Ten families rule the Arab coast of…

1828 CE to 1971 CE

Ten families rule the Arab coast of the gulf, with the exception of Saudi Arabia and Iraq: in Kuwait the Al Sabah; in Bahrain the Al Khalifa; in Qatar the Al Thani; in the present- day UAE the Al Nuhayyan in Abu Dhabi, the Al Nuaimi in Ajman, the Al Sharqi in Al Fujayrah, the Al Maktum in Dubayy, the Al Qasimi in Ras al Khaymah and Sharjah, and the Al Mualla in Umm al Qaywayn; and the Al Said in present-day Oman.

These families owe their positions to tribal leadership, the traditional basis on which the British negotiate treaties with their leaders in the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.

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Iranian peoples View → Arab people View → Omanis View → Persian people View → Islam View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Kharijite View → Muslims, Shi'a View → Muslims, Ibadi View → Ismailism View → Qarmatians View → Persia, Safavid Kingdom of View → Yaruba dynasty View → Abu Dhabi, Emirate of View → Ra's al-Khaymah, or Ras al-Khaimah, Emirate of View → Sharjah (ash-Shariqah), Emirate of View → Oman, Sultanate of View → Ajman, or 'Ujman, Emirate of View → Kuwait, Sheikhdom of View → Umm al-Qaywayn, or Umm al-Quwain, Emirate of View → Persia, Qajarid Kingdom of View → Dubai, Emirate of View → al-Fujayrah, or Fujairah, Emirate of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Muscat and Oman View → Bahrain, British protectorate of View → Kuwait, British protectorate of View → Anglo-Persian Oil Company View → Standard Oil of California (Socal) View → Persia, Pahlavid Kingdom of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of View → Kuwait View → Oman, Sultanate of View →

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