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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [95r] (189/206)
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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Fakad Dhafiri is a great joke. Always chilly
¥'e find he wears everything including ’’chafiyah*'
and Aba in duplicate or triplicate.
fee at 9.45 ia.m. came into camp,still on the Sumraan
depressions, like so many huge hoof-giarks in mud,
sometimes circular but more generally eliptical
with no apparent exits. The bottom is clay and
covered with vegetation. A draary country passed
through today,reminding me to some extent of ptar
migan ground in Scotland. Tried hawk -and hound
today but had no lurk. The hares have, all of thegi
got deep holes in the rocky summits of these hills
Hounds get their feet cut about by stones. The
hawk did not like the weather today. It has cer
tainly been bitterly cold and gloomy. North wind
and heavy clouds that will not rain. General
direction now due north.
Friday. 1)eceinber 14th .Started as usual ?.5 u.m.
Marched in bitter cold rain with gusts of sleet un
until 10.15 a.m. when we halted for breakfast.
Guides said wells of al-Haba still 3 or 4 hours
distant. However, after marching on for about
another hour we came suddenly on the hill over
looking the wells. Decided to stop abort of
wells,as we are wet and uncomfortable and want
fuel more than water. There is never fuel nor
grazing in the vicinity of important wells. Camp
ed at 12.15 p.m. Have still got the Ajman ladies
marching in our wake,one is an aunt and the
others connections of Shaikh Dhaidan Ibn Hathlain
I send/food,for which they are greatful and dally
send thanks. They ride,two of them,in howdhhs on
theluls, and the third astride.
Incredible story brought me by Dhabbi today
that on the day that Ibn Rabai left us with
/6 2^-
tarted as usual at 7 a.m, had cof-
Dist: dCiUli. 00m.
miles.
December 13th
Dawn, 0
T em: 5 1 . Bar; 2550*
at 3,5 p.m. The Summan landscape,stony hills with
yd ^
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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