The Origins of Kuwait
Since the discovery of the worlds third largest oil reserves within its borders, Kuwait has achieved international political prominence far exceeding its physical size. The country had already played a role in history before, however. Local sources take that history back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The present book takes the history of Kuwait still further back using European sources. It includes analyses and comparisons of indications on maps from the sixteenth century onwards and of references to the Kuwait area in documents produced by officials of the Dutch East India Company-the principal Western political and economic power in the Gulf during most of early modern times-, in British documents and in early travel accounts. The book is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the political position of Kuwait in history vis-a-vis its neighbours, especially the Ottoman authorities in Basra.
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Abbas Abu Hakima Al Hasa Aleppo Arab tribes Arabia Archives area of Kuwait Awha Bahrain Bahrem Bandar Bani Banu Khalid Baron Basra Bassora Bender boat Boort Bubiyan Bushihr C.de camels Canter Canter's flight caravan cartography Cathema Catif century coast Defertum desert documents Drawings Department Dutch East India Dutch ships East India Company Endian English European Faylaka fhould GOLF Grain Grän Grane Groote Gulf of Kuwait Hagiar Hasa history of Kuwait Huwala Ilha de Aguada island Ka'b Kaap Kadhema Kazima Khalifat Kharg Kniphausen Kniphausen's report land log-book map on plate Maps and Drawings MARE mention Mylen Naban Naged nautical chart Netherlands Niebuhr niet olim onder Ormus Ottoman Empire Ottoman Iraq Pasha Peluche Persian port Portuguese Qatif REGNVM report of 1756 river Roobacker Ruinen Samaka Samnan Shaikh Shaikh Soliman shallow Shatt al Arab Sheick SINVS sources STAN Tangia TAROM town tradition TRYK Utub Woefteine Wüste