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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [94r] (187/206)
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
Dawn
Tern:
Miles,
43 . Bar; 275 0 1 .
s
December 12t.h. Marched at 7 a.m,, Grossed 5 th ridge
« •
and broad plain beneath, marching N.E. (a change
from yesterday). This alteration of our course was,
so the guide told us, in order to hit off the broad
Jaham ( ^I^a) ridge at its narrowest. Sand-ridges
very steep on North side, but generally speaking the
marches are easier in gradient than further west and
firmer and more covered with vegetation,especially
with nussi grass which is wonderful here. Have not
been well last 3 days feverish cold. Yesterday
hawked hare and today a fat bustard. Halted for
breakfast or coffee at 10.15 for 45 minutes - magni
ficent grazing in H rautha'* between 6th and 7th. rid
ges. Temperature 44° this morning:cold and drizzling
at midday. Had race with Bin Baud’s men for £.1,
Ghanaim Mtair on my Thelul the ”Hamama M won, Aamar
being 2nd and the rest nowhere.
Marched till 3,15 p.m. Drizzle all the after
noon and cold, put up 4 hares and coursed 2 with
out success,the second getting into a deep hole.
Nearly lost the hawk but Mirshed got it back by
working a pair of bustard wings and calling ’’Thiab-
Thiah”.
Passed the last ridge of Dahana and entered
Summan at 1.45 p.m. The Jehcim is the broadest of
all the seven ridges. Such wonderful grazing,camel
shrubs and nussi grass I have never seen anywhere
as this afternoon: indeed these last three days we
have passed a wonderful grazing country. The north
ern slopes of the Dahana ridges are far steeper than*
the southern.
Had dinner in my tent with Abdulaziz bin
Hasso on, Abdullah,Mirshed, and Aamar to eat the bus-r
tard and hare. Most cheery dinner with plum-pudding
joint,tea and biscuits to follow the great meat
dishes.
Tobacco is much in demand in this bleak
weather
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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)
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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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- 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