The historic geography of any region all over the world depends on the locations and different landmarks which form its general features. The names of these landmarks reveal the historic conditions and roots of this region. These names might indicate kinds of plants, rocks persons or tribes that were linked to that place or the events that passed by.
The names of some places in the Arabian Peninsula , Kuwait a part of it- to many changes notably in the modern age; some of names that were known to the old generations disappeared and were substituted by new ones that are not correlated to today geography; some old known names which were linked to certain historic events are given to new locations further than their old locations in addition to the distortion that is given to geographic landmarks for generation to generation.
This publication records Kuwaits geography landmarks names in accordance with the international energies that aim to reserve the geographic landmark name, define the suitable way to spell it as locally pronounced . Geneva conference of 1967 was the first one to recommend that the geographic name should be written according to dictation rules in the concerned country and possibly limiting changing places names since they are part of the human heritage which should be untouchable. Many committee all over the world were formed to implement this international desire.
According to this documentary trend, this book comes to being, in which the author surveyed all names of locations, cities, villages, and different geographic landmarks names, and revealing their astronomical positions, historic importance depending on historic and oral resources , and detailed maps; the author also linked between those locations and governorates , in addition to a comprehensive index and explanatory maps.
This work is a scholarly study, based on extensive legal experience, and on data collected from the juridical records and information gathered from past records. The author , who is aware of such research, issued his first book "Kazima in Literature and History" published in Cairo 1958, another new edition in 1995; he also published four books about different locations in the State of Kuwait:
· Awarah …. A Glimpse of Kuwait History, Kuwait 1995.
· Al-Adan Between Kuwait and Its Desert, Kuwait 1997
· Sidan: a Glimpse of Kuwaits Past
· Views and Locations Of Kuwait Southern Bay
Those are documentary studies of historiography of Kuwait, and provides on the spot account of local places in detail. The value of this book lies also in its frequency and being a reliable historic record.
CRSK thanks the author for the efforts he exerted in this book
The State of Kuwait
Locations according to Governorates
