Question

explain the political situation of the United Arab Emirates in the 18th century

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Before the Emirates

For centuries the region was mired in rivalries between local emirs on land while pirates scoured the seas and used the states’ shores as their refuge. Britain began attacking pirates to protect its trade with India. That led to British ties with the Trucial States’ emirs. The ties were formalized in 1820 after Britain offered protection in exchange for exclusivity: the emirs, accepting a truce brokered by Britain, pledged not to cede any land to ​any powers or make any treaties with anyone except Britain. They also agreed to settle subsequent disputes through British authorities. The subservient relationship was to last a century and a half, until 1971.​​​

Britain Gives Up

By then, Britain’s imperial overreach was exhausted politically and bankrupt financially. Britain decided in 1971 to abandon Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, by then made up of seven emirates. Britain’s original aim was to combine all nine entities into a united federation.

Answer 2

The UAE was  known as Trucial States, the Sheikhdoms set that extended from the Hormuz Strait west of the Persian Gulf, before being rebuilt in 1971 as the United Arab Emirates, in 1971. It wasn't so much a country as an expanse, spread out over approximately 32,000 square miles (83,000 square km), roughly the size of Maine.

Explanation:

• For centuries the region had been struck by rivalry between local emirs on land, while pirates have been scouring the seas and taking refuge in the shores of the States. Britain started to attack pirates in order to protect its Indian trade. It led to UK links to the emirs of the Trucial States
• The relations were formalized in 1820 when Britain offered protection in return to exclusivity: the emirs accepted the treaty of Britain and agreed not to give any land to any force or to enter into deals with someone but Britain. . Both also decided, through the British authorities, to address future conflicts. The subservient relationship was to last a century and a half, until 1971.​​​.
• By then, Britain’s imperial overreach was exhausted politically and bankrupt financially. Britain decided in 1971 to abandon Qatar, Bahrain, and the Trucial States, by then made up of 7 emirates. Britain’s original aim was to combine all nine entities into a united federation
• Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Sharjah and Quwayn, all six emirates that agreed to join the federation. The six Emirates declared themselves independent of Great Britain on 2 December 1971 and renamed themselves the United Arab Emirates. (Ras al-Khaymah first rejected but then in February 1972 joined the Federation).
• In a time of unprecedented regional instability, the push to form a Union took place with a border dispute killing 22 during Kalba and a coup in Sharjah in January 1972. In February 1972, the then emir of Qatar was deposed by his cousin
• After the founding of the Federation in the mid 70s, by virtue of Article 138 of the Constitution, the new Government of the UAE unified the armed forces and provided the UAE Army, Navy and Air Force for a unified training and command. It also provides that the appointment and discharge by a decree from the Federal Security Forces of the Commander in Chief and the Chief of the General Staff shall apply.
• The UAE was described as an important financial hub used by Al-Qaeda to hand money over to the hijackers after the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. The nation immediately co-operated with the U.S. and froze accounts linked to suspected terrorists and clamped down heavily on money laundering. A military defense agreement with the USA had already been signed by the country in 1994, with France in 1995.

• The UAE supported military operations from the United States and other coalition nations engaged in the invasion of Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003) as well as operations supporting the Global War on Terrorism for the Horn of Africa at Al Dhafra Air Base, located outside of Abu Dhabi. The air base also supported Allied operations during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and Operation Northern Watch.