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1932 under the guidance of Major Papworth, E.E. (attached to E. A. F Head
quarters Iraq Command) and which continued into 1933, till the advent of the
NovemherWSS™ W ° ^ discontinued - ^as once again resumed on 2nd
i • n M h6 " n rk Sti1 !, tr l - be ?? t throu g h was a portion of the Neutral Zone,
A 1 ? 1 , i aj r f Papworth himself took in hand and a strip along the North side
of the bay of Kuwait, which devolved on his assistant.
3. Both parties conipleted their work on 17th and 19th November respec
tively and returned to Baghdad.
4. Majoi Papworth was supplied with the usual guards and guides bv His
Excellency the bhaikh, including hawkers with birds to provide the party with
fresh game.
5. Major Papworth as on the previous occasion, when he visited Kuwait,
made himself popular with everyone he came in contact with, and generally
received high praise from the Shaikh for his tact and fair dealings with the
Arab. His final departure from Kuwait was genuinely regretted by the Euler,
the writer and every Bedouin he came in contact with. The same may be said
of the remainder of the survey staff.
6. The writer made several visits to Major Papworth’s various camps, and
was able to render some assistance in the Neutral Zone, when Ibn Shajaan, one
of Bin Sand’s frontier Commanders, considered it his duty to send an armed
party and which planted itself rather gratuitously on Major Papworth’s head.
(j) ffaj .—The 1933 trans-desert Haj from Kuwait was a fairly successful
affair as regards number : some 500 persons made the pilgrimage including the
ladies of several prominent families who did the journey by car ( via Eiath).
(k) Deaths. —1. Shaikh Sand bin Mohamedal Sabab, cousin of the Euler
died very suddenly of heart failure on the morning of the 23rd January 1933.
The Political Agent sent the usual letter of condolences to the Shaikh and to
other members of the family.
2. Shaikh Salman al Hamud, second cousin of the Euler died on 15th
November 1933 from some internal complaint (not diagnosed). He was a promi
nent and distinguished member of Kuwait society, and his demise cast a gloom
over the whole town. As he died in the Maude Hospital, Basra, where he had
been taken in anticipation of an operation, the funeral and internment took place
at Zubair in ’Iraq.
(1) Mnrriages .—Shaikh Mohamed son of His Excellency Shaikh Sir Ahmad
al Sabah, the Ituler, was married to the daughter of the late Saiyid Talib Pasha
al Naqib of Basra on 10th August 1933, and for several days there was a round of
entertainment in the shape of dinner parties and ceremonial visits.
Saiyid Hamid Beg al Naqib, Member of the ’Iraq Parliament and brother
of the bride’s father, and also the mother of the bride attended the ceremony
from Basra, in company with many other persons of note.
(m) The King-Emperor’s Birthday—1. His Majesty the King-Emperor’s
Birthday was celebrated in Kuwait on 3rd June with great enthusiasm.
2. As is his usual custom, His Excellency the Shaikh declared a ^public
holiday and according to old tradition both the Union Jack and the Kuwait
Standard were flown side by side on the Agency Flagstaff as well as on the
Shaikh’s flagstaff. Both flagstaffs were also fully dressed.
3. All ships in harbour hoisted flags by order of the Shaikh, and generally
the town took on a festive appearance.
4 In the evening the Political Agent gave a dinner which was attended by
the Euler, prominent members of his family and the European community as
well as the Agency Staff.
(*) Complimentary Visits.-l. On 18th June, His Bxcellencv the Shaikh
accompanied bv his cousin and 3 of the principal local ‘ pillars of State visited
Bahrain on a private visit to His Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa,
1 S I.
o On 10th December His Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa,
'I s i paid a return visit to Kuwait and was given a most enthusiastic welcome
5v the Euler and all his people. The usual round of entertainments niter-
■persed with hawking expeditions into the Desert were the teatuie ot tne
’estivities.
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