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'File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek' [‎16r] (31/50)

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Ref: IOR/R/15/2/506

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.0. N O ,(;/127.
Dear i^eel,
Office of the i-olitioal nefaident
in the i'er&ian Gulf,
Jamp, Dahrain*
Dated the 17th Maroh, i94i«
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1 enclose a copy of a demi-official letter Ko#J/l92»
12/2-1 a), dated the 27th February l94l # from Alban, together
with ite encloeureb.
2. We were not coneulted before the survey was undertaken,
and no reference hae einoe been made to us, ao 1 am unable
to eay what the outcome of it ie likely to be # 1 need hardly
say that the conitruction of any spur# in Hibai creek would
be a TAJX eerioue matter and one which oould only be taken
after careful and expert inveBtigation and in coneultation
with the Shaikh. The propoaed openings in the jetty can do
no harm ae tney will einply restore the original position, but
If it is desired to undertake more extensive operations the
obYious people to advise us are the Basrah J^ort iiUthorities
who have ample experience of this type of work. 1 should
think it extremely unlikely that the Shaikh would contribute
anything towards the expenditure, and he is little interested
in the area used as an alighting ground for the flying
boats•
3 # In this connection you roa. care to see copies of
some correspondence 1 had last year regarding the Charjah
creek. If any dredging is to be done, the Air Ministry
may care to consider this, as it would be advantageous
to have the flying boat anchorage alongside the aerodrome,
and this is only possible in fiharj ah where the shaikh has
/ not
R.T.^eel squire,
The 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. ,
London*

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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).

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1 file (23 folios)
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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.

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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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