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296 KOWEIT.

Daij bin Jaubir, son of the chief, age forty years.
Sons of preceding,—Ali bin Daij, age eighteen years ; and Fazil age
twelve years. 1 c °
Abdoolla bin Mahomed bin Subah, cousin of chief, age twenty years.
Mahomed bin Saood bin Mahomed bin Subah, cousin of chief, second
degree, age twenty years.
Brothers of preceding,—Subah bin Saood, age eighteen
years ;
Mubaruk, age seventeen years ; and Abdoolla, age fourteen y ears.
Khaleefa bin Eusoof bin Mahomed bin Subah, cousin of chief, second
degree, age twenty-one years.
Mahomed bin Sultan bin Mahomed A1 Subah, nephew of chief, age
eighty years.
Sons of preceding,—Salman bin Mahomed, age fifty years ; and
Ilumood bin Mahomed, age seventeen years.
Sulman bin Subah bin Daij bin Subah, cousin of chief, second degree,
age fourteen years.
Mubaruk bin Subah, brother of preceding, age ten years.
Ali bin Humood bin Sultan bin Subah, grand-nephew of chief, age
sixty-five years.
Mahomed bin Mubaruk bin Jaubir, grandson of chief, age twelve
years.
Jurrah bin Salim bin Mubaruk bin Subah, grand-nephew of chief, age
fifty years.
Salim bin Jurrah, son of preceding, age twenty years.
There has been no contested succession to the chiefship of the tribe
inhabiting Koweit (a branch of the Uttoobees) for upwards of a century.
The members of the ruling family are thrifty and inoffensive, and
engage themselves principally in trade, and in the navigation of their
vessels.
The political condition of Koweit varies from that of the other
Maritime States, in that the inhabitants acknowledge the sovereignty of
the Ottoman Porte, and use the Turkish flag, though their allegiance to
the Sultan is merely nominal. Their Shaikh, on the contrary, receives
an annual allowance of dates, stated at 200 karrahs (small), value about
4,000 crowns, from the Pasha of Bussora, as the condition of protecting
that port from foreign aggression whenever his aid may be required.
Koweit possesses a safe and capacious harbour. The number of men
capable of bearing arms is said to amount to 6,000; the population o

the town to 22,000.
amounts to 22,000 crowns,
The estimated gross annual revenue
derived from contributions, and a small tax levied at the gate, on Ooo
carried into the country, or brought into the town.