‘Koweit [Kuwait]. A report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Koweit [Kuwait]. A report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department’
- Creator:
- Author: Henry Harris Hewitt Dowding
- Date:
- 1903/1903
- Description:
- Abstract: Intelligence report on Kuwait, compiled for the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department by Captain Henry Harris Hewitt Dowding of the Essex Regiment, and printed at the Government Central Printing Office in Simla, 1903.The contents of the volume are as follows:Introductory remarks;Harbour, anchorages;History of Kuwait (of the Wahabis, the Ibn Rashid family, the war between Nejd and Kuwait);Political (relations between Kuwait and Great Britain, the situation in 1901-02, foreign relations with Russia, Germany, Turkey, events during 1902);Military forces, including their strength, arms and equipment, organisation, standard of efficiency and tactics;Towns: Kuwait, its population and defences; Jehara [Al-Jahrah], its importance, population and defences;Administration, government, free trade, currency;Resources, commercial, not agricultural;Climate;CommunicationsFour appendices follow the main text: A. routes; B. the Wahabi family; C. the Ibn Rashid family; D. the Shaikhs of Kuwait. The volume also contains three illustrations: the foreshore at Kuwait (folio 3); Mobarek-bin-Subah [Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] and his youngest son Naser (folio 9); the Shaikh’s residence in Kuwait (folio 17). The volume also contains three maps: a map of Kuwait and the surrounding country (folio 30); a map of Kuwait harbour (folio 31); and a rough diagram of Jehara (folio 32).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Volume
- Type (Narrower):
- Books
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military intelligence
- Geographic region:
- Kuwait
Jehara - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000055_ar
81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000055_en
IOR/L/PS/20/153
IOR/L/PS/20/153