It depicts the observations and impression from the standpoint of these travelers as an eyewitness description of the lives of the councils of Kuwaiti ruling head of state personalities. The book documents their everyday real lives away from spotlight, through the eyes of travelers who kept them company during these rulers’ council meetings and private leisure moments.

The importance of this book:

As travel for pleasure was an upper-class European activity in the 18th and beginning of 19th century for exploring the Oriental and Middle East region, the documentation process of the political and social events as witnessed by these western travelers has its own significance. When such a process is conducted by those who are interested in the history and the national identity of any country, it reveals a new dimension.

The targeted readers of this book:

This book expresses symbolic benchmarks of historic studies and collects perspectives and points of view of the western travelers and translates them into Arabic, offering valuable and authentic information. The book can be enjoyed widely by common readers to know points of view and ideas of the western travelers about the councils of Kuwaiti rulers in an era in which historical documentation was rare. Those interested in history and documentation will find their passion and attractions when these studies are read. It is on this point, the voracious appetite of the foreign travelers for oriental languages and oriental knowledge has been featured.