The Emirate of Dubai (إمارة دبيّ‎‎) is one of seven states, termed emirates, on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf which combined to form the United Arab Emirates on December 2, 1971. Before 1971, the UAE was known as the Trucial States (إمارات الساحل المتصالح‎‎), in reference to a nineteenth-century truce between the United Kingdom and several Arab sheikhs; the treaties established an informal protectorate by … Continue reading Dubai #123 (1970)