#HistoryOfUAE is such a curious case that to date historians are unable to decide who was on the right side protagonist or antagonist. Through out the hoistory, brothers have mudered brothers to get power. In this small gulf Seikhdome great powers have been playing a dirty game for centueries now. #HarfBaHarf is here to explain why #SheikhZayed took such an extreme step against his brother despite making a promise to his mother of always being faithful . The UAE consists of seven emirates and was founded on 2 December 1971 as a federation. Six of the seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah) combined on that date. The seventh, Ras al Khaimah, joined the federation on 10 February 1972.The seven sheikdoms were formerly known as the Trucial States, in reference to the treaty relations established with the British in the 19th Century.A number of incursions and bloody battles took place along the coast when the Portuguese, under Afonso de Albuquerque, invaded the area.
Conflicts between the maritime communities of the Trucial Coast and the British led to the sacking of Ras Al Khaimah by British forces in 1809 and again in 1819, which resulted in the first of a number of British treaties with the Trucial Rulers in 1820.
Oil was discovered under an old pearling bed in the Persian Gulf, Umm Shaif, in 1958, and in the desert at Murban in 1960. The first cargo of crude was exported from Jabel Dhanna in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in 1962. As oil revenues increased, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, undertook a massive construction program, building schools, housing, hospitals and roads. When Dubai's oil exports commenced in 1969, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, was also able to use oil revenues to improve his people's quality of life.
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