Stories from Dalma
Old stories:
In one stormy dayan army airplane had failed and
its parts had failed every where on the shore in abou dabi "shewyfat"
And it’s a grate history in Dalma because one of
the citizen carry this part in a ship and keep It in the big house which now is
Dalma museum , one of the narrators say that this man do it alone and he carry
it on his small fishing ship.
History talks:
Memory talks on Dalma island has special taste
because it has old things made by ancients developed day by day.
GAAE'D BEN SALEM EL-QUBAISY:
Good citizen proud for being born there at Dalma
island he sad about the old times in Dalma:
Dalma island has great history full of success and
patient there was only 8 families , these families where using a little of money
they where depending on the searching for pearl by diving , life in Dalma has
changed by there effort. "taken from gulf news"
OBAID AL MUHAIRY:
Son of Dalma , how old is he but he still had a
good memory
He say about 30 years ago, where the income was
very bad and where very rare people in the island , I remember that the number
of houses was about 6 houses , but we where living as one family we support each
other in every thing, in this time merchants comes from every where in emirates
and near countries to get pearl from us, and I remember that we used to sit at
"MOHAMED BN HASSAN" where his house where on the main road at Dalma island now
his home is Dalma island museum.
And we sell him the pearl and then he sells it to
the merchants.
MOHAMMED JUMAA AL
QUBAISY:
We used to sit at MOHAMED AL-MERAIKHI, it was
full of happiness and and most of the time we spent with merchants and friends
where there we sell the pearl and other things.
BAYAT BEN MOHAMMED AL HAMELY:
85 years old, in old times we where working in
diving we can sailing for long time to get pearl, we meets there daily in
"Mohamed" house, who where the biggest merchant in the island and when pray time
we all go to pray at the mosque which he built.
Old Papers
Old papers return to year 1439 "hegiry"
Written by Mohamed bn gassem which shows how the
deals in Dalma was.
TURN INDUSTRY:
We had said both how was the pearl was very
important and also el markisy house was very important to us in there first
floor there were 3 cooks placed where from 250 years where food supply for the
people and also other islands in which shows that Dalma was full of fruits and
palm tree which show that they where using every small thing in the island and
export it to others
"gulf news"
INCREASE OF WORKING
WITH INDIA:
More deals with India so the robian coin has its
way in Dalma and found of Britain people, which gulf provide Indians stay.
Indians give loans where diving needs, Indian rich
people invest there money by loans and buying the pearl after this.
And indirect way Dalma island get use robian coin
since 1835 found in the land have drawings of religious people and words and
Indian signs and animals beside it where found the gulf coins which shows that
there were great work with others.
And this shows how Dalma was great history in the
economical situation, which are proud with since 60000 years ago
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Economical news " 31-3-2000
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