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2. There were no Bedouin incidents worth recording’ such as raids, etc.
3. On the other hand lack of rain in North Hassa and Kuwait rendered the
grazing prospects for the summer of 1934 very gloomy. The situation was
greatly aggravated by the sudden influx from Saudi Arabia of the great Awazim
tribe into Kuwait, as well as of strong details of the Muteir, Bard Khalid,
Shammar, Rashaida, Adwan and Zab tribes.
4. These new arrivals with their enormous herds of camels literally spread
themselves like locusts over the whole country side and ate up everything that
could be found.
5. Actually the new arrivals entered Kuwait partly because lack of grazing
drove them to look for fresh pastures, but mainly because it was anticipated that
Bin Sand would be beaten in the Yemen, and as chaos and raiding would then
be the order of the day, those having large camel herds hoped to get protection
and safety within the Kuwait borders.
6 . The above unwelcome visitors left Kuwait in May and June, but no
o-razing remained for the Kuwait nomads with the result that there was a very
serious grazing famine in the Summer and Autumn of 1934. The like had not
been seen for years, it was said.
7 . At a conservative estimate some 1,000 Kuwait camels perished of
starvation, several hundred others gave premature birth to still born calves,
and some 5,000 sheep died.
8 . Those few who could afford it, kept their animals alive on barley, but the
poorer class of bedouin owning 3 or 4 camels and a dozen sheep apiece, lost
nearly all their stock.
p Rglicf came in November with the advent of the rainy season, but a^ glass
only came up in December and then very sparsely, due to the cold, one may say
that the drought (dhar) only ended with the close of the year.
Nale — U one writes tills, the conditon of both camels and sheep has
once more returned to normal, though the lambing season been
a poor one due to the fact that most of the males died olf m the
early period of the drought.
VI .—Relations with Bin Sand.
1 These have been uniformly good throughout, the year, ^ mtohout'JjSi
< Blockade ”, which has been maintained closely and steaculj tlnou 0
9 The “ Blockade” staff however have shown less strictness than usual,
Yme^aSe 1 ^
t watehii U thebong Kuwait frontier a matter of some difficulty.
3. The Yemen-Bin Sand war naturally was the main topic of mteiest
in wait during- the first, half ot 19o+. . . , , •, j
The general opinion, when the news got round that j in San ^
>n hostilities, was that the King had for .“hate^ryingto fight the camel”,
re could chew It was clearly a *« **£»£ 8 ^ bo the lma m
mid everyone, and if anyone was p 1 » t looked upon as the more cum
Seadm- IfVTS andhS' devoir to await attack appeared to confirm
YAl that 'tlm “ day f bad Icmged
nd would once more gi'e the > m Bie tribes of inner Nejd,
ir. Those loyal to Bin Sand icon 3 despon aent and believed that
ridh. Hauta. and Khar, ^“entae f om which he must come out
beaten ^ ^ _
5. Throughout Nejd A^tL other, and them
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