Merchants' role in a changing society: The case of Dubai, 1900-90

Middle Eastern Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-102

  Al Sayegh, Fatma ^a  

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EID: 11744382664     PISSN: 00263206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00263209808701211     Document Type: Review

References (39)

1. See Ian Fairservice (ed.), Dubai, Gateway to the Gulf (UAE, 1987), pp.12-13. The Roman traveller and chronicler Pliny travelled to the Gulf during the first century of the Christian calendar and described a river at the lower end of the Gulf, which he named Cynos and which is widely believed now to be the creek which runs through the heart of Dubai.
2. J.G. Lorimer, Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (India, 1915), Vol.1, Historical part, part 1, p.743.
3. ibid.
4. Paul W. Harrison, The Arab at Home (New York, 1924), p.87.
5. Mohammed Al-Fahim, From Rags to Riches, A Story of Abu Dhabi (London, 1995), p.32.
6. See M. Morsy Abdullah, The United Arab Emirates: A Modern History (London, 1978), p. 104.
7. See Frauke Heard-Bey, From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates (London, 1982), p.249.
8. The term 'welfare state' is used by both Arab and Western scholars to refer to Arab Gulf states where no income taxes are imposed on citizens (or non-citizens) and where the states are responsible to finance all public services such as health services, etc.
9. Albert Hourani, The Emergence of the Modern Middle East (Oxford, 1981), p.44.
10. M. Morsy Abdullah, The United Arab Emirates, p.104.
11. Ibid., p. 108.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid., p.111.
14. Ibid.
15. See Rosemarie Said Zahlan, The Origins of the United Arab Emirates (London, 1978), pp. 151-2.
16. The introduction of the Japanese cultured pearl to the market dealt the natural pearl market a blow from which it never recovered; see Saif M. Al-Shamlan, History of pearl diving in Kuwait and the Gulf (ta'rikh al kaws 'ala al l'lu 'fi al Kuwait wal Khalij) (Kuwait, 1984).
17. Before 1833 Dubai was part of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In 1833 the Al-Maktoom family (part of the Bani Yas, the ruling family of Abu Dhabi) was able to annexe Dubai from Abu Dhabi and declare it an independent emirate under their rule.
18. For more information on treaties and agreements see C.U. Aitchison, A Collection of Treaties. Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries (5th ed., Delhi, 1933).
19. I.O.L.&R, L/P&S//12.3827, 'Agreement between the Shaikh of Dubai and members of AlBu Falash'.
20. Heard-Bey, p.255.
21. Ibid., the Political Resident, Bushire, to Secretary of State for India, London, 28 April 1939, P.Z.2670.
22. Heard-Bey, From Trucial States, p.257.
23. Malcolm Peck, The United Arab Emirates (Washington, DC, 1986), pp.39-40.
24. See Al-Mansour, Al-tatawur al-siyasi li Qatar (Kuwait, 1976), p.73.
25. Ibid.
26. Abdullah, The United Arab Emirates, p. 104.
27. Peck, The United Arab Emirates, p.46.
28. Heard-Bey, From Trucial States, p.259.
29. PRO, FO371/120553, from British Resident to Selwyn Lloyd, 9 Oct. 1956, No.113-1015//1/30/56; also see Albadur Abu-Baker, 'Political Economy of State Formation: The United Arab Emirates in Comparative Perspective' (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, 1995).
30. See Richard Trench (ed.), Arab Gulf Cities: Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah (Archives editions, 1994), pp.393-4.
31. Heard-Bey, op. cit., p.260.
32. See Al-Khaleej daily newspaper, 12 Nov. 1996, No.6388; also see Arab Gulf Cities: Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah (note 30), pp.332-3.
33. See Al-Khaleej daily newspaper, 12 Nov. 1996, No.6388; also see Arab Gulf Cities: Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah (note 30), pp.332-3.
34. Rosemarie Said Zahlan, Modern Gulf States (London, 1989), p.154.
35. See Al-Khaleej, report by Dubai Chamber of Commerce, 11 July 1996, No.6263.
36. Al-Khaleej, 13 Nov. 1996, No.6388.
37. See Trade and Industry, Dubai, Nov. 1996, Vol.21, No.251, p.6; also Al-Khaleej, 18 Jan. 1997, No.6454.
38. See Trade and Industry, Dubai, Nov. 1996, Vol.21, No.251, p.6; also Al-Khaleej, 18 Jan. 1997, No.6454.
39. Interview, Mr Jumah Al-Majid, Dubai, 14 April 1996.