"ملاحظات ميدانية: بلاد الرافدين. هيئة الأركان العامة في الهند. فبراير ١٩١٧". [ظ‎‎٦‎٦] (٣٥٠/١٣٩)

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Route J^o. 1— contd.
Supplies .—Very limited. Certain commodities are
obtainable at stage 1, but at Zubair, about 4 miles north-north
west from stage 5, all supplies are plentiful. There is also
some cultivation of lucerne and melons in the Dirhamlyah
tract, stage 6 .
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Derails.
KUWAIT . . . An open, undefended
town, with a large
bazar, and houses
mostly built of stone. - The inhabitants number about 45,000.
There are no agricultural resources. The drinking water is
fairly good, and is from wells about 4 miles to the south of the
town. Better water is, however, procurable from the wells-
of Qasr-as-Sirrah, 8 miles to the south-south-east of Kuwait,
or from those of Mishrif, 2 miles east of Qasr-as-Sirrah. Prac
tically all foodstuffs are obtainable. There are important
sea and pearl fisheries, and considerable fleets of boats. Camels
are procurable in fair numbers. (See page 47.)
1 JAHRAH . . . 20.—General direction;
about W.
20
To mile 5; the going is soft and heavy owdng to sand.
From Kuwait to mile 10 , the road skirts the south shore of
Kuwait Bay.
From mile 10 , the route crosses slight, almost imperceptible
undulations at right angles; but the ground is fairly firm.
Wells called ’Ashairij, Mulkashi, and Jirthamah lie on the
north, and others called Jadaiyah, Sulaibiyah, Umm Qarah, and
Qulbanyasain on the south of the route.
o Jahrah fortified area; gardens and houses of Shaikh.
Small Arab village; permanent population about 500 inhabit
ants, but in the hot weather there are sometimes six or seven
times that number. Several good wells of drinking water, and
several of salt water.