KALBA




SHEIKHDOM OF KALBA

The city of Kalba was part of the al-Qawasim state of Sharjah until 1936 when it was
recognized as a new independent sheikhdom by the British protectorate authorities
of the Persian Gulf.
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BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES

See Trucial Coast
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HEADS OF STATE

Sheikhs

House al-Qasimi

1936 - 1937   Zaid ibn Hamad al-Qasimi, governor (wali)
              of Kalba since 1903, descendant of Sheikh 
              Sultan ibn Saqr of Sharjah (17.. - 1866 ; 
              r. 1814 - 1866)                                18.. - 1937
1937 - 1951   Hamad ibn Zaid al-Qasimi, son                  1... - 1951

              Regent

              1937 - 1943   Khalid ibn Ahmad al-Qasimi, 
                            former ruler of Sharjah 
                            (1914 - 1924)  



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