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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [208r] (424/632)
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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RUMHtXAH.
24. « S'^6 miles.
iWiBAI-i •
45 ~ Z44 miles.
CM*
The ridges vaj^ from n quarter of a mile to several miles ki
width; and the plains from one and a half to seven miles.
Aft<r leaving the Dahanah the ground is level for t«m miles
to tiie wells of Hafar (aXv?i<.ys pronounced ‘Aoh, and
’« # -n
usually missj>elt *Ats on maps), which are twelve in number
and yield good water at a depth of about eighty feet.
After crossing, a broad watercourse called
£airi, the track crosses a plain of red
s&nd into the district of ‘urmah, and
mm “ «•
to tiie wells of Ruiahiyfdi, tine direction during this section
being approximately soutii. The wells, with water at, 200 feot,
are situated in a dry torrent bed, arallel to and south of
thQ 5adi Thaaamiih* (There is anotlier group of wells called
dumah, eight miles further west).
The track ascends rapidly into the hi Us
’which form the western bulwark of 1 Urmah #
- Aftej* crossing three watercourses, it
passes tlirough n gap in the hills called Khanasir, and
descends into an open plain.. it passes a few miles to the
east of Kfoafs, *%ere tlierfe is a lf<he some 50Q yards long.
Banban consists of a ruined tower and a few cultivators huts.
There is plenty of good water.
From heie the track runs south by e&st ,
across a series of plains and low ridgea f
then over open dcy ground to Riyadh,
which stands aoout two miles Horn the left bank of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifah on a plateau with high ground to the north. The town
is m.lled ?uid has six gates.
The information given above can only be considered approximately
reliable. Most of the plnoea mention*^ ure shown on the "Asia
1U,000,C0C liap", which la probably the best, but the distances
and directions given are not necessarily 'khe same as those
shown on it.
RIXSbH.
3& 3?^ miles.
-1
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- 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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- Title
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
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- 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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