The Trucial Coast · event 5 of 5

1961

The Creek is dredged. Rashid borrows from the ruler of Kuwait, against advice, to deepen the silted channel. Larger vessels return and the loan is repaid quickly.

The The Trucial Coast era

  1. 1901
  2. 1929–1930s
  3. 1937
  4. 1958
  5. 1961

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