مراسلات متعلقة بابن سعود تم تداولها في الكويت من قبل مناصب أخرى في الخليج [ظ‎‎١‎٨‎٥] (٤٠٨/٣٧٠)

16
84. At about 7 a.m. we came upon a good puccawell and a small mosque
built on tbe road at the Imam's expense The well is said to have cosh 2,000
dollars. Halted and took water which is very good and plentiful, but tound at
a depth of 60 feet or more. It is midway between Riyadh and Daraiya ,
therefore a great convenience to travellers. We left Irgah a small hamlet of
some 50 houses of farmers and gardeners about 1 | miles south-west of the road.
85 Arrived Daraiyah at 9 A.M. This little town lies low down m a
Wadi surrounded by rugged rocks. The route is stony narrow and steep, with
a half-demolished stone wall reaching up to the rook, which forms natural fort.-
fication on three sides, on one side being Wadi Hanifah a dry rooky river-bed
with high hanks. There are many date-palms, fruit-gardens and other trees m
and around the town. It was long the capital of hiejd and was deserted by
the As-Saud after the Turco-Egyptian invasion and terrible defeat and persecu
tion by the Turks some 60 years ago. There are many big old houses an
buildings, and a very big Jamia mosque in a half-ruinous state. The population
has very much dwindled as Riyadh about 15 miles away now flourishes as the
capital The Amir, a coarse Badu-looking manot about oO, met us at
the corner of the street and took us to his me]hs where we had coffee
After an hour grapes, apricots and water-melons were served, and at noon the
usual Arab lunch in a big round “ Siniyah ” tray of rice with a whole sheep on
top We were left alone in the mejlis the whole day, the Amir keeping a a
respectful (shall I say hateful) distance, making his appearance only twice tor
a few minutes. His little son a good lad, looked after ns and I made him
some “ ikram ” (present).
86 . Ahmad Thanaivan was late and caused some anxiety. At last he ar
rived at 10 p.m. and explained the delay by saying that the Imam had cerfam
things to settle and instructions to give him, so he could not start long belore
sunset. His party was unexpectedly small. When asked the reason he told
me that both the Imam and he himself had refused to let more men join,
because the time was dangerously short and a large number of men womd only
ho an encumbrance.
87. The Nejd pilgrim party consisted of the following men :
1. Shaikh Ahmad Bin ’Abdullah Ath-Thanaiyan As-Sa’ud (Bin Sa’ud’s
cousin and representative).
2. ’Abdullah Bin Hasan Ad-Daghaisar (a notable and distant relation
of Bin Sau’d),
3. Shaikh ’Abdullah Bin Khalaf (mutawwa or priest). -
A Abdur Bahman Bin Sufairan [personal attendant of (1) : accompa-
nied him to England].
5. Muhammad Bin Qabb [personal attendant of (1)].
f 6 . Nasir Bin Qabb (coffee-maker),
7 . Eahaid Bin Abdur Rahman of Riyadh.
( 8 . Abdur Rahman Bin Mubarak of Riyadh,
9. Sa’ad Bin Muqairira of Riyadh» ^
10. Hamad-al Tarair of Riyadh. .
11 . Ibrahim Bin Harban of Riyadh.
12. Abdul Wahhab of Jabal Shammar.
13. Muhammad Bin Saif of Riyadh.
14. Ibn ’Ajjaj of Riyadh.
15. Sagar-al-Atawi, Badu guide.
16. Aayidh Bin Man gash, Badu guide.
17. Abdul Hadi.
18 . Hasan-al-Rogi, Badu guide.
19. Abdur Rahman Bin Nassar, cook.
20. Sulaiyim negro, camel-man and general attendant.
21. Bakhit, jiegro, camel-man and general attendant.