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73. ‘MAP OF THE KUWAIT HINTERLAND’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Harrison & Son Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. (90.3/13. 2496) F.O. Asiatic Turkey 2808 CC-2.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours and spot heights.Proposed limits of Kuwait authority indicated by red line.Includes an explanatory note on sources used in compiling the map and a key to symbols at the bottom margin; borders lettered and numbered for reference. Top right corner printed: ‘(Enclosure to Burshire Residency Letter No. 1727 to the Port of India in the Foreign Dept.)’.Enlarged copies of this map hold at IOR/R/15/1/612.Physical description: Dimensions:514 x 477 mm, on sheet 615 x 506 mm
74. ‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Tracing of a sketch map produced to illustrate the act of violation of Kuwait Territorial waters by Iraq armed custom, attached to a letter no. C-182 dated 18th May 1934 (folios 313-319).Kuwait State boundary and neutral zone limits shown by red pecked line with position of al Maghasil and al Tha’alib marked in red ink. Shows road from Basra to Jahara. The word ‘Frontier’ is misspelled in the title.“A” inserted in red crayon in the upper centre.This is an updated copy of map at folio 312.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on tracing paperDimensions:320 x 195 mm
75. ‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Tracing of a sketch map produced to illustrate the act of violation of Kuwait Territorial waters by Iraq armed custom, attached to a letter no. C-182 dated 18th May 1934 (folios 313-319).Kuwait State boundary and neutral zone limits indicated by red pecked line. Shows road from Basra to Jahara. The word ‘Frontier’ is misspelled in the title. An updated copy of the map (with several place names added) can be found at folio 320A.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on tracing paperDimensions:321 x 175 mm
76. ‘SKETCH OF THE ISLAND OF KENN, In the Persian Gulf. Thos. Remon, Captn., Engineers’
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Depth shown by soundings in fathoms with areas partly dry at low water indicated.Produced to accompany a join report on the island submitted to Government on the 12th October 1822 by First Lieutenant J.H. Grubb and Captain Thomas Remon, Bombay Engineers. Map is lettered for reference with descriptive notes provided in the report.Notations concerning the terrain elevation and vegetation cover the face of the map with settlements, date plantations and ruins marked.Physical description: Dimensions:234 x 350 mm, on sheet 254 x 390 mm
77. ‘Sketch of Rasool Khymah’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Lithog[raphe]d in the Chief Eng[inee]rs Office by F. Ramchunder, Bombay 6th October 1855.Shows position of Fort and recent line of Fortification, sand banks indicated by dotted lines and labelled.Physical description: Dimensions:350 x 260 mm, on sheet 422 x 330 mm
78. 'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations
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- Abstract: Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'I[intelligence].D[ivision].W[ar].O[ffice]. No. 1835' and the imprint 'Corrections, July, 1905. Railways revised Sept. 1906.' Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, railways, roads, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries; includes an inset (120 x 98mm) titled 'Map of Koweit and Surrounding Country' at scale 1:2,027,520. Manuscript additions portray 'Friendly Confederations' in red and 'Hostile Confederations' in blue (see also Mss Eur F112/552, ff 3-4, from which this terminology is taken).Creation end date derived from date of Arab Revolt.A colour version of this sheet, without manuscript additions, is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 1835.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and watercolourDimensions: 385 x 384mm, on sheet 498 x 507mm
79. 'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'
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- Abstract: The sketch map shows approaches to Kuwait [Kuwait] Harbour and Shatt Al Arab. An Admiralty sea map, it states it is compiled from various authorities, and is found in the volume 'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf', 1911.It indicates: heights above Water Springs, depth soundings, different types of lights and buoys, gravel, mud, rock, sand, shells, and stones; with additional comments on wrecks, tides, floods, and landing places.Two compass roses are included noting the predicted magnetic variation for 1915.In includes a printing statement as follows: 'Issued for Fleet purposes 2nd June 1902. New editions December 1904, July 1907, October 1909. Engraved by Davies & Company. F 3293'.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 588 x 450mm, on sheet 643 x 495mm
80. ‘Sketch Map of Kuwait and Neighbouring Country’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Simla Drawing Office, February [19]28.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.An outline map no. 5289 marked ‘For Official Use only’ showing the north-eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula with boundaries indicated by dash-dot lines and neutral zones marked. Shows Basrah railway line.Physical description: Dimensions:208 x 172 mm, on sheet 343 x 204 mm
81. ‘TRIGONOMERTICAL PLAN of the HARBOUR OF GRANE OR KOWEIT in the GULF OF PERSIA. By Lieutts. J.M. Guy and G.B. Brucks, H.E.I.C. Marine’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Lithographed in the Chief Engineer’s Office by G. Luxumonjee and K, E. Bombay, 6th Sept.r 1855.Distinctive Features:Produced to accompany a report on the Harbour of Grane (or Koweit), and the Island of Pheleechi, prepared by Lieutenant J. Felix Jones, Indian Navy.Depth shown by detailed soundings in fathoms. Mud flats, areas partly dry at low water indicated with anchorage for shipping and boats marked. Includes an explanatory note at the bottom right-hand corner.Physical description: Dimensions:382 x 513 mm, on sheet 444 x 558 mm
82. 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904'
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- Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Kuwait (spelt Koweit throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.The volume includes a preface (folio 4), list of contents (folio 5) and list of appendices (folio 6). The sections listed in the contents run as follows:I: Brief History of Koweit from circa 1716 to 1896 A.D.;II: Murder of Mahomed bin Subah [Muḥammad bin Ṣabāḥ] and his brother Jarrah [Jarrāḥ bin Ṣabāḥ] by Mubarak [Mubārak] and Mubarak’s succession, 1896;III: (1) Proposed Turkish Quarantine at Koweit, (2) views of the Government of India and India Office;IV: Haripasa Piracy case. Warning to Sheikh of Koweit. Question of Protectorate over Koweit raised - 1895-1896;V: Threatened attack of Sheikhs Jasim bin Thani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] and Yusuf bin Ibrahim [Yūsuf bin Ibrāhīm] on Koweit. Question of Protectorate over Koweit discussed 1897-98;VI: (1) Movements of Turkish troops towards Koweit, (2) Russian intrigues, (3) Question of Protectorate over Koweit further discussed;VII: Proposed British Protectorate over Koweit. Agreement with the Sheikh of Koweit, December 1898 - May 1899;VIII: Porte's complaints against British proceedings at Koweit as infrigement of quarantine regulations, May 1899;IX: (1) Threatened attack on Koweit by the Turks, (2) Defence of Koweit, February - March 1899;X: (1) Question of status of the Sheikh of Koweit, (2) Turkish activity in the neighbourhood, (3) Imposition of customs duty by Sheikh, March - June 1899;XI: Turkish attempts to exercise soverign rights on Koweit, by appointing harbour master and opening a custom house. A forward Turkish policy advocated. The British Government's protest. July - September 1899;XII: Sheikh Mubarak's diffidence in the British and desire of Persian protection. September - October 1899;XIII: Appointment of Muhsin [Muḥsin] Pasha as Vasli of Basrah. Change of policy inaugurated. Turkish Decoration for Sheikh Mubarak 1899;XIV: Visit of the German Railway Commission to Koweit and their scheme to make Katham their Railway's Terminus, January 1900;XV: Proposal to make Koweit a Port of call for Mail steamers July 1900 - June 1901;XVI: Threatened hostilities between the Sheikh of Koweit and Amir of Nejd [Najd];XVII: Renewal of hostilities between the Sheikh of Koweit and the Amir of Nejd , December 1900 - May 1901;XVIII: (1) Ibn Rashid [Ibn Rasīd] seeks British protection, (2) Sheikh Mubarak asks for assumption of permanent British protectorate over Koweit, May - June 1901;XIX: (1) Threatened attack on Koweit by Amir of Nejd and the Turks, (2) Measures for defence of Koweit, (3) Attempt to settle difference between the Sheikh and Amir amicably, July - October 1901;XX: Question of defence of Koweit by sea and land, 1899-1901;XXI: Question of discontinuance of the use of the Turkish flag at Koweit, August - September 1901;XXII: Attempt to take the Sheikh of Koweit to Constantinople, November and December 1901;XXIII: Alarm at Koweit and Landing of British Guns, December 1901 - January 1902;XXIV: Prohibition of exports to Koweit from Turkish territory and movements of the Amir of Nejd, December 1901 - January 1902;XXV: Dispute about the Fao [al-Fāw] Estates, December 1901 - January 1902;XXVI: Occupation of Um Kasr [Umm Qaṣr], Bubyan [Būbīyān] Island and Subbiyah [al-Ṣubīyah] by the Turks, January - March 1902;XXVII: Complaints against the proceedings of the British Officer and the Sheikh of Koweit, March 1902;XXVIII: Sheikh Mubarak's offers of reconciliation with the Porte, March 1902;XXIX: Arrest of agent of Sheikh Mubarak at Basrah and his imprisonment, May - December 1902;XXX: Further movements of Ibn Rashid (2) Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal bin Sa‘ūd] in the field again, and captures Riadh [Riyadh], January, November 1902;XXXI: (1) Fear of Renewal of hostilities between Ibn Rashid and Sheikh Mubarak, (2) The Sheikh warned not to involved himself in difficulties with Nejd or the Turks, (3) Application of the Sheikh for guns, August - October 1902;XXXII: Threatened attack on Koweit from Mubarak's nephews and Sheikh Yusuf-el-Ibrahim. Lapwing case. September 1902 - January 1903;XXXIII: Ibn Rashid near Koweit and Sheikh Mubarak's movements, December 1902 - February 1903;XXXIV: Fao Estates' dispute, February 1903-04;XXXV: Importance of Khor Abdulla [Khawr ‘Abdullāh] as a future Railway terminus, etc. 1904;XXXVI: Recent movements of Ibn Rashid, January 1903 - March 1904;XXXVII: Montefik Arabs [al-Muntafiq] seek Russian protection, (2) Revolt of Sadun [Sa‘dūn] Pasha;XXXVIII: Advance of a loan made to Sheikh Mubarak, March - May 1904;XXXIX: Opening of a British post office at Koweit, 1901-1904;XL: Appointment of British Agent at Koweit. June 1899 - August 1903;XLI: (1) Turkish aid to Ibn Rashid, (2) Proposed British protest, (3) Appointment of Political Agent at Koweit, April - October 1904.The Appendices are as follows:A: Certain non-official reports about Koweit;B: Genealogical Table of Koweit chiefs;C: Note by Sir William Leo-Warner, dated 23 June 1898;D: Agreement with Sheikh Mubarak, January 1899;E: Communciation in Constantinople in regard to the proposal to make Koweit terminus of the Baghdad Railway, April 1900;F: Proposal made by Sir N O'Connor to advise Sheikh Mubarak to keep quiet, February 1901;G: (1) Correspondence in Europe regarding the proposed assumption of protectorate over Koweit, (2) misunderstanding between the Government of India and His Majesty's Government as regards the former's attitude in the matter, May - June 1901;H: Communication in London and Constantinople on Koweit affairs, August - September 1901;I: Communications in Europe about Turkish occupation of Um Kasr, etc. March 1902;J: Notes underlying letter to the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, No. 2918.E.A., dated 7 September 1904.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
83. 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. I. Geneaological Tables-Maps. Part III. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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- Abstract: This volume is Part III of Volume 1 of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia(Government of India: 1915) compiled John Gordon Lorimer. The contents are divided into two sections and contain genealogical tables of Persian Gulf and Arabian ruling families, and one map, housed in pockets.Genealogical Trees:'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Sa’īdī families of ’Omān and Zanzibar' (folio 2A, inside 'Pocket No. 1');'Table of the ruling Qasimi family of Shārjah in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 4, inside 'Pocket No. 2');'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Falāh (Bani Yās) family of Abu Dhabi in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 5, inside 'Pocket No. 3');'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Falāsah (Bani Yās) family of Dibai in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 6A, inside 'Pocket No. 4);'Table of ruling Āl ’Alī family of Umm-al-Qaiwain in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 7, inside 'Pocket No. 5');'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Kharaibān (Na’īm) family of ’Ajmān in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 8A, inside 'Pocket No. 6');'Table of Qāsimi family formerly ruling Lingeh' (folio 9, 'Pocket No. 7');'Table of the ruling Āl Tānī (Ma’ādhīd) family of Dōhah in Qatar' (folio 10A, 'Pocket No. 8');'Table of the ruling Āl Khalīfah (’Atbi) family of Bahrain (Sheet No. 1)'. (folio 11, 'Pocket No. 9');'Table of the ruling Āl Khalīfah (’Atbi) family of Bahrain (Sheets Nos. 2 and 3)' (folios 12A and 12B, 'Pocket 10');'Table of the ruling Āl Subah (’Atbi) family of Kuwait' (folio 13, 'Pocket No. 11');'Table of the ruling (Wahhābi) Āl Sa’ūd (’Anizah) family of Southern Najd (Sheets Nos. 1,2 and 3)' (folios 14, 15 and 16, 'Pocket No. 12');'Table of the ruling (Wahhābi) Āl Sa’ūd (Anizah) family of Souther Najd (Sheets Nos. 4 and 5)' (folios 17 and 18, 'Pocket No. 13');'Table of the ruling Āl Rashid (Shammar) family of Jabal Shammar' (folio 19, 'Pocket No. 14');'Table of the ruling Abul Khail (’Anizah) family of Buraidah in Qāsim' (folio 20, 'Pocket No. 15');'Table of the ruling Salaimi (Sabai) family of ’Anaizah in Qāsim' (folio 21, 'Pocket No. 16');'Table of the Qādirīyah (Saiyid) family of the Naqībis of Baghdād in Turkish Irāq' (folio 22, 'Pocket No. 17').There is also one map:'Chart Showing the Pearl Banks along the Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanurah and Diba, vide Page 2253 of Part II' (folio 27, 'Pocket No. 25').The geneaological tables were compiled by Lorimer in 1906 and 1907 and some were based on information provided by John Calcott Gaskin, Francis Beville Prideaux, and Stuart George Knox, Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait, as well as a number of native informants. The tables typically contain named (in Arabic and English) and unnamed individuals, chronological lists of rulers, and notes on the compilation and arrangement of the tables, and references to other parts of the Gazetteer.The volume is labelled on the spine as 'For Official Use'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 30.Foliation anomalies: folio 2 is followed by folio 2A; f. 6 is followed by folio 6A; folio 8 is followed by folio 8A; folio 10 is followed by folio 10A; folio 12 is followed by folio 12A and folio 12B; folio 13 is followed by folio 13A; folio 18 is followed by folio 18A; folio 20 is followed by folio 20A.
84. 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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- Abstract: Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia(Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood.Part 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the Gazetteer.Parts IA and IB consist of nine chapters:'Chapter I. General History of the Persian Gulf Region' (Part IA, pages 1-396);'Chapter II. History of the ’Omān Sultanate' (Part IA, pages 397-629);'Chapter III. History of Trucial ’Omān' (Part IA, page 630-Part IB, page 786);'Chapter IV. History of Qatar' (Part IB, pages 787-835);'Chapter V. History of Bahrain' (Part IB, pages 836-946);'Chapter VI. History of Hasa' (Part IB, pages 947-999);'Chapter VII. History of Kuwait' (Part 1B, pages 1000-1050);'Chapter VIII. History of Najd or Central Arabia' (Part 1B, pages 1051-1178);'Chapter IX. History of Turkish ’Iraq' (Part 1B, pages 1179-1624).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The sequence runs through parts IA and IB as follows:Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.