The History of the United Arab Emirates

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Series Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Timeline of Important Events
1. The United Arab Emirates: The Land and the People
2. A Land Called Magan: Early Antiquity (5000–300 bce)
3. Arrival of the Arab Tribes and Persian Rule: Later Antiquity (300 bce–620 ce)
4. Rise of Islam and Khawarij Oman (620–1600)
5. Islam and the International Rivalry of Portugal, Iran, OttomanTurkey, and Oman (1600–1700)
6. The Pirate Coast and the British Trade with India (1700–1820)
7. Trucial Oman and the Discovery of Oil (1820–1971)
8. Independence and the Birth of the United Arab Emirates to the Death of Shaykh Zayed (1971–2004)
9. The United Arab Emirates in the Modern International Arena (2004–2020)
Modern Shaykhs of the United Arab Emirates
Notable People in the History of the United Arab Emirates
Glossary
Bibliographic Essay
Index
About the Author