Between 1895 and 1909, Russel Hamilton an English petty officer made various voyages from Egypt to Japan stopping along the way. One stop was Kuwait where he took these two black and white photographs with captions on the back.
The caption on top reads:
Shiek of Koweit and followers. Note that some have covered faces, fearing evil eye of camera.
The caption below reads:
Taken during bombardment of Koweit. Somali outrage led by the “mad mullah” – Sheiks Pallace Koweit
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Source: Smithsonian Institute
4 replies on “Kuwait circa 1895-1909”
“Taken during bombardment of Koweit. Somali outrage led by the “mad mullah” – Sheiks Pallace Koweit”
Can someone explain this? Somali ? Mad Mullah ?
Mad Mullah = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Abdullah_Hassan
The bombardment part was confusing to me as well, like what and how did Somalia get to Kuwait. I believe this was part of the Mad Mullah’s holly war on colonials https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sayyid-Maxamed-Cabdulle-Xasan
Mark, your repository of vintage B/W prints is such a goldmine. I have been on the look out for black and white and colour prints of photos taken between 1969 and 1981 of a cluster of villas behind the Dasman palace (sea facing) of what constituted the Carmel Convent School of Kuwait. Believe it is the only Convent school we have existing in Kuwait. It’s lame they got them to drop the word ‘Convent’ in their name after they moved to Salwa and then to Kheitan.
Hmmm I’ll look forward it