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  • CREATION OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, a collection of small sheikdoms that emerged from the territory known as Trucial Oman under British rule.

    1963-75 2001

  • The chapter is framed chronologically by the earliest series of "Trucial" agreements reached between Britain and the variety of local Arab rulers in the early 1800s.

    MRZine.org 2010

  • My Best boots were a pair of USA IOI paras [kiwi did not help], the Coldstreams banned them as they failed the test for standing in front of that house on the Mall, but mine were great for the Fen country and Trucial Oman states.

    Kit Freak « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • The fort also houses photographs taken by Wilfred Thesiger, one of the earliest Western explorers to the area known then as the Trucial States.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: How Urbanisation Is Changing Emirati Identity Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2011

  • The effect of the agreement was to carve up the Arab Ottoman provinces into states which became Syria and Lebanon (for the French) and Iraq, the Trucial States, Jordan and Palestine for the British.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What’s Going on With Turkey 2010

  • When I was eleven, Father returned from a trip to Sharja on the Trucial Coast with a Saluki.

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • When I was eleven, Father returned from a trip to Sharja on the Trucial Coast with a Saluki.

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • P.S. Besides NI, were you ever in the Trucial States? on December 30, 2007 at 2: 18 pm | Reply inspectorgadget

    Dog Charlie Fox « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • Background: The Trucial States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the UK control of their defense and foreign affairs in 19th century treaties.

    United Arab Emirates 2008

  • Background: The Trucial States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the UK control of their defense and foreign affairs in 19th century treaties.

    United Arab Emirates 2008

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