Trucial States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1820–1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Flag of the Trucial States Council (1968–1971) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Persian Gulf Residency of India (1820–1947) British Protectorate (1947–1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Arabic English | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Trucials[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Tribal confederation(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism to Cold War | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 January 1820 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 May 1853 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 March 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 December 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 December 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Ottoman Lira (1820–1899)[2] Indian Rupee (1899–1959) Gulf Rupee (1959–1966) Bahraini Dinar (1966–1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Trucial States (Arabic: الإمارات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Imārāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa), also known as the Trucial Coast (Arabic: الساحل المتصالح, romanized: Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ), the Trucial Sheikhdoms (Arabic: المشيخات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Mashyakhāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa), Trucial Arabia or Trucial Oman, was a group of tribal confederations to the south of the Persian Gulf (southeastern Arabia) whose leaders had signed protective treaties, or truces, with the United Kingdom between 1820 and 1892.[3]
The Trucial States remained an informal British protectorate until the treaties were revoked on 1 December 1971. The following day, six of the sheikhdoms—Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah—formed the United Arab Emirates; the seventh, Ras Al Khaimah, joined on 10 February 1972.[3]
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