mounds and flat-topped sands tore
KAFAR AU-^UOCo
ltd ^ 27‘j miles,*
The track now runs south-west by south. It
continues through the bumiaSn tract for
about forty miles. In this portion of the
About this item
- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924.
The principal topics discussed are:
- A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924.
- Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects, 1924.
- The visit of Naif Al Hithlain, 1924.
- `Ajman and Mutair raid, 1924.
- Internal Kuwait situation, 1924.
- Ikhwan movements, 1924.
- RAF flights Baghdad-Bahrain-Kuwait, 1924.
The volume contains an index (folio 4) which lists items including: American Mission; Armenian Woman; Clerical Establishment; Embezzlement and Fraud, Prevention of; Germans not allowed in Kuwait; 'Government Telegraph Code'; Hijaz steamers; Hospital Bum; Ibn Sa'ud; Index to Summaries of Intelligence; Khuwair (also referred to as Khor az-Zubair) [Khawr az Zubayr] Postal Service; King Husain proclaimed Khalifah at Basrah; Naval Reporting; Pearling Loans; ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot'; Petrol; Presents; Publications; Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects; Rifles, Storage of; Slave Trade; Smuggling.
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- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the five leading and ending flyleaves.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-307; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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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/15/5/97
- Title
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:307v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence