Delma Island

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DELMA ISLAND, EMIRATE OF ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

Delma island is around 30 Kms away from the mainland. The population is between 8000 to 10000. The total area is around 33 sq.kms.

Her past the famous ancient center of mind to dive for pearls. It is located 210 kilometers from the capital in the west, was the seat of the pearl diving days, and to the availability of drinking water, where, and still the effects of dam set up by the people of the island to reserve rainwater clear in the east of the island to this day.

Delma about 29.5 kilometers from the island of Sir Bani Yas and 80 km from the east coast of the State of Qatar. The island extends 9 km from north to south, 5 km from east to west, an island is volcanic and mountainous and arid rocky slopes completely. And to the south directly Delma was located a small island in the past that it is caused by the mother on the island peninsula was created artificial embankments.

The residential area in their major defines also Bdelma is located on the southern tip Almstdq of the island, and remembers the present inhabitants that the island was inhabited by the residents settled on a permanent basis, and helped to stability and existence of water wells near the city of Dalma in the same area which have now transformed into farms due to reconstruction efforts in the country . Brooks said in 1829 that the island's water is salty nature, and Secretary, also said in 1908 that the water on the island of Dalma available, but salty, has informed us that the island population there was no fresh water wells in some fresh water and the other salty. Upon our arrival to the island was in the past 200 wells, some fresh water and the other salty. Upon our arrival to the island was found in fresh water wells and one prominent and located within the farm. According to local accounts that the water was in the past Delma transferred to other areas, including Abu Dhabi, because the quality was good. Delma has continued to feed water to other areas to the period of the fifties.

No mention of the island of Dalma in the ancient sources, except in very limited cases. The Merchant of Venice has indicated Jasparo Balbi, who was working in the jewelry industry and trade in the year 1590 to the area on behalf of (Dailamfayalmas) within the places mentioned in the list of sites pearling guy that did not give any details of it. For his part, Captain Maud cited in the twenties of the nineteenth century following the island of Dalma.

Delma is located between latitudes 24-36 degrees north and longitude 52-24 ° east, and has a length from north to south about 6 miles, in width from east to west is less than half its length. And the island tend to rise and average soil Thumper color to black more than in Arzanah to the east.

And is located on the northern tip end portion of a circular hill sandy low, as there is towards the southern tip, including three small Mounds descend the hill the same way. And extends from the northern tip of the island is shallow along the corridor, about two miles in the same direction, and should not be approached because the water depth is less than 42 feet, and the corridor to the south of it or between it and the beach is all of the Arab threat to navigation.

The channel between Delma and Arzanah is free of shallow areas, although it contains some areas deep irregular, ranging between 90-126 feet in some locations, ranging from 42-72 feet.

Captain Brooks has dealt with Delma describes the following:

The southern tip of the island of Dalmi is located in the line of view 35,24,27 degrees north, longitude 52,27,25 ° East. The island is relatively high and there in the middle of a flat hill seem obvious. The southern tip is low and there are wells by salt water, and there are two miles below the southern tip of Arlat Masuma It is a small sandy island. There is no danger to navigation in the waters off the island Dalmi, with the exception of the area between the southern tip of the island and small sand dunes, which extends a distance of a mile to the south, where the water depth 42 feet, and looks volcanic island as is the case for most of the islands around the area. This is the second island in terms of space Sir Bani Yas and what is known Islands (Mendez).

According to the (directory of India) of 1891, the Dalma is the only island in the Grove pearl inhabited permanently, and it is stated the following:

Delma Delme or the southern tip is located at a latitude 24,27,5 degrees north, longitude 52,19,5 ° East, and about 20 miles southwest of Arzanah The length from north to south 5 miles and 2.5 miles displayed. There is a circular hill on the northern part of the island is bordered to the bottom shelf is high, with the exception of the southern tip of them, it can approach the island on the water depth of 42 feet. The south-eastern tip Vartvall equal to its predecessor almost, and there it Rapetan or three Mounds, over a sandy area narrow, low-stretch from north to south, the problem of frontier South, which extends beyond the tongue of a shallow depth of six feet is configured bank of sandy dry, Castle Massouma at a distance of 3 miles. There are no paths safe navigation for large vessels because of the depth of water is not regular. The sea between the islands and (Gordon) - Teen Cavaye and Miyamat not been studied in a rigorous, but the extended shallow areas located more than 12 miles to the east of the latter. The canal is between Delma and Arzanah free of shallow sites, but there are areas with high and low of a sudden the sea depth ranges here between 48-120 feet.

According to the Ormi Delma Island Center for the pearl trade and there are Pearl Grove to the north, northwest, southwest and south-east. The total revenue collected annually on the pearl trade for the benefit of the island 5 thousand dollars. The stairway locals to dive in the summer of pearling as they were attending in the shallow areas during winter. When he wrote to his Ormi 1908 there were about 15 families from the belly of the Bani Yas Alqubeisat living in a residential area a small southern coastal plains at the western end of the island. According to the island of Dalma Ormir seen during the first years of the century (the twentieth) the temporary market at the end of each fishing season to Pearl. The practice of merchants to settle debts with each other during the seasonal market. According to Ormir particular Indian traders from the coast of Oman, who were visiting the market and bought the provisional Delma Pearl and they settle their debts and receipt of arrears.