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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 ...
1 June: Dubai Police Force founded in Naif Fort. 1957 – Dubai Municipality established. [14] 1958 9 September: Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum becomes ruler of Dubai when his father Sheikh Saeed dies. [9] 1959 Dubai Creek dredged. [15] Dubai Airport opens. [16] DNATA (Dubai National Air Travel Agency) established.
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.
The UAE consists of seven emirates and was founded on 2 December 1971 as a federation, after UK armed forces left the region. Six of the seven emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah ) declared their union on 2 December 1971.
On 29 June 2019, The Sun reported that the wife of Sheikh Mohammed, Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, had fled Dubai and was in Germany seeking political asylum along with her children son and daughter. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The cause of the departure was unknown, [ 13 ] despite a poem reportedly composed by Dubai’s ruler alluding to betrayal.
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.
The Founder's Memorial (Arabic: صرح زايد المؤسس), a monument and visitor centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a memorial to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who died in 2004.
b. 1918 – d. 2004. Founded the UAE in 1971 and became its first president. 2 November 2004 – 13 May 2022 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1948 – d. 2022 13 May 2022 – present Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1961