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1819 British forces begin suppressing piracy along the "Pirate
Coast".
1820 General Maritime Treaty between the local sheikhs and
Britain.
1853 Named the Trucial States.
1892 British protectorate of Trucial States or Trucial Oman to
1971.
1939 British resident established in the Trucial States at Dubai
1971 Provisional formation of Federation of Arab Emirates.
( Trucial States together with Bahrain and Qatar )
1971 Federation of six emirates as United Arab Emirates.
1972 Accession of Ras al-Khaimah. |