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'File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek' [2r] (3/50)
The record is made up of 1 file (23 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1939-7 Jun 1941. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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D.O.No.C/51-6/3.
Sharjah, 16th January 1941
Will you please refer "to paragraph 2Cb) of my diary
for the fortnight ending January 15th ? I
2. The Dubai creek has been rapidly silting up for some
years and to report on its future is the real purpose of
Llr.'/hitteron 1 s visit.
3. Although he has not. yet made his final report, I
_a-oher that, unless ^ Very considerable dredging operations
are undertaken, ohe flying boat alighting area will be un-
servicerble within two years. I think "ohat the Shaikh of
Dubai is already aware of this danger and it would, of course,
be a major disaster for him, if it ^ere allowed x.o happen
4. I will send you further details in due course.
Fajor R.G.E.Alban, O.B.E.,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,Bahrain.
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The correspondence in the file is related to the silting up of a creek at Dubai, which is of potential concern for flying boats following the Arab coast route, if they want to stop at Dubai. The file contains an assessment of the creek, made in 1941, by a chartered civil engineer named Bernard Whitteron, assessing the creek and proposing options for dredging and preventing future build-up of silt. The report also contains a hand drawn map of the creek, indicating the creek's deep water channel, unusual shallows, and other features including the Gray MacKenzie office buildings, jetty, and tower (folios 6-11).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (23 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the file have been arranged in approximate chronological order, running from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The main foliation system starts on the front cover and runs to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is a second foliation system which uses uncircled numbers in the top-right corner of each folio, and runs from the first item in the file to folio 23.
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- IOR/R/15/2/506
- Title
- 'File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 12r:24v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence