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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [52r] (103/206)
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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Dist. S-&*Tf t$- fit. -
miles.
At 5 p.m .
Temp.95°. Bar.3230’.
iMMW r"'tiyaiMlM
uncertain about the way.
25th October . Marched at 5.45 before sunrise and
reached descent into the deep stony gorge, which
forms the entrance into Zilfi from this direction,
at about 8.55 a.m. The baggage camels came very
slowly. This steep place is called Attawaij
( A ). We waited for the camels for an
hour at the first well, '^here was a small garden
attached to the well and a square cover exactly
over it. The well was cut into the solid rock the
water being about 18 feet below the surface when
we saw it, which was after many sheep had been
watered. It was not more than 2 or 3 miles from
Zilfi but w*e did not get to our camp between the
tvp towns until 11.45 a.m. i. e, our progress v/as
latterly at the rate of about a mile an hour.
At 2.15 in the afternoon, the Ameer of Zilfi
by name Osman Ibn Mohammad, who lives in the
Western town came to call. e had sent on two
riders to inform him of our arrival from, the
first well (Mirshid and Abdullah-al-Dahabas rent
on). Osman is an old man, very gentle and polite
in manner. He has invited us all to dinner. We
halt tomorrow/ when I hope to see the two tow/ns.
The new town which replaces that destroyed by Ibn
Rashid some years back is a quadrangle facing
North with 5 towers connected by a curtain the
height of which is about 15 feet. The east and
West sides have 3 square towers in addition to
the circular towers connecting them with North
and South faces. We camped at a aistance of about
700 yards from the East face of the new^ town. The
old town is about if miles from the new one. The
Ameer has promised to take me over the old town
tomorrow. There is a suburb lying very slightly
West of North, about 3 miles from Zilfi, called
Araiarah ( ) ). At 4.45 p.m. had coffee
— fc*
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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.
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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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