Koweit

Androsthenes of Thasos, who was of the company of Nearchus, made an independent geographical survey of the Gulf on the Arabian side, and his statements are, that on an island called Ikaros, now Peludji, just off Koweit, he saw a temple of Apollo.

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Hormuz, to Teredon (Koweit), and the mouth of the Euphrates.

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If the Euphrates Valley Railway had ever been opened, if the terminus of this railway had been at Koweit, as it was proposed by the party of survey under the command of Admiral Charlewood and General Chesney, the

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Euphrates Valley Railway, with its terminus at Koweit; we now hear a great deal about the opening up of the Karoun, but it is the lordship of the Gulf which is the chief matter of importance just at present both for

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Europeans generally, though the Sheikh of Koweit may expect to be consulted.

Pan-Islam

And I have a seaman whom I took off the beach at Koweit.

Jimgrim Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1931

Most wonderful of all is the Anatolian Railway which is to run through the heart of Asia Minor, traversing the Karamanian plateau, the Taurus Mountains and the Cilician valleys to Haran where Abraham tarried, and Nineveh where Jonah preached, and Babylon where Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, and Bagdad where Haroun-al-Raschid ruled, to Koweit on the Persian Gulf.

New Forces in Old China : An Inevitable Awakening 1904

British public opinion, however, was invincibly sceptical, and with justice, for the scheme would have ruined our valuable trade on the River Tigris and the Persian Gulf; while the proposed prolongation of the line to Koweit on the gulf would enable Germany, Austria, and Turkey to threaten India.

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898

Central Arabia is commercially subservient to Bagdad, Busrah, Koweit and

Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography Ellen Churchill Semple 1897

He concludes his 'living testimony' with an emotional appeal: it is 'pour les yeux de Farah' (for the eyes of Farah), that he and his fellow Commission members have worked, 'Farah de Damas, du Koweit ou du Golfe, mais avant tout, Farah de Marseille!'

IntLawGrrls Siobhan Mullally 2010