Al-Rashoud continues, “The Dicksons allowed the amazing being into the home to use the bathroom and soap.”
“At that moment Colonel Dickson saw a crowd of angry men with staves and swords bearing down on them, led by an old white-bearded man with a long knife in his hand.”
The mob wanted to grab the women, throw her back in the ground, and bury her alive.
In the ensuing struggle, Col. Dickson kills the old man with the knife.
However, as he led the woman back into the bungalow, Col. Dickson suddenly awoke from his dream.
The very next morning, after writing down all details of the dream in great detail, Mr. and Mrs. Dickson drove into the desert to find one Umm Mubarak, who was well known in the Kuwaiti community for interpreting dreams.Umm Mubarak, upon hearing the details of the dream, related the following news and recommendations:
First, she announce, the sidr tree is one that is situated in the Burghan hills. It was an amazing plant--having grown for ages in the middle of nowhere.
Second, the dream interpreter continued, “the woman” who was dug up by the sandstorm by the tree represented “oil”.
Third, the men who wanted to put that woman back into the sand from which see came represent those factions in Kuwait who don’t want the Kuwaiti government, the British or any others drilling for oil in Kuwait.
Fourth, and most importantly, Umm Mubarek said to tell the leaders of the Kuwait Oil Company to stop looking for and drilling for oil in Bahrah. The interpreter explained, move the drilling rigs to the Burghan area where the Sidr tree is located. “Underneath you will find more oil than you will ever need.”
Needless to say, within a few months drilling was, indeed, moved to the Burghan area and early in 1938, the famous Burgan Oil Well #1 was discovered: “This oil was under such pressure and in such quantity it spurted out . . . . It was a gusher.”
That Burgan Oil Well #1 made not only history, but it transformed Kuwait and its people’s history.
Soon the impoverished peoples of Kuwait would be able to have one of the most enviable social welfare systems on the planet.
In short, our story teller, Al-Rashoud, claimed, “Col. Dickson’s dream is considered to be the wealthiest dream in history.”
MEMORIUMIt is claimed by the Dickson children, i.e. Saud and Zahra, and the community of Kuwait that until the death of Col. Dickson in 1959, Violet was observed as somewhat demur and thus played second fiddle to her outspoken and boisterous husband.
However, upon the Colonel’s passing she really blossomed into her own.
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