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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [43r] (85/206)
The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918. 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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Plies very 'bad. Unable to buy sheep here
Dist. 16 h. 50 m.
Files.
Dist. £9 h. 20 m.
miles.
At dawn . o
TempT 6b . Bar.2150’.
Dist. 39 h. 50 m.
miles.
12th. Sabaihi yah.
At Sabaihiyah still,waiting for assembly of
Shargra caravan. Hear that the mail arrived in
Kuwait by S.S. ’’Palitana” yesterday,
15th. Passed broken-down well called Tami1-al-
Turk!; water neai 3urface,but sour. As-Shagg
reached after 8^ hours march from Sabaihiyah.
Shagra and Zilfi caravan came up behind. Ali got
acute dysentry. Dahiman,Shammari,joined us -
Mail arrived by
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
from Kuwait. Ali al Dho-
waihi,a Sheikh of the Dhaffir,joined us also
Abdulaziz ibn Rabayi Bin Baud's special man with
Abdullah Shammari and Helal Mtairi, men of Shaikh
Salim sent to Riadh for some private business.
Ali al Dhowaihi ate dinner with us. The name of
the Amir of the Shagra caravan is Abdullah ibn
Sadhan. He asked us to dinner but we declined.
14th. Marched 8 hours and 20 minutes camped on
Garah ( ).
15th, Started 1-30 a,m. marched till 10 a.m.
rested till 1-30 p.m. Marched till 5-30 p.m.
Saw many gazelle and hares on the way.
Another successful j arbua hunt in camp.
Splendid grazing hereabouts,.Nothing yet
to stop a motor-car. We left Sha gra caravan last
night on way to Riadh. ( )
16th. Met Athar Barazi c/^^^lof Aslam
——— o
Shammar with 300 tents about 5 or 6 hours short
of the wells of al Gara’a. Athar fetched a sheep
which we cooked and ate, Ve were late in start
ing owing to the delay in cooking the sheep etc.
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and started aitaut 9 o’clock of the night
(Arabic) equivalent to 2-45 a f m. English time,
approximately. My watch having stopped,I have
now to go by the Mulla’s which keeps Arabic time-.
Our total numbers of hours marching today was
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The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's ( 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. at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary.
The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to Najd and records the topography, distance travelled each day, temperature and barometric pressure and people encountered. The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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. at Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton); the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Chief Political Officer, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).
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- 1 volume (102 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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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/15/5/104
- Title
- [Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
- Pages
- 1r:2v, front, front-i, 4r:102v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence