"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٨] (٣٩٦/٣٨٢)

FOR THE YEAR 1919.
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CHAPTER XI.
ADMINISTRATION RBPOET OF THE KUWAIT POLITICAL AGENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1919.
Folitical and Tribal. —The name Kuwait is the diminutive of Kut and
means a small fort:—it sufficiently indi-
ntro action. cates the insignificant origin of the thriving
town Kuwait, the capital of the principality which now shares its name. In old
English records and books, Kuwait is generally called " Giaine " or 44 Grane
doubtless from the island of Qurain, a short distance to the west of it.
The boundaries of Kuwait are as follows :—
The line of demarcation starts from the side of the mouths of the Khor
ly to the South of Umm Qasr, Safwan and Jebal Sanam in such a
manner as to leave the wells of these places in the Vilayet of
Basrah ; arrived at the Batin it follows it towards the South-
West to Hafar al batin which it leaves on the side of Kuwait;
from this point the said line goes to the South East leaving to
Kuwait the wells of Es Safa, ElQarah, El Haba, Wabrah, and
Anta, and joins the sea near Jebal Manifah.
The islands of W T arbah, Bubyan, Mashjnn, EailaTsah, Auhah, Kubbar,
Qaru Maqta and Umm al Maradim with their islands and adjacent waters
are comprised in Kuwait territory.
A letter was received on 7th February from Shaikh Sir Abdul as Aziz as
Sa'ud, objecting to the building of a Qasr at Balbul (near Jebal Manita ) 7
Shaikh Salim on the grounds that the proposed site was m his territory. The
matter was referred to the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad who has intimated
that the question awaits a general settlement with bin fca ud.
As more than a petty town shaikhdom, the Sultanate of Kuwait is quite
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Boundaries.
Zubair towards the North-
West an J passes immediate-
modern. The actual ruler, indeed, is
only the third either to be gererally styled
eldest son, Jabir, who died m *e
brother Salim, the present ruler.