United Arab Emirates
-
- 8 Jan 1820 - 2 Dec
1971 Trucial Maritime Flag
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-
- 1968 - 2 Dec
1971 Unofficial
- (Trucial States
Council Flag)
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-
- Adopted 2 Dec 1971
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Map
of the United
Arab
Emirates |
Hear
National Anthem
"Nashid al-watani
al-imarati"
(National Anthem of
the Emirates)
|
Text
of National Anthem
Adopted 1971 (lyrics 1986)
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Constitution
(2 Dec 1971, provisional
until 20
May 1996) |
Capital:
Abu Dhabi
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Currency:
Arab Emirati Dirham
(AED); 1966-1973
Qatar-
Dubai Riyal (XQDR);
1966 Bahraini Dinar (BHD);
1959-66 Persian Gulf Rupee (XPGR);
1892-1959 Indian
Rupee (INR)
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National
Holiday: 2 Dec (1971)
Independence Day
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Population: 9,992,083 (2019)
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GDP: $696
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$308.5 billion (2017)
Imports: $229.2
billion (2017)
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Ethnic groups:
Emirati Arab 11.6%, South Asian 59.4%
(includes
Indian 38.2%, Bangladeshi 9.5%,
Pakistani 9.4%, other 2.3%),
Egyptian 10.2%, Filipino 6.1%,
other 12.8% (2015)
note: immigrants make up 87.9% of the
total population (2019)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 63,000 (2018)
U.S. Forces: 5,000
(2019)
French Troops: 637 (2019)
Merchant marine: 61 ships (2010)
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Religions:
Muslim 74.4% (mostly Sunni
60.3%)(official),
Christian 13.1%, Hindu 7.3%, Buddhist 2.2% others
3%
(including Sikh,
Baha'i, others) (2015) |
International
Organizations/Treaties:
ABEDA, ACS (observer), AfDB (ADF only),
AFESD, AIIB, AL, AMF, AOAD, APA,
Arabsat, AU (observer), BIS, BTWC, CAEU,
CICA, CP (applicant), CTBT, CWC,
EBRD, FAO, G-77, GAFTA, GCC, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC,
IORA, IPU, IRENA, ISA (observer), ISESCO, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, NATO
(cooperation initiative), NDB,
NPT, OAPEC, OIC, OIF
(associate),
OPCW, OPEC, OST, PAM (associate), Paris Club
(associate), PCA, UN, UNCLOS (signatory), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC,
UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNIDO,
UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO
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United
Arab
Emirates Index
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Chronology
9 Dec
1819
British forces begin suppressing
piracy along
the "Pirate Coast" in
the Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
8
Jan 1820 - 15 Mar 1820 General
Maritime Treaty between the local
sheikhs
and U.K.
1853
Named the Trucial States, also known
as Trucial
Oman, or Trucial Coast (named after
1853 Perpetual
Maritime Truce).
8
Mar 1892 - 30 Nov 1971 British
protectorates (Trucial States, Trucial
Coast, Trucial Oman).
1939
British resident established in the
Trucial
States at Dubai
18 Jul
1971
Provisional formation of Federation of
Arab
Emirates (Trucial States together with
Bahrain
and Qatar).
2
Dec
1971
Federation of six emirates as the
United Arab
Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai,
Fujairah,
Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain).
11 Feb
1972
Accession of Ras al-Khaimah.
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Abu Dhabi
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Ajman
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Dubai
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Fujairah
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Kalba
(1903-1952)
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Ras al-Khaimah
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Sharjah
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Daba
(1871-1951)
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Hamriyya
(1875-1922)
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Hira
(1915-1942)
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Umm al-Qaiwain
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British Political Officers Trucial States, Sharjah
(1948-53) and Dubai (1953-62)
(subordinated to the chief political
residents of the Persian Gulf; see
under Bahrain)
(in Sharjah to 1953, then in Dubai)
Oct 1939 - Oct
1940 John
Baron
Howes
(b. 1907 - d. 1982)
Oct 1940 - Apr
1941 Roy
Douglas
Metcalfe
(b. 1909 - d. 1981)
7 Apr 1941 - Apr
1942 Cornelius James
Pelly
(b. 1908 - d. 1985)
Mar 1943 - Apr
1944 Maurice
Patrick
Tandy
(b. 1912 - d. 1986)
May 1944 - Oct
1944 Reginald
Michael
Hadow
(b. 1915 - d. 1993)
Oct 1944 - Apr
1945 Richard
Ernest Rowland
Bird (b. 1912
- d. 1986)
3 Apr 1945 - Apr
1946 Raymond Clive
Murphy
(b. 1912 - d. ....)
May 1946 - Jan 1947
Hugh Rance (1st time)
(b. 1912 - d. 2011)
Jan 1947 - May 1947
Gordon Noel Jackson (1st time) (b.
1913 - d. 1999)
May 1947 - Jun 1947
Hugh Rance (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Jun 1947 - Jul 1947
Cornelius James Pelly
(b. 1908 - d. 1985)
Jul 1947 - Aug 1947
Gordon Noel Jackson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1947 - 1948
Joseph Edward Havelock
Hudson (b. 1915 - d. 1976)
1948 -
1950
Patrick Desmond
Stobart
(b. 1920 - d. 1991)
1950 -
1951
Harry Denis
Mitchell
(b. 1923 - d. 1971)
1951 -
1952
Arthur John
Wilton
(b. 1921 - d. 2011)
1952
Martin Stanley
Buckmaster
(b. 1921 - d. 2007)
1952 -
1953
Michael Scott
Weir
(b. 1925 - d. 2006)
British Political Agents Trucial
States (subordinated to the chief political
residents
of Persian Gulf; see under Bahrain
to 1962)(in Dubai; from 1961 for all
emirates
except Abu Dhabi)
20 May 1953 - 1955
John William
Wall
(b. 1910 - d. 1989)
1955 - 1956
Christopher
Pirie-Gordon
(b. 1911 - d. 1980)
1956 -
1958
John Peter
Tripp
(b. 1921 - d. 1986)
1958 -
1961
Donald Frederick
Hawley
(b. 1921 - d. 2008)
1961 -
1964
Alfred James M.
Craig
(b. 1924 - d. 2017)
1964 -
1966
Hugh Glencairn
Balfour-Paul (b.
1917 - d. 2008)
1966 -
1968
David Arthur
Roberts
(b. 1924 - d. 1987)
1968 - 1971
Julian Leonard
Bullard
(b. 1928 - d. 2006)
1971 - 1972
Julian Fortay
Walker
(b. 1929 - d. 2018)
Presidents
2 Dec 1971 - 2 Nov
2004 Sheikh Zaid II ibn Sultan
Al (b. 1918 - d.
2004) Non-party
Nahayan (Abu Dhabi)
2 Nov 2004 - 3 Nov
2004 Sheikh Maktum ibn Rashid Al Maktum (b. 1943 -
d. 2006) Non-party
(acting) (Dubai)
3 Nov 2004 - 13 May 2022
Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zaid Al Nahayan (b. 1948 - d. 2022)
Non-party
(Abu Dhabi)
13 May 2022 - 14 May 2022
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid
Al (b.
1949)
Non-party
Maktum (Dubai) (acting)
14 May 2022
-
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zaid Al
Nahayan
(b. 1961)
Non-party
Prime ministers
9 Dec 1971 - 25 Apr 1979
Sheikh Maktum III ibn Rashid Al
(s.a.)
Non-party
Maktum (1st time) (Dubai)
25 Apr 1979 - 7 Oct 1990 Sheikh
Rashid II ibn Said
Al (b. 1912 - d.
1990) Non-party
Maktum (Dubai)
20 Nov 1990 - 4 Jan 2006 Sheikh
Maktum III ibn Rashid Al
(s.a.)
Non-party
Maktum (2nd time) (Dubai)
5 Jan 2006
-
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid
Al
(s.a.)
Non-party
Maktum (Dubai)
Party abbreviations: None; political
parties are banned.
Territorial Disputes: the United Arab
Emirate 2006 Yearbook published a map and text
rescinding the 1974 boundary with Saudi Arabia, as
stipulated in a treaty filed with the UN in 1993, on the
grounds that the agreement was not formally ratified;
boundary agreement was signed and ratified with Oman in
2003 for entire border, including Oman's Musandam
Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of the
agreement and maps showing the alignment have not been
published; Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu
Musa Island, which Iran occupies; UAE engage direct
talks and Arab League support to resolve Iran's
occupation of Greater Tunb Island (called Tunb al Kubra
in Arabic by UAE and Jazireh-ye Tonb-e Bozorg in Persian
by Iran) and Lesser Tunb Island since 30 Nov 1971
(called Tunb as Sughra in Arabic by UAE and Jazireh-ye
Tonb-e Kuchek in Persian by Iran) and attempts to occupy
completely a jointly administered island in the Persian
Gulf (called Abu Musa in Arabic by UAE and Jazireh-ye
Abu Musa in Persian by Iran).
States
Abu Dhabi (Abu Zaby)
-
- to 1820, 1833 - 1835, c.1899
- c.1958
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-
- 1820 - 1833, 1835 - c.1899
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-
- c.1899 - c.Oct 1901
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c.1936 - Feb 1958 Ensign
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Adopted Feb 1958
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Hear
National Anthem
(c.1961 - 2 Dec 1971)
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Text of National Anthem
(No Lyrics)
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Constitution
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Capital: Abu
Dhabi
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Currency
1892-1973: 1966-73
Bahraini Dinar (BHD);
1959-66 Persian Gulf Rupee (XPGR); 1892-1959
Indian
Rupee (INR)
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National Holiday:
N/A
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Population:
2,784,490 (2018) |
International
Organizations/Treaties before 1974:
OPEC, Paris Club (associate), UPU
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1761
Al Abu Falah lineage of Banu Yas clan established in
Abu Dhabi.
8 Jan
1820
Signs the General Maritime Treaty with Britain.
1835
Signs renewed General Maritime Treaty with Britain.
6-8 Mar
1892
Trucial States (or Trucial Oman) created.
2 Dec
1971
Joins the United Arab Emirates.
Rulers (Hakim)
1761 -
1793
Sheikh Dhiyab ibn `Isa ibn Nahayan (d. 1793)
1793 -
1816
Sheikh Shakhbut ibn Dhiyab
Al (b. 17.. - d. 1816)
Nahayan
1816 -
1818
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Shakhbut Al
Nahayan
1818 -
18..
Sheikh Shakhbut ibn Dhiyab Al
Nahayan
- jointly with the following two -
1818 - Apr
1833
Sheikh Tahnun ibn Shakhbut
Al (d. 1833)
Nahayan
Apr 1833 -
1845
Sheikh Khalifa ibn Shakhbut Al
(d. 1845)
Nahayan
- jointly with the following -
Apr 1833 - Jul
1845 Sheikh
Sultan ibn Shakhbut Al (d.
1845)
Nahayan
Jul 1845 - Sep
1845 Sheikh
`Isa ibn Khalid (usurper) (d. 1845)
Sep 1845 - Dec
1845 Sheikh
Dhiyab ibn `Isa (usurper) (d. 1845)
Dec 1845 -
1855
Sheikh Said ibn Tahnun Al Nahayan (d. 1856)
1855 - May
1909
Sheikh Zaid I ibn Khalifa
Al (b. c.1836 - d.
1909)
Nahayan
May 1909 - Oct
1912 Sheikh
Tahnun II ibn Zaid
Al (b. 1857 - d.
1912)
Nahayan
Oct 1912 - 22 Aug 1922
Sheikh Hamdan ibn Zaid Al Nahayan (b. 1881 - d.
1922)
22 Aug 1922 - 4 Aug 1926 Sheikh
Sultan ibn Zaid Al Nahayan (b. 1881 - d. 1926)
4 Aug 1926 - 1 Jan
1928 Sheikh Saqr ibn Zaid Al
Nahayan (b. 1887 - d. 1928)
1 Jan 1928 - 3 Aug
1966 Sheikh Shakhbut II ibn
Sultan (b. 1905 - d. 1989)
Al Nahayan
6 Aug 1966 - 2 Nov
2004 Sheikh Zaid II ibn Sultan
Al (b. 1918 - d.
2004)
Nahayan
2 Nov 2004 - 13
May 2022 Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zaid Al Nahayan
(b. 1948 - d. 2022)
13 May 2022
-
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zayid
ibn (b. 1961)
Sultan Al Nahayan
(de facto acting ruler since Jan 2014)
Prime minister
Jul 1971 - 2 Dec
1971 Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zaid Al
Nahayan (s.a.)
British Political Officers, Abu Dhabi
(subordinated to political officers in Dubai to
1961)
Jul 1955 - Aug
1958 Martin
Stanley
Buckmaster
(b. 1921 - d. 2007)
Aug 1958 - Jul
1959 Edric
Rowland
Worsnop
(b. 1930 - d. 2016)
Jul 1959 - Feb 1961
Edward Firth
Henderson
(b. 1917 - d. 1995)
Feb 1961 - Nov
1961 Richard Oliver
Miles (acting) (b. 1936 - d. 2019)
British Political Agents, Abu
Dhabi
Nov 1961 - May
1965 John
Edmond Hugh
Boustead
(b. 1895 - d. 1980)
1965 -
1968
Albert "Archie" Thomas
Lamb (b. 1921
- d. 2021)
1968 - 1972
Charles
James Treadwell
(b. 1920 - d. 2010)
Ajman (Ujman)
-
- to 1820
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-
- 1820 - c.1936
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-
- Adopted c.1936
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Capital: Ajman
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Population: 372,922 (2018) |
17..
Ajman and Dependencies
8 Jan
1820
Signs the General Maritime Treaty with Britain.
2 Dec
1971
Joins the United Arab Emirates.
Rulers (Hakim)
17.. -
17..
Sheikh Rashid ibn Hamid Al Nuaimi
17.. -
1816
Sheikh Humayd ibn Rashid I Al
Nuaimi
1816 -
1838
Sheikh Rashid ibn Humayd I Al (b.
1838)
Nuaimi
1838 -
1841
Sheikh Humayd ibn Rashid II Al
(d. 1872)
Nuaimi (1st time)
1841 -
1848
Sheikh `Abd al-`Aziz ibn Rashid (d. 1848)
Al Nuaimi
1848 - 1873
Sheikh Humayd ibn Rashid II Al
(s.a.)
Nuaimi (2nd time)
1873 - Apr
1891
Sheikh Rashid ibn Humaid II Al (d.
1891)
Nuaimi
Apr 1891 - 8 Jul
1900 Sheikh Humaid ibn Rashid
III Al (b. 18.. - d. 1900)
Nuaimi
8 Jul 1900 - Feb
1910 Sheikh `Abd al-`Aziz ibn
Humayd (b. c.1851 - d. 1910)
Al Nuaimi
Feb 1910 - Jan
1928 Sheikh
Humayd ibn `Abd al-`Aziz (b. 1876 - d.
1928)
Al Nuaimi
Jan 1928 - 6 Sep
1981 Sheikh Rashid ibn Humayd
III Al (b. 1904 - d. 1981)
Nuaimi
6 Sep 1981
-
Sheikh Humayd ibn Rashid IV Al (b. 1931)
Nuaimi
Dubai (Dubayy)
-
- to 1820
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-
- 1820 - c.1936
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-
- Adopted c.1936
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Capital: Dubai
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Population: 4,177,059 (2018) |
17..
Al Abu Falasa lineage of Banu Yas clan established in
Dubai.
8 Jan
1820
Signs the General Maritime Treaty with Britain.
1833
Independence from Abu
Dubai.
6-8 Mar
1892
Trucial States (or Trucial Oman) created.
2 Dec
1971
Joins the United Arab Emirates.
Rulers (Hakim)
18.. - 9 Jun
1833
Sheikh `Ubayd ibn Said
(d. 1833)
9 Jun 1833 -
1852
Sheikh Maktum I ibn Bati ibn
(d. 1852)
Suhayl
1852 -
1859
Sheikh Said I ibn
Bati
(d. 1859)
1859 - 22 Nov
1886
Sheikh Hushur ibn
Maktum
(d. 1886)
22 Nov 1886 - 7 Apr 1894
Sheikh Rashid I ibn
Maktum
(d. 1894)
7 Apr 1894 - 16 Feb 1906
Sheikh Maktum II ibn
Hushur (b.
18.. - d. 1906)
16 Feb 1906 - Nov
1912 Sheikh Bati ibn
Suhayl
(b. 1851 - d. 1912)
Nov 1912 - 15 Apr
1929 Sheikh Said II ibn
Maktum
(b. 1878 - d. 1958)
(1st time)
15 Apr 1929 - 18 Apr 1929 Sheikh
Mani ibn Rashid
18 Apr 1929 - 10 Sep 1958 Sheikh
Said II ibn
Maktum
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
10 Sep 1958 - 7 Oct 1990
Sheikh Rashid II ibn Said
Al (b. 1912 - d.
1990)
Maktum
7 Oct 1990 - 4 Jan
2006 Sheikh Maktum III ibn Rashid
Al (b. 1943 - d. 2006)
Maktum
4 Jan 2006
-
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid
Al (b. 1949)
Maktum
Fujairah (Al-Fujayrah)
-
- 1902 - 1975
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-
- Adopted 1975
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Capital: Fujairah
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Population: 152,000
(2018)
|
1876
al-Sharqi lineage begins rule.
1902
Independence from Sharjah
declared.
Mar
1952
Recognized as a State by the Treaty Power
(United Kingdom).
2 Dec
1971
Joins the United Arab Emirates.
Rulers (Hakim)
.... - ....
Sheikh
Muhammad ibn Matar al-Sharqi
.... - ....
Sheikh
Khamis ibn Muhammad al-Sharqi
.... - ....
Sheikh Abdullah
ibn Khamis al-Sharqi
.... - ....
Sheikh
Hamad ibn Abdullah al-Sharqi
.... - ....
Sheikh
Sayf I ibn Hamad al-Sharqi
.... - ....
Sheikh Abdullah
ibn Sayf al-Sharqi
bf.1903 - 1938
Sheikh Hamad II ibn Abdullah
(d. 1938)
al-Sharqi
1938 - 1942
Sheikh
Sayf II ibn Hamad al-Sharqi (d. 1942)
1942 - 18 Sep
1974
Sheikh Muhammad ibn
Hamad
(b. 1896 - d. 1974)
al-Sharqi
18 Sep 1974
-
Sheikh Hamad ibn
Muhammad
(b. 1949)
al-Sharqi
Ras al-Khaimah (Ra's al-Khaymah)
-
- to 1822
|
-
- Adopted 1822, c.1936
|
Capital: Ras
al-Khaimah
|
Population: 416,600
(2018)
|
17..
Qawasim clan (Huwayla tribe) established in Ras
al-Khaimah.
3 Dec 1819
- 18 Dec 1819 British occupation under William
Grant Keir.
1820 - Jul
1821
British occupation.
1822
Signs the General Maritime Treaty with Britain.
1869
Ras al-Khaimah fully independent from Sharjah.
Sep 1900 - 10 Jul 1921
Incorporated into Sharjah.
11 Feb
1972
Joins the United Arab Emirates.
Rulers (Hakim; 1808-1820 Na'ib al-Hakim)
17.. -
17..
Sheikh Rahman al-Qasimi
17.. -
174.
Sheikh Matar ibn Rahman al-Qasimi
174. -
1777
Sheikh Rashid ibn Matar al-Qasimi
1777 -
1803
Sheikh Saqr ibn Rashid al-Qasimi
1803 -
1808
Sheikh Sultan ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (d. 1866)
(1st time)
1808 -
1814
Sheikh al-Husayn ibn `Ali
al-Qasimi (acting)
1814 -
1820
Sheikh al-Hasan ibn Rahman
al-Qasimi (acting)
1820 -
1866
Sheikh Sultan ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1866 - May
1867
Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Sultan al-Qasimi
May 1867 - 14 Apr
1868 Sheikh Khalid ibn Sultan
al-Qasimi (d. 1868)
14 Apr 1868 -
1869
Sheikh Salim ibn Sultan al-Qasimi (b. 18.. - d.
1919)
1869 - Aug
1900
Sheikh Humayd ibn
Abdullah
(d. 1900)
al-Qasimi
1900
Sheikh Hamad ibn
Majid al-Qasimi
1900 - Mar 1908
Sheikh Khalid ibn Saqr
al-Qasimi
Mar 1908 - 1917
Sheikh Salim ibn
Sultan al-Qasimi (d. 1919)
1917 - 1919
Sheikh
Muhammed ibn Sultan (b.
1881 - d. 19..)
al-Qasimi
Aug 1919 - 10 Jul
1921 Sheikh Sultan ibn Salim
al-Qasimi (b. 1891 - d. 1948)
10 Jul 1921 - Feb 1948
Sheikh Sultan ibn Salim al-Qasimi (s.a.)
7 Feb 1948 - 27 Oct 2010
Sheikh Saqr ibn Muhammad al-Qasimi (b. 1920 - d.
2010)
1999 - 14 Jun
2003
Sheikh Khalid ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (b. 1940)
(de facto ruler)
14 Jun 2003 - 27 Oct 2010 Sheikh
Saud ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (b.
1956)
(de facto ruler)
27 Oct 2010
-
Sheikh Saud ibn Saqr al-Qasimi
(s.a.)
Sharjah (Ash-Shariqah)
-
- to 1820
|
-
- Adopted 1820, 1936
|
Capital: Sharjah
|
Population: 2,374,132
(2018)
|
17..
Qawasim clan (Huwayla tribe) established in Sharjah.
c.1727
Sharjah independent.
8 Jan
1820
Signs the General Maritime Treaty with Britain.
2 Dec
1971
Joins the United Arab Emirates.
Rulers (Hakim)
17.. - 17..
Sheikh Rahman ibn
Qadhib al-Qasimi
17.. - 1747
Sheikh Matar ibn
Rahman al-Qasimi
1747 -
1777
Sheikh Rashid ibn Matar ibn Rahman (d.
1777)
al-Qasimi
1777 -
1803
Sheikh Saqr I ibn Rashid al-Qasimi (d. 1803)
1803 - 1808
Sheikh Sultan I ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (b. 1780 - d. 1866)
(1st time)
1808 -
1814
Sheikh al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Qasimi
(acting)
1814 -
1820
Sheikh al-Hasan ibn Rahman al-
Qasimi (acting)
1820 - 1840
Sheikh Sultan I ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1840
Sheikh Saqr ibn Sultan al-Qasimi
1840 -
1866
Sheikh Sultan I ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (s.a.)
(3rd time)
1866 - 14 Apr
1868
Sheikh Khalid I ibn
Sultan
(b. 1838 - d. 1868)
al-Qasimi
14 Apr 1868 - Mar 1883
Sheikh Salim ibn Sultan al-Qasimi (b. 18.. - d.
1919)
- jointly with following -
1869 -
1871
Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Sultan al-Qasimi
Mar 1883 -
1914
Sheikh Saqr II ibn
Khalid
(b. 1864 - d. 1914)
al-Qasimi
13 Apr 1914 - 21 Nov 1924 Sheikh Khalid
II ibn
Ahmad
(b. 1878 - d. 1924)
al-Qasimi
21 Nov 1924 -
1951
Sheikh Sultan II ibn
Saqr
(d. 1951)
al-Qasimi
1951 - May
1951
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (b. 1920 - d. 2010)
May 1951 - 24 Jun 1965
Sheikh Saqr III ibn
Sultan
(b. 1924 - d. 1993)
al-Qasimi (1st time)
24 Jun 1965 - 24 Jan 1972 Sheikh Khalid
III ibn Muhammad (b. 1931 - d.
1972)
al-Qasimi
25 Jan 1972 - 25 Jan 1972 Sheikh
Saqr III ibn
Sultan
(s.a.)
al-Qasimi (2nd time)
25 Jan 1972 - 17 Jun 1987 Sheikh Sultan
III ibn Muhammad (b. 1939)
al-Qasimi (1st time)
17 Jun 1987 - 23 Jun 1987 Sheikh `Abd
al-`Aziz ibn Muhammad
al-Qasimi
(b. 1937)
23 Jun 1987
-
Sheikh Sultan III ibn Muhammad
(s.a.)
al-Qasimi (2nd time)
British Native Agents in Trucial Oman
(resident in Sharjah; subordinate to Bahrain agent)
1829 - 1849
Mulla Husain
1849 - 1850
Muhammad bin Mulla
1850 - 1866
Ahmad bin Mulla Husain
1860 - 1866
Haji Ya'qub
(d. 1866)
1866
Haji Muhammad
May 1866 - Jun 1880
Haji Abdur Rahman
Jun 1880 - Aug 1890
Haji Abdul Qasim
Residency Agents in Sharjah (subordinate to
Bahrain agent)
Aug 1890 - 1909
`Abd al-Latif
1909 – Sep 1935
Isa bin Abd al-Latif
(d. 1935)
1935 – 1936
Husayn bin Hasan Imad (interim)
1936 –
1945
Sayyid `Abd al-Razzaq Razzuqi
al-Mahmud
1945 – 1949
Jassim bin Muhammad Kadmar
1949
Post
abolished
Daba
1951
Re-incorporated into Sharjah.
Rulers (Hakim)
1871 -
1883
Sheikh Ahmad ibn Sultan al-Qasimi
1883 - Dec
1937
Sheikh Rashid ibn Ahmad al-Qasimi (b. 1876 - d.
1937)
- jointly with following -
1903 - 12 Nov
1924
Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad al-Qasimi (b. 1878 - d.
1924)
(Sheikh Khalid II ibn Ahmad al-Qasimi of Sharjah)
Dec 1937 -
1951
Sheikh Ahmad ibn Rashid al-Qasimi
Hamriyya
af.1922
Re-incorporated into Sharjah.
Rulers (Hakim)
1875 -
1904
Sheikh Sayf ibn `Abd al-Rahman
1904 - Dec
1921
Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman ibn Sayf
(1st time)
Dec 1921 - 19 Feb
1922 Sheikh Humayd ibn `Abd
al-Rahman
(1st time)
20 Feb 1922 -
1922
Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman ibn Sayf
(2nd time)
1922 -
1922
Sheikh Humayd ibn `Abd al-Rahman
(2nd time)
1922 -
....
Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman ibn Sayf
(3rd time)
Hira
af.1942
Re-incorporated into Sharjah.
Rulers (Hakim)
1915 - 10 Aug
1942
Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad
10 Aug 1942 -
.... Sheikh
Sayf ibn `Abd al-Rahman
Kalba (Khwor Kalba)
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- to c.1921
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- c.1921 - 1952
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Capital: Kalba
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Population: N/A
(1950)
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1871
De facto independence from Sharjah.
8 Dec
1936
Recognized as a State by the Treaty Power (United
Kingdom).
1952
Re-incorporated into Sharjah.
Rulers (Hakim)
1871 - 1900
Sheikh Majid
ibn Sultan al-Qasimi
1900 - 1903
Sheikh Hamad ibn Majid
al-Qasimi
1903 - 30 Apr
1937
Sheikh Said ibn Hamad al-Qasimi (b.
1875 - d. 1937)
30 Apr 1937 -
1951
Sheikh Hamad ibn Said al-Qasimi (d.
1951)
1951 -
1952
Sheikh Saqr ibn Sultan al-Qasimi (b. 1925 -
d. 1993)
Umm al-Qaiwain (Umm
al-Quwain)
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- to 1820
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- 1820 - c.1936
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- c.1936 - 9 Mar 1961
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- Adopted 9 Mar 1961
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Capital: Umm
al-Qaiwain
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Population: 72,000
(2018)
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1775
Al Mu`alla lineage of Al `Ali clan established
in Umm al-Qaiwain.
8 Jan
1820
Signs the General Maritime Treaty with Britain.
2 Dec
1971
Joins the United Arab Emirates.
Rulers (Hakim)
1775 -
17..
Sheikh Majid Al Mu`alla
17.. -
1816
Sheikh Rashid I ibn Majid Mu`alla
1816 -
1853
Sheikh Abdullah I ibn Rashid Al
Mu`alla
1853 -
1873
Sheikh Ali ibn Abdullah Al Mu`alla (d.
1873)
1873 - 13 Jun
1904
Sheikh Ahmad I ibn `Abd Allah Al (b. 18.. -
d. 1904)
Mu`alla
13 Jun 1904 - Aug
1922 Sheikh Rashid II ibn Ahmad
Al (b. 1875 - d. 1922)
Mu`alla
Aug 1922 - Oct
1923 Sheikh
`Abd Allah II ibn Rashid (d.
1923)
Al Mu`alla
Oct 1923 - 9 Feb
1929 Sheikh Hamad ibn Ibrahim Al
(d. 1929)
Mu`alla
9 Feb 1929 - 21 Feb 1981
Sheikh Ahmad II ibn Rashid
Al (b. 1904 - d. 1981)
Mu`alla
21 Feb 1981 - 2 Jan 2009
Sheikh Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al
(b. 1930 - d. 2009)
Mu`alla
2 Jan 2009
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Sheikh Saud ibn Rashid Al Mu`alla (b. 1952)
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