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The city of Dubai is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, while the Emirate stretches inland and is bordered to the south by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, to the northeast by the emirate of Sharjah, to the southeast by the country of Oman, to the east by the emirate of Ajman, and to the north by the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
Ruled Name Notes 9 July 1833 – 1836 Obeid bin Said bin Rashid: d. 1836 9 July 1833 – 1852 Maktoum bin Butti bin Suhail: d. 1852 1852–1859 Saeed bin Butti
Dubai [a] (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BYE; Modern Standard Arabic: دُبَيّ; Emirati Arabic: دِبَيّ, romanized: /diˈbej/ di-BAY) 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.
The dynasties of the United Arab Emirates consist of the six ruling families of the seven Emirates. [1] The Nahyan (branch of the House of Al Falahi) are the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. The Maktoum (branch of the House of Al Falasi) are the ruling family of Dubai.
After Obeid bin Said died of old age in 1836, Maktoum bin Butti took the reins as the sole ruler and established the Al Maktoum dynasty in the emirate. [1] [2] The Al Maktoum dynasty has ruled Dubai since 1833. [3] Within the federation of the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Supreme Council consists of the individual rulers of the seven emirates.
The United Arab Emirates consists of seven emirates (Arabic: إمارات ʾimārāt; singular: إمارة ʾimārah), which were historically known as the Trucial States. [1] All emirates are founding members of the union, apart from Ras Al Khaima which joined two months after the rest. There is almost always full freedom of movement between ...
The Government of Dubai (Arabic: حكومة دبي) is the subnational authority that governs the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven constituent monarchies which make up the United Arab Emirates. The executive authority and head of the government is the Ruler of Dubai , Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum .
Islam is the official religion of the United Arab Emirates. Of the total population, 76.9% are Muslims as of a 2010 estimate by the Pew Research Center . Although no official statistics are available for the breakdown between Sunni and Shia Muslims among noncitizen residents, media estimates suggest less than 20 percent of the noncitizen Muslim ...