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1946 – October: Imperial Bank of Persia (to become British Bank of the Middle East, then HSBC) opened in Dubai. [8] 1948 – Abu Dhabi-Dubai border dispute. [9] 1949 15 July: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the current ruler of Dubai, was born in Shindaga. 1950 – "Petroleum exploration" begins in the Dubai area. [10]
Al Fahidi Fort in Dubai in the late 1950s, built in 1787 Al Fahidi Fort today. Al Fahidi Fort is the oldest existing building in Dubai.. The Umayyads introduced Islam to the area in the 7th century [13] and sparked the vitalization of the area, opening up trade routes supported by fishing and pearl diving to eastern regions such as modern-day Pakistan and India, with reports of ships ...
Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populous of the country's seven emirates. [5] [6] [7] As of 2024, the city has a population of around 3.79 million, [8] more than 90% of which are expatriates.
According to the annual MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, Dubai is the fifth most popular tourism destination in the world. [254] Dubai holds up to 66% share of the UAE's tourism economy, with Abu Dhabi having 16% and Sharjah 10%. Dubai welcomed 10 million tourists in 2013.
A ‘world-famous’ camera. Shukla continued to document Dubai and the Emirates through the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s, although he still has “hundreds” of undeveloped rolls of film from this ...
In January 2006, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai, died, and Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum assumed both roles. In March 2006, the United States forced the state-owned Dubai Ports World to relinquish control of terminals at six major American ports. Critics of the ...
The cast of Netflix's 'Dubai Bling' attend an exclusive celebration at the INTI Edition on Oct. 20, 2022, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai Bling offers a glimpse into the dazzling lives of ...
Syria has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai. Both countries are members of the Arab League. On 18 March 2022, Bashar al-Assad visited the UAE for the first time since 2011. He met Dubai's Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the peace deal.